lefty goldblatt wrote:
As I've said before, I'm done with watching YouTube clips. Too many high hopes, dashed.
I've not clicked on Sally's links. I imagine they're disgruntled fans venting their spleens. The SL is a lot easier than NRL, so he's got a fair bit more scope to play well.
No. The bit that interests me, is Sally's "started off sensationally, then tailed off" bit. He's just described Graham Appo. Apparently, he made a career out of this.
I pray Austin doesn't follow the same path.
Here's hoping.
At least if Austin did that, we'd be back to where we were with Sandow (or Saints with Barba) and I'd quite look forward to an early season of Austin tearing teams up.
The main thing I want to avoid with a big signing like this, is going through the familiar soul-destroying cycle again:
- "can't wait to see him in the flesh, he could be the man who wins us the Grand Final this year"
- "lets not knee-jerk after 2 games, he's only just got here and he's probably not fully fit"
- "maybe he will get better when the sun comes out and the pitches firm up"
- "why not give one of the Academy lads a chance, or is he undroppable because of his big salary?"
- "I will drive him to the airport myself"
