I'm pretty stoked about Ennis. Don't think I've ever seen him have an especially bad game. Less of a stand-out now than he was a couple of years ago, but look at what our options were at the start of the year.... Morris and De Gois put in but neither could do the job of a stand-out rake... Lichaa was promising, but it's clear in his few games with us that he's not yet what he was hyped up to be. Glad we didn't pay more than he was worth and am not too bothered by him leaving. Then we were talking about Jeff Robson as our hooker???
Ennis is several times better than all of those options for the length of his contract. Lichaa is unlikely to be a hero for at least three or four years, and may never be. Agreed that it'd be nice if we had some youth in that position, but mate...we had no one who was ready, regardless of what anyone thinks.
He's gonna be great for us and we should be excited. Genuine spine player who is in the top five hookers going around. Dunno how this isn't being treated as a marquee and genuinely exciting move for us!