Watching last night, I don't believe Dylan is anywhere the level he was attaining.
Whether it is the ACL tear (definitely lost pace) but his body language showed to me in pre and post game interviews he doesn't want to go anywhere. I think he sees Parra is home and whilst no one can complain for him taking the 13m, I wonder if he will ever be happy in the Knights wilderness.
I have always been a DB fan, but I also think we burn't him out in the last 2 seasons and confused his role in the process.
I now see DB as a 600pa player and if he maintained his original potential say 800k. i.e my implication is he has lost 25% as a player.
WE have most probably won the jackpot as I think we have seen the best of him whereas I question his future now. I would be surprised if he retains his NZ Test status when you look at the Warriors and their young half.
Watching his current game he is missing tackles, whereas previously he hardly missed a thing. He has also lost confidence in the line, doesn't know or understand his role by the rules that made him recognised in the first place.
We are very lucky and whilst it has been said repeatedly, I cannot believe how dumb the Knights are as he will never be the play maker they have signed for. O'Sullivan has a lot to answer for!
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Munster also stayed for less. I seem to remember saying that a strong indicator of good culture is a place where players are willing to stay for less (financially speaking).
Or... they have very good TPAs , as they would in a one horse town. No denying they have a good set up , but is it good enough for players to leave a million dollars on the table for their very last contracts ? Nah ... doubt it. Even Cam Smith and co needed to be topped up off the books for them to stay there.
How does he know he's leaving money on the table ? He's not off contract until 2027.
He doesn't want to leave, the money was just too much.
I agree that he has lost some pace and just overall he seems to have lost some of his "X-factor". He has been burned out and been playing on a messy left edge where he's been putting out fires all over and having to lead the attack with Moses mostly injured.
It was a stupid deal by the Knights on a player they do need really.
We will move on.
If we get Glavin thats the final jackpot.
You see Moses on 100% footy with his sly smile when asked about him.
Don't know what that means?
PS I think we can do better than Galvin if we have to pay 1m. Happty to see him become a million dollar player, but he is no further advanced than some ofhis peers at 3/4 the price.
I don't believe it but I agree with Flippa. Galvin has a very long way to go before he's a million dollar player. Why get rid of one bloke that never forfilled his hype for another we have to wait for him to achieve his?
good read Pops. Dyla to me seems to still down in confidence from his ACL tear like still worried it may go again. I think he is really worried about going to Newie as they will never be any good while O'brien is the coach. You see against us they had no system that put any pressure on the defense. I think Dylbags is slowly getting better and also is better than people give him credit for as he put the bomb up for Moses to score and was partly responsible for our better attack. Hopefully we get a good 5/8 as it will be very painful if we don't as it is real easy to shut the attack down if it all goes through 1 player which will be Moses. Don't know about Galvin as not sold on him especally for top $.
His always going to have a soft spot for Parra and loves the club. In the end can't blame him for that money that got offered to him
I feel like he loves the comfort of our club more like it. He seems like a kid that's happy with the status quo, he didn't love the club enough to stay off the piss and not go out when we were hoping to have a finals charge. Dylan could've quite easily have dug deep and earnt similar money at Parramatta if he really wanted to. He didn't want to have to take the punt on himself to go to the next level. Took the easy option.
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