Ivan Cleary paid $250,000 to buy his freedom from Tigers. It cost him a lot to make the switch to chase his dream of coaching his son.
Wests Tigers chairman Lee Hagipantelis took aim at Ivan Cleary as an angry fan revealed why the Penrith coach blew him kisses and pointed to the … Day in court: The Jarryd Hayne case will turn attention again to the NRL summer of shame.Credit:AAP. “But I certainly wasn’t protesting innocence, I just wanted to give a little bit of context and my true character which I’ve shown over many years. “But Jack is part of our squad, and he is under contract for next year. Penrith coach Ivan Cleary has praised the selflessness of Wests Tigers bound skipper James Tamou to put the club’s star juniors before himself. Then, at 2.38pm on Friday, we sent Hill a text. You can't say it didn't happen.
"The [Bulldogs] record still stands because the games were played and the wins were recognised, they just lost all their competition points,'' Middleton said. “Jack is playing big minutes, out on the edge as well,” he said. Nathan is the most unflappable of young men, but he was affected. It’s not likely that Ivan wrote a cheque to the Tigers as an escape fee. 'It's like saying Melbourne should keep their [2007 and 2009] premierships. It is something that he is still clearly trying to get a handle on between aggression and technique, but I’m sure he will get there. The Eels are trying to do things by the book after their salary cap cheating, but they now have a retention committee of five, who are all qualified but can’t seem to make a decision. Picture: Jason McCawley/Getty ImagesSource:Getty Images.
The expansion furphy was thrown up by Australian Rugby League Commission chairman Peter Beattie, who initially supported it, then said it was too hard, then put it back on the agenda.
Danny Weidler is a sport columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald. “We realise that, and we are busy working in the background to make sure that doesn’t happen. If it’s being pushed from within the NRL to get a reaction, it has worked. Countless calls to Canterbury chief executive Andrew Hill went unanswered. He was focused on getting the Queensland trains to run on time when fans marched the streets in 2000 demanding that Souths be reinstated. People are suggesting games in Perth would be a good idea. “But the team might also evolve over the next few years, so it is hard to try and manage every possibility, in terms of who goes where. But that will only happen if a Sydney team collapses.
There was a story doing the rounds in recent times that said the Panthers were paying $400,000 towards Michael Maguire’s deal at the Tigers by way of compensation because Cleary was still under contract at Leichhardt.
Cleary's Panthers can make it 11 straight wins when they face the Wests Tigers on Saturday night, and will start short-priced favourites in their remaining regular-season games against Brisbane, Parramatta, North Queensland and the Bulldogs. Because of the rate of his growth, Burton is now referred to as 'John Sutton', a reference to the Souths legend who outgrew five-eighth and played in the forwards. Forward Jack Hetherington is another player who faces an uncertain future. Later in September 2019, the 20-year-old rugby star signed a five-year contract with the Penrith Panthers of National Rugby League, making him the highest-paid player of the Panthers. Part of my job is to try and create an environment where players want to be here and get the best opportunity to not only do well for themselves but to play their best football. "They're just enjoying preparing,'' Cleary said. The Clint Gutherson situation at Parramatta is set to highlight the lack of power the club is giving coach Brad Arthur. He is said to have had the amount absorbed in his Penrith contract to compensate the Tigers for his early departure. Ivan Cleary paid $250,000 to buy his freedom from Tigers. Jackson Williams: Shocking CCTV footage captures AFL player’... Mike Tyson’s ‘absolute power’ ahead of comeback, NBA 2020: Michael Jordan photo, Keegan Hall Instagram news.
He’s a long way from the red-haired, baby-faced flyer who wowed fans with North Sydney and Canterbury in the 1990s. The free-to-air networks would not support a game on Sunday night when they are airing premium shows.
