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One thing I'll say about KP is that he never spoke out of turn or even so much as hinted at being unhappy despite being the face of endless speculation from the minute he joined the club.
I reckon so. His collisions per game drastically drop.
Well, he will have the option to just kick the ball out instead of returning it.
So, it’s actually nothing. Yet.
Joey should have kept his f**king mouth shut on this one and let it play out. Now we've got a situation where a club legend is in the paper telling our captain to leave, and our captain is on socials saying he's committed to staying.
Eh I read the article and watched the original footage, I don't think what he said was that out of place. He seemed pretty sombre about it, and was saying if he does leave, he wishes him all the best and thanks for everything he did for the club. The headline is a bit of bait, he did make the point of what the f**k do we do at hooker and halfback if Ponga goes?
He isnt wrong though
He's wrong to say anything until the dust settles unless he wants to create more problems than he solves. Right now, while the club is on fire, is not the time to pour petrol on. If he wants to share his opinion, I'm sure anyone at the club will pick up the phone for him.
Meh there is so much narrative around it that its just adding to the white noise imo, doubt its actually causing any damage when taken into context.
Possibly not wrong, but premature certainly. It wouldn't have killed him to pick up the phone and ask the club, or even Kalyn personally where he's at before opening his mouth. He's Andrew Johns. He has the ability to talk to the club in a way that most people do not. The ink was barely dry on the article before Kalyn has come out and said he's staying put.
Sure someone else would write it, but it doesn't carry weight like it does from Joey. He certainly is a baby, I'll pay that - and he's probably just shooting from the hip here after getting a poke from his editor to write something. I don't disagree with any of that honestly, I just wish he didn't add to the pile-on, especially when 5 minutes later Kalyn is out there pouring cold water on all of it anyway. We could have just... not had that article and moved on with our lives.
