That’s true but both seem to be total speculation at present.

Ogden is clearly a cracking player - better than Whitbread - but who in their right mind would bring him in??

Doesn't look a great culture fit for the club.

brilliant another smackhead

He’d be the best NRL signing this year but as you say it flies in the face of our current image.

It’s a real tough one. Everybody deserves a second chance but that has to be offered under the assumption they want one and are serious about it. 50/50 one for me.

Any link as to what he did, no offence but sometimes these accusations are overblown. If it a few spliffs I’m ok, if he was selling smack by the kilo then no I’m not.

Quote: vastman "He’d be the best NRL signing this year but as you say it flies in the face of our current image. It’s a real tough one. Everybody deserves a second chance but that has to be offered under the assumption they want one and are serious about it. 50/50 one for me. Any link as to what he did, no offence but sometimes these accusations are overblown. If it a few spliffs I’m ok, if he was selling smack by the kilo then no I’m not.'" Charges dismissed apparently https://www.zerotackle.com/former-bulld ... ed-111809/ So, more questions... Will another NRL team pick him up? Is he in our price range? Would he be reformable and fit in the club culture? I guess his agent is touting him everywhere atm.

Quote: vastman "He’d be the best NRL signing this year but as you say it flies in the face of our current image. It’s a real tough one. Everybody deserves a second chance but that has to be offered under the assumption they want one and are serious about it. 50/50 one for me. Any link as to what he did, no offence but sometimes these accusations are overblown. If it a few spliffs I’m ok, if he was selling smack by the kilo then no I’m not.'" Charges dismissed apparently https://www.zerotackle.com/former-bulld ... ed-111809/ So, more questions... Will another NRL team pick him up? Is he in our price range? Would he be reformable and fit in the club culture? I guess his agent is touting him everywhere atm.

Just checked it out.

Looks like the charges were dismissed on him putting in an early guilty appeal. So there must have been a fair bit of contrition and mitigation for that to happen!

The only thing that really alarmed me was that he was caught with two 'satchels' of cocaine. Now the word 'satchel' must have a different meaning in Oz, because if I'd have been caught with my one old school satchel, let alone two, full of cocaine I'd have been in Pablo Escobar territory

Seems like he doesn't want to come to the UK anyway!

Correct already turned down some superleage interest apparntly so why chase someone who's hearts not in it.

It says he has to have supervision and rehab so he's unlikely to be able to come over here.
NRL are considering letting him back in so I think it's a non starter.

That might explain it, I can't find a mention of either now, ho hum.

True but that’s the modern world.

I would have thought that most under 30’s have taken Cocaine at least once, peer pressure and all that.

Let’s be honest that why most of us crusties started smoking and drinking. There are not many of us who liked our first smoke or drink but we still did it. We also did it under age so technically illegal.

People do daft things, doesn’t always make them bad people.

'Most' is way over the top. Some yes, but not most.