The wins were recognised, but the penalty was stripping of competition points, not the withdrawal of wins.''. In fact, it is Cleary who paid for his own freedom. How can it be? He got off social media at the time and he has decided against renewing a deal with Fox Sports that tied him to making comments for the network. We have nothing against Pay. The summer of shame is a long way from being over. Only the Eels should threaten their golden run. When I spoke with Nathan at the start of the season he said there was one particular line of criticism that had particularly irked him. The NRL has more than a month of court-room drama coming its way. "I made my comments pretty clear about that, pretty clear at the time, and I don't want to add any more fuel to any fire that may be brewing for this game - I'm up to my quota in terms of promoting this game in the past, so I'll leave it at that,'' Cleary said. As per the deal, he will stay at the club till the end of the 2024 NRL season. Did [sprinter] Ben Johnson keep his [1988 Olympics] gold medal? Done deal: Ivan Cleary has paid for the privilege of choosing his destiny. NRL historian David Middleton said the Bulldogs' streak was the best in the modern era, but the Roosters held the overall record with 19 wins in 1975. Normal text size Larger text size Very large text size. Tyrone May returns to court on May Day, May 1, after being charged with filming and disseminating sexual acts with two women without their knowledge and consent. Penrith have a cast of rising stars who won’t play against the Warriors on Friday night after not making the final 17-man cut, including Matt Burton, Billy Burns and Mitch Kenny. Picture: Mark Kolbe/Getty ImagesSource:Getty Images. I am learning about that as I go and I have to just keep working hard on my game.’’. The Penrith Panthers.Credit:Getty Images, "It's like the Storm, they won the grand finals but were stripped of the titles. He has excelled in his six games for the Warriors to date, prompting New Zealand fans to urge the club to re-sign him. "Regardless of what went on with the salary cap, it was a special thing and pretty tough to do,'' O'Meley said. Cleary left the door slightly ajar for Hetherington to stay at the Warriors next season. For many years, the so-called football whisperer, Joe Wehbe, and his buddy, player agent Isaac Moses, were as thick as thieves. “He is certainly a big part of our squad and right on the periphery in terms of playing in our team.”, Jack Hetherington could stay at the Warriors longer after being loaned to the New Zealand club from Penrith. There was no need for Pay to be re-signed, other than to stop the talk that he was under pressure. A NOTE ABOUT RELEVANT ADVERTISING: We collect information about the content (including ads) you use across this site and use it to make both advertising and content more relevant to you on our network and other sites. ‘‘There was one article which said that he was un-Australian for what he was doing. Burton is off-contract at the end of 2021 but is already attracting interest from Canterbury who will be coached by current Panthers assistant Trent Barrett from next season. I was proud of that record.''. The Tigers and Panthers meet on Friday night at Penrith Stadium and the build-up will be big, even if the clubs don’t want it to be.
Me and Dad are used to it. Picture: Matt King/Getty Images.Source:Getty Images. AFL Trades 2020: Jesse Hogan Fremantle contract news, Sydney... AFL news 2020: Kane Cornes, Sam Walsh wins Mark of the Year,... Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. Meanwhile, Cleary expects to hear from the NRL in the coming days after he submitted a formal response to his $20,000 breach notice for questioning the officials after last Saturday’s win over Canberra. “Apart from that, there wasn’t much to it.”. The truth is the NRL would love a second team in Brisbane. The Bulldogs were stripped 37 competition points and fined $500,000 when it was discovered they had spent more than $1 million over the cap in 2002, yet their winning streak remains official. Obviously, I don’t agree with that, but you just have to move forward.’’, Nathan is delighted his dad is onboard. By all accounts he is a very decent bloke. Wehbe has been publicly praised by the likes of James Tedesco and Daly Cherry-Evans, and some coaches have allowed him to play a role at their club. He is a former head coach of the Wests Tigers, New Zealand Warriors and the Penrith Panthers. Commissioners have confided that expansion has not been on their radar and are bemused by the public discussion. Ivan Cleary has questioned whether Canterbury deserve to be still recognised as the club with most consecutive wins. Ivan Cleary has questioned whether Canterbury deserve to be still recognised as the club with most consecutive wins.Credit:Getty. So many of Moses’ clients swore by Wehbe that there was a push from Moses at one point for Wests Tigers to sign Wehbe as a mind guru. It may be news to some of the players Moses represents that he had a business relationship with Wehbe.
“He has predominantly been playing in the middle for us, so he has done really well to go into a new system and an unfamiliar role in terms of what he has prepared for this year. It was late last year and the Eels have boldly now withdrawn that offer.
Ivan Cleary paid $250,000 to buy his freedom from Tigers. It cost him a lot to make the switch to chase his dream of coaching his son.
