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Message: [QUOTE="McHunt, post: 3251839, member: 9853"] [I][B]Tom Dearden's[/B] manager [B]Sam Ayoub:[/B][/I] “Tom would have stayed at the Broncos for life but they have done nothing but kick him from pillar to post. I read somewhere that the Broncos didn’t want to get into a bidding war with the Cowboys for Tom’s services. You can’t be in a bidding war if you don’t make a player an offer — and the Broncos never made him an offer." “I spoke to Pete Nolan (Broncos football-operations chief) and he said he was waiting on ‘Kevvie’ (Walters) to decide what he wants to do. We gave Brisbane every opportunity to retain him. Tom is a loyal kid with country values but in the end the Cowboys, to their credit, were determined to get him.” “Every player likes to be wanted and the Cowboys were genuinely relentless in their pursuit of him from day one. They never changed their mind. The Cowboys were committed and they knew where Tom was headed as far as his football career was concerned." “Tom was in development camps for the Cowboys when he was 14. Even when the Broncos signed him to a scholarship, he played his footy in Mackay before he came to Palm Beach Currumbin as a 17-year-old. From the time I met him as a 15-year-old, he was a fan of ‘JT’ (Thurston), so he’s looking forward to his next chapter at the Cowboys.” [I][B]Micheal Luck[/B][/I][B]:[/B] “We’re happy to have Tom. JT is around so we would be foolish not to pair them up. Jonno is very busy with his life, he has plenty on but he is in and around the club. He was one of the best halfbacks of all-time and he‘s in our backyard so if he has time, we’d love to have him here mentoring Tom." He has a high opinion of Tom so I‘m sure he’d be happy to help him. Tom showed a lot of ability as a junior and in his 20-odd games of footy, we think he can be attractive to the way we want to play footy and the way we want to run our team. He will be a big addition in the coming years.” McHunt [/QUOTE]

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