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Message: [QUOTE="Lockysillegitimatechild, post: 3151698, member: 8814"] The more I think about the loss of fifita the more happy and accepting I am of it. It seems every new debutant is the "best ever", "once in a generation", "no talent like him" player in their respective positions. How quickly we forget.... Besides talent and a bit of luck, there is ONE thing that divides the good players with lots of skill from the greats, legends and immortals. Work ethic, dedication, persistance.... whatever you want to call it. Thurston, c Smith, cronk, webcke, langer and literally hundreds and hundreds of other examples, did not have the hype of fifita at the same age. Players who did: Owen craigie, tim Smith, Milford, ash Taylor, Dave Taylor, Chris Sandow, Chris walker. It's no surprise a lot of them are from the Broncos too, the broncos get the clicks... TPJ has won us more games then fifita has yet he is on half the money, fifita was there in 2 record breaking club losses in a finals game in a row, he's yet to play in a winning origin team, yet to win a finals game, he hasn't won an Australian jersey or family m medal of any sort, he's not even the best player in his position yet, he's yet to play more then 50 games or a full season. He is not worth that amount of money! It's that simple. Taking the money over facilities, opportunities and support capacity, club history, the club you supported and dreamed of playing for as a child, stability, and from all reports reneging on a pact to stay together with the guys you grew up playing with (including your best mate), does not scream out to me "that's the attitude of a future great and possibly immortal of the game". He might do, but I can't remember any immortal in the game signing a massive contract like this at this age. Do you? I don't think he understands the pressure he will be under for the next 3 years with less support then he has currently, ask the 1.3 million dollar bench hooker Ben hunt, or his team mate ash Taylor. He will not have the time or opportunity to develop anymore, to sit back, to make mistakes,teams will hunt him, players will line him up, coaches will watch him, the media will roast him, he hasn't played 50 games and he wasn't a million dollar player before, why will it change with a blowtorch applied 24/7? [/QUOTE]

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