Wests Tigers chairman Lee Hagipantelis took aim at Ivan Cleary as an angry fan revealed why the Penrith coach blew him kisses and pointed to the … Day in court: The Jarryd Hayne case will turn attention again to the NRL summer of shame.Credit:AAP. “But I certainly wasn’t protesting innocence, I just wanted to give a little bit of context and my true character which I’ve shown over many years. “But Jack is part of our squad, and he is under contract for next year. Penrith coach Ivan Cleary has praised the selflessness of Wests Tigers bound skipper James Tamou to put the club’s star juniors before himself. Then, at 2.38pm on Friday, we sent Hill a text. You can't say it didn't happen.
"The [Bulldogs] record still stands because the games were played and the wins were recognised, they just lost all their competition points,'' Middleton said. “Jack is playing big minutes, out on the edge as well,” he said. Nathan is the most unflappable of young men, but he was affected. It’s not likely that Ivan wrote a cheque to the Tigers as an escape fee. 'It's like saying Melbourne should keep their [2007 and 2009] premierships. It is something that he is still clearly trying to get a handle on between aggression and technique, but I’m sure he will get there. The Eels are trying to do things by the book after their salary cap cheating, but they now have a retention committee of five, who are all qualified but can’t seem to make a decision. Picture: Jason McCawley/Getty ImagesSource:Getty Images.
The expansion furphy was thrown up by Australian Rugby League Commission chairman Peter Beattie, who initially supported it, then said it was too hard, then put it back on the agenda.
Danny Weidler is a sport columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald. “We realise that, and we are busy working in the background to make sure that doesn’t happen. If it’s being pushed from within the NRL to get a reaction, it has worked. Countless calls to Canterbury chief executive Andrew Hill went unanswered. He was focused on getting the Queensland trains to run on time when fans marched the streets in 2000 demanding that Souths be reinstated. People are suggesting games in Perth would be a good idea. “But the team might also evolve over the next few years, so it is hard to try and manage every possibility, in terms of who goes where. But that will only happen if a Sydney team collapses.
There was a story doing the rounds in recent times that said the Panthers were paying $400,000 towards Michael Maguire’s deal at the Tigers by way of compensation because Cleary was still under contract at Leichhardt.
Cleary's Panthers can make it 11 straight wins when they face the Wests Tigers on Saturday night, and will start short-priced favourites in their remaining regular-season games against Brisbane, Parramatta, North Queensland and the Bulldogs. Because of the rate of his growth, Burton is now referred to as 'John Sutton', a reference to the Souths legend who outgrew five-eighth and played in the forwards. Forward Jack Hetherington is another player who faces an uncertain future. Later in September 2019, the 20-year-old rugby star signed a five-year contract with the Penrith Panthers of National Rugby League, making him the highest-paid player of the Panthers. Part of my job is to try and create an environment where players want to be here and get the best opportunity to not only do well for themselves but to play their best football. "They're just enjoying preparing,'' Cleary said. The Clint Gutherson situation at Parramatta is set to highlight the lack of power the club is giving coach Brad Arthur. He is said to have had the amount absorbed in his Penrith contract to compensate the Tigers for his early departure. Ivan Cleary paid $250,000 to buy his freedom from Tigers. Jackson Williams: Shocking CCTV footage captures AFL player’... Mike Tyson’s ‘absolute power’ ahead of comeback, NBA 2020: Michael Jordan photo, Keegan Hall Instagram news.
He’s a long way from the red-haired, baby-faced flyer who wowed fans with North Sydney and Canterbury in the 1990s. The free-to-air networks would not support a game on Sunday night when they are airing premium shows.
