Totally agree. Crichton has an amazing 2017 but regressed quiet a lot this year. None of my Souths supporting mates are too concerned about losing him.
They said the same for Keary too when he left. The reality is that behind the scenes, Crighton was treading water in the cesspool that was Souths Sydney last season. He could not wait to get out of the joint and hated being there last year. Despite their strong performances, the club has an absolute grub culture with the likes of the Burgess brothers, Sutton, Cody Walker and Inglis being massive tools who have no discipline off the field and behave like arrogant arseholes on the training paddock.
That said Matterson has got the potential to be a really great buy. The one problem I found with him was not believing in his ability. He is big and strong with reasonable pace but tended to amble into the defensive line. When he realizes how good he can be, he can be a real weapon and could be anything. With an intensive coach like Maguire, I would be surprised if he doesn't have a big season next year.
It also doesn't hurt that he played in the halves as a junior so has some nice passing and even kicking skills that he put on display from time to time. He's a good guy and no risk of him getting into off field trouble. I hope he kills it.
