: Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:47 am
Cruncher wrote:
I too have reservations about this potential signing, especially if it involves exchanging Goulding. But just to rant on and on about Gleeson not being good enough, being a crap defender, uninterested, etc, is making a case that is simply not borne out by the facts.
That said, I reiterate that I'd consider losing Goulding permanently a steep price to pay (though not necessarily TOO steep - some of us have clearly been lulled into believing that signing 'young British' is more important than signing 'quality')..
Wayne Bennett has said if there is a choice between a 20 year old with potential and a top performing 30 year old he will always keep the young player
despite the fact the older player is currently clearly better then the younger one. That is exactly he situation we are in here IMO as Gleeson is 29 in a few weeks.
People saying Goulding will never make it to justify this swap deal must have a crystal ball better than Bennett's which is of course not a prediction but a stance based on his experience.
If the club want to offload a player it should be Phelps but they can't because other clubs overseas quotas are also full and no one considers him worth taking a quota spot for. So instead we are forced into offering Goulding.
Of course this is al in the open now so if it fails to come off Noble has yet again undermined a couple of players as he offers them to other clubs.
Dave
