Quote: Saddened! "Give over, the guy doesn't even want to play for us, he sounds like a right fool.
He was playing appallingly for Penrith and they made the decision to axe him. They signed Jamie Soward and told Walsh to find another club. In typical McManus fashion we then steamed in with another 'whatever Ts&Cs contract you want' contract, just like we did with Lance Hohaia. He accepted that and with his future sorted and knowing he was leaving Penrith, the pressure he wasn't coping with was instantly lifted.
That pressure being lifted from his shoulders meant he was able to play a more natural game and that is where his impressive form came from. It only took a month for another NRL club to realise they could do with him and he was asking Saints for a release before he'd even got here, if the reports are true. What it sounds like to me is Walsh now regretting signing for us and trying to get it out there that this clause exists and trying to force an NRL club to make an approach
Saints have publicly stated he's coming for two years. They need to sit down with Walsh and ask him if he's committed to that. If he is, great, looks like we've got a decent player. If not, he should be let go. There is absolutely no point signing a player who doesn't want to be in the country let alone play for us. We'd be better off with Gaskell than a sulking Walsh.
To be fair to Saints, the last paragraph may have already happened. He may have confirmed his commitment, but if so, they should ask him to release a nice PR piece about that, and not let him continually be quoted saying he can walk whenever he likes.'"
It's the 'anytime' bit that bothers me . If he had a release at the end of each season option and a window where he has to tell us by then fair enough but anytime suggests he can pack his bags mid season and we are looking down the barrel of another appallingly bad season like this one.
