Quote: Trojan Horse "I donāt think the same on Shaw. He ran hard for one game and then a run in second game. Otherwise heās been injured. Thats not good enough for me.
If heās already signed then I hope he shows what he can do but if heās playing for a contract Iām not sure that single game is enough to convince me he will be of value.'"
Thatās just plain wrong imo. Heās on peanuts and Iām not suggesting he has earned an improved contract, but if heāll take the same deal then I see no reason why not, heās only 22 for heavens sake.
Having read a lot of what you put I think you have a slightly off logic to what the true advantages of Ellis cash are.
Itās not the big signings, weāve always managed them, even if not on the quantity that Ellis might allow. But for me the real luxury we now have is that we can develop players in a way we couldnāt Before.
We can now give players that bit longer so long as they are willing to be reasonable. I know it used to really pee off Carter the he simply didnāt have the cash to keep the maybe players. Not all will make it but plenty do.
For now Shaw is a reserve player, we need them and we can afford them. We now have the one luxury we never had before, time.
Final note. I think you need to accept that not all the talent is in the NRL which you seem a bit obsessed with. You were happy to back Boothroyd after he got injured based on roughly three games, so why not Shaw? Boothroyd did no more than Shaw in his first few games!