Well obviously all these players were signed after discussions with Tim Sheens and Steven Noyce.
Yes. Sheens has as much blame as anyone.
Sam Harris - Was signed after approached by Balmain legend Steve Roach who gave Sam Harris huge wraps. Wasn't the player he was hyped up to be so he was punted.
Never got along with Sheens, another reason why he was punted. Was known to be a lazy trainer and he was signed anyway. Big $$$ also.
Jamaal Lolesi - Premiership winning player with the Bulldogs and Kiwi international who was off contract. Was average for us at best and during his time with us it was clearly evident his best was behind him. Was given a release to go to the UK.
Should never have been signed. Was not cheap.
Peter Lewis - I would agree this guy was a f*ck up.
Yes, a major one. Would have cost peanuts, but the bloke was talked up as if he was some superstar.
John Morris - Was bought as the best option at the time to replace Scott Prince.
Was not the best option. Can't the best option when he's not a halfback. Plain and simple, blind jerry could have seen it. Yet he was bought for big $$$ and was persisted with for one and a bit years. The biggest joke of them all - how can you possibly say he was the "best option". Thats p1ss poor.
Ryan O'Hara - Plays state of origin while at canberra. Gets injured and comes of contract while injured. Had to be signed on his pre-injury form.
Yes, and Mr McDonnell signed this bloke up for a tad under 400K p.a. Great business there, right?
Shannon McDonnell - Excells in any grade but has yet to stamp his mark on first grade.
You forgot one point - only in first grade because of his father. Give me one other logical reason.
Apart from Peter Lewis, all those other players had to be signed on their individual form at the time of signing. If any of those other players apart from Peter Lewis signed with other clubs and became world beaters you would be spewing we didn't sign them. Sam Harris and Jamaal Lolesi didn't work out and I dont blame Warren for signing them and I applaude him and Tim for punting them as quickly as they did. John Morris will prove to be a valuable utility player for us, Shannon McDonald's chances of impressing are starting to run thin and the club tried to off load Ryan O'Hara to the Bulldogs but the dogs wouldnt buy out his contract and i'm sure when his contract run's out he'll probably head off to the UK.
With exception of Peter Lewis, all those other players HAD to be signed and Warren McDonald did sign them. The question I'll pose to you is, at the time of their signing, give me a reason why they shouldnt have been signed when you take into account their form/reputation and recommendations at the time of their signing.
So John Morris, a hooker/utility HAD TO BE SIGNED to replace Scott Prince, a premiership winning halfback? Great logic there. Morris should never have been signed because he isn't a f**king halfback. It's not rocket science.
I wonder why the Bulldogs weren't interested in O'Hara? I'd suggest it may be because his wages are almost 400 thousand f**king dollars a season. So you think O'Hara HAD TO BE SIGNED on this kind of money?
Sam Harris, a known lazy trainer with poor work ethic HAD TO BE SIGNED. Why did he have to be signed? His form was hardly great at the time, and if you remember, Manly fans were over the moon we took him. Again, on big $$$.
The only one I'll spare is Lolesi, I perhaps would have signed him as well. The rest - you are kidding. Indefensible. Especially Morris, the worst one of them all. How can you defend us signing a f**king hooker/utility to fill the void left by Scott Prince, arguably the best halfback in the competition?
