Thanks for the apology, but how else was I supposed to take it?
Our Season isn't dead. Not yet anyway. That's the difference here, you see these games as lame ducks, inconsequential, but we actually still have a valid shot at the finals, a slim chance as it is, it is still there. That's why I value winning games. Sure if we were completely out with zero chance of making the finals at all, I'd be agreeing with you. But we need to be playing finals footy. More for our (the fans) sake than anyone else, It'd be a nice bright cap on a shitpot of a season. As long as we are a chance to make it, yes I will put winning above stuff like whether a player is late to training or not. Obviously not serious things, which shouldn't have to be said, but I guess I have to now, otherwise you might say I'd let a player that murdered someone on live TV play the next day..
Staying a couple of extra days in Fiji isn't hurting anyone, not really. Yes it's a discipline issue, and I agree that he needs to be disciplined, taking him out of a game isn't going to teach him anything. Especially if he is already on the fence about whether or not he even wants to continue playing at all. He'd be just as likely to bugger off back to Fiji.