Originally Posted by
BackrowSaint
That's why I tried to make it more general - I don't know anyones story on this forum.
I dont think it's fair to say he's being pretentious and has very little chance of achieving an NRL side. He's a talented young player who's been tipped to play at the very top at every stage of his development, he's now hit a bad run of form and the wolves are circling.
Realistically he's not been in form for what? 10 weeks? 2 and a half months of a 15 year career is nothing. I'm sure in your career you've had periods of time where you've not performed well, particularly early in your career, did that mean you just settled for staying where you were? Don't forget that this agent is in place for 2 years in the future. Would you decide that because you'd had little over 2 months of bad work that you couldn't move on to other avenues in 2 years time? Mike Rush has told him not to go to Wests as he's good enough to get better clubs.
I get what you're saying about reach for the next step but he's 21 years old, he's got two Grand Final rings, he's kicked the winning drop goal in a World Club Challenge and he's been a key part of a champion side (injuries aside). He's well within his right to look at the NRL with his forecast career path over the next 2 years.
Again, the last sentence is a general point, as was the post hence not being pointed.
Ultimately the only gripe that people can possibly have is they want him to stay at Saints. Which is fair enough, we're all fans and we all want that. This is his job, he can earn a much better living over there and may prefer the lifestyle, he isn't a St Helens fan and will make the decision that is best for him.