His mum mentioning the NRL already suggests to me he'll be off at the first chance of a deal downunder

He had his first chance and turned it down? It is literally there in plain black and white :s

if he's that good, a stint like Jammer did for us before he's off will suit me

Depending on his health I think he's going to be a superstar.

Don't deny it, but his mums post also gave the impression we might have bought ourselves a couple of extra years by standing by him during this difficult time ..,

Saddened is looking for specifics.

Charnock looked physically capable 18 months ago. That's usually the hardest part for a youngster. He looked solid enough and was kicking goals for us in atrocious weather in a close game, so his mental character looks to be okay.

Which part of him "isn't ready"? That's what we'd like to find out. Given the hideous situation of our half backs, its a real head scratcher.
To my knowledge there's no story like there was with Savelio, but feel free to correct me.

Maybe he. Does not look ready to the staff regardless of what others thought they saw.

It's pretty simple. He's not good enough at this moment.

and this is my concern. He's 20 next month. If he's going to be good enough, he'd be good enough now

Whilst that may be true true, we don't have anyone else good enough to play in the halves either.

So that gives us the freedom to ruin a kids career who's not ready to play?

Did we run his career when we played him last year?

Did we play him against one of the best clubs in the league whilst handling the pressure of potentially keeping top spot, with no senior players around him?