Quote EHW="EHW"have a look at how many NRL "superstars" come over here to SL and fail miserably, or those that have looked average over here, then gone back to starring in the NRL again.'"
But that is what happens when you import players with far more money or longer contracts and more money in some cases.
Will they all go their hardest?
Some are seeing the World having a Holiday or just in Cruise mode.
Take away from that the players that are bigged up that are rubbish in reality.
Others like Monaghan at Bradford was hot and cold but needed quality around him to shine (that is not uncommon) when he is expected to do it all on his own he can not and probably did not realise what he was joining and he was to be the one man Messiah.
Going from a top team in the NRL surrounded by SOO Players to an also ran in England would be a shock, but one the money would help ease.
King at Warrington in a classic example, paid massively more than in the NRL on a longer contract, he was on the end of a machine at the Storm that delivered the ball, goes to Warrington? Its a credit to him he has stuck it out and come good to a point.
English teams should be targeting Scott Prince, Lockyer, Cronk and Marshall in their prime, the bottom line is those players will not make the move regardless of the money until they are past it because the Main feature is the NRL.
No players leave the NRL to "Test" themselves in Super League. They do it for more Money longer contracts and it shows, Mercenaries are a fickle bunch unless they are proud Journeymen like Menzies, Fitzgibbon and others.
