Quote: ninearches "Tbh i don't have sky sports so i don't get to watch any overseas sides ,but judging by the reaction on this forum when Roy was coming over i thought he was the Messiah...there were people on here wetting themselves at the mention of his name. I think the whole Roy debacle though must call into question the clubs overseas scouting set up & we can't blame Roy for getting an extra 2 year salary when it was offered.'"
i don't think that was the case at all, at the time people were lamenting the lack of quality of overseas players, by how crap the Invincibles(i've already forgotten the name of that team) was, due to the NRL salary cap increasing, we weren't getting any of the big names coming over at the end of their career, or otherwise.
Asotasi, was a BIG name at that point, and having been World cup winning prop and pack leader, it was seen as a fairly big coup, in light of the trend at that time, with some expectation of him replacing moz as leader.
In all honesty looking back, i wish we'd Signed Sam Moa before he went back to the NRL.
you know what, i might have a nosey back on here to when the news broke to have a gander.
