Donkey OTay wrote:
Don't blame Perry for any of this. Either he was misdiagnosed or the club took a calculated risk with his health. Either way, bad club but no blame on Perry.
Perry got the injury when playing for Manly after Saints had signed him which was just bad luck.
Since then, he had an injury plagued first season which he couldnt help...however heading in to 2012 Perry should have been raring to go and get back on the field and show the club and the fans why we had signed him - IIRC Soliola's first season was similar to Perry's and since then he has done all he can to play at the highest level and repay the club for sticking by him in 2010.
Perry on the other hand, started 2012 unfit and out of shape, and whilst I have no inside knowledge into training at the club, gave the impression that he wasnt fully committed and was happy to plod along on the field. When he signed, a mate in Oz said "he has potential to be a great forward, but he is very lazy and holds himself back" and this is an accurate summary of him and his time with us.
That said, nobody wants to see a player's career suffer because of injuries, and good luck to him trying to put his injuries behind him and continue his career elsewhere