The wins were recognised, but the penalty was stripping of competition points, not the withdrawal of wins.''. In fact, it is Cleary who paid for his own freedom. How can it be? He got off social media at the time and he has decided against renewing a deal with Fox Sports that tied him to making comments for the network. We have nothing against Pay. The summer of shame is a long way from being over. Only the Eels should threaten their golden run. When I spoke with Nathan at the start of the season he said there was one particular line of criticism that had particularly irked him. The NRL has more than a month of court-room drama coming its way. "I made my comments pretty clear about that, pretty clear at the time, and I don't want to add any more fuel to any fire that may be brewing for this game - I'm up to my quota in terms of promoting this game in the past, so I'll leave it at that,'' Cleary said. As per the deal, he will stay at the club till the end of the 2024 NRL season. Did [sprinter] Ben Johnson keep his [1988 Olympics] gold medal? Done deal: Ivan Cleary has paid for the privilege of choosing his destiny. NRL historian David Middleton said the Bulldogs' streak was the best in the modern era, but the Roosters held the overall record with 19 wins in 1975. Normal text size Larger text size Very large text size. Tyrone May returns to court on May Day, May 1, after being charged with filming and disseminating sexual acts with two women without their knowledge and consent. Penrith have a cast of rising stars who won’t play against the Warriors on Friday night after not making the final 17-man cut, including Matt Burton, Billy Burns and Mitch Kenny. Picture: Mark Kolbe/Getty ImagesSource:Getty Images. I am learning about that as I go and I have to just keep working hard on my game.’’. The Penrith Panthers.Credit:Getty Images, "It's like the Storm, they won the grand finals but were stripped of the titles. He has excelled in his six games for the Warriors to date, prompting New Zealand fans to urge the club to re-sign him. "Regardless of what went on with the salary cap, it was a special thing and pretty tough to do,'' O'Meley said. Cleary left the door slightly ajar for Hetherington to stay at the Warriors next season. For many years, the so-called football whisperer, Joe Wehbe, and his buddy, player agent Isaac Moses, were as thick as thieves. “He is certainly a big part of our squad and right on the periphery in terms of playing in our team.”, Jack Hetherington could stay at the Warriors longer after being loaned to the New Zealand club from Penrith. There was no need for Pay to be re-signed, other than to stop the talk that he was under pressure. A NOTE ABOUT RELEVANT ADVERTISING: We collect information about the content (including ads) you use across this site and use it to make both advertising and content more relevant to you on our network and other sites. ‘‘There was one article which said that he was un-Australian for what he was doing. Burton is off-contract at the end of 2021 but is already attracting interest from Canterbury who will be coached by current Panthers assistant Trent Barrett from next season. I was proud of that record.''. The Tigers and Panthers meet on Friday night at Penrith Stadium and the build-up will be big, even if the clubs don’t want it to be.
Me and Dad are used to it. Picture: Matt King/Getty Images.Source:Getty Images. AFL Trades 2020: Jesse Hogan Fremantle contract news, Sydney... AFL news 2020: Kane Cornes, Sam Walsh wins Mark of the Year,... Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. Meanwhile, Cleary expects to hear from the NRL in the coming days after he submitted a formal response to his $20,000 breach notice for questioning the officials after last Saturday’s win over Canberra. “Apart from that, there wasn’t much to it.”. The truth is the NRL would love a second team in Brisbane. The Bulldogs were stripped 37 competition points and fined $500,000 when it was discovered they had spent more than $1 million over the cap in 2002, yet their winning streak remains official. Obviously, I don’t agree with that, but you just have to move forward.’’, Nathan is delighted his dad is onboard. By all accounts he is a very decent bloke. Wehbe has been publicly praised by the likes of James Tedesco and Daly Cherry-Evans, and some coaches have allowed him to play a role at their club. He is a former head coach of the Wests Tigers, New Zealand Warriors and the Penrith Panthers. Commissioners have confided that expansion has not been on their radar and are bemused by the public discussion. Ivan Cleary has questioned whether Canterbury deserve to be still recognised as the club with most consecutive wins. Ivan Cleary has questioned whether Canterbury deserve to be still recognised as the club with most consecutive wins.Credit:Getty. So many of Moses’ clients swore by Wehbe that there was a push from Moses at one point for Wests Tigers to sign Wehbe as a mind guru. It may be news to some of the players Moses represents that he had a business relationship with Wehbe.
“He has predominantly been playing in the middle for us, so he has done really well to go into a new system and an unfamiliar role in terms of what he has prepared for this year. It was late last year and the Eels have boldly now withdrawn that offer.
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Young gun Matt Burton can’t get a game. ', "As players, we didn't know who the board spent money on. With such a whopping contract, Nathan is for sure relishing net worth in the range of millions. But there is a problem looming: a case is listed in the NSW supreme court next month where Wehbe’s company is up against Moses’ company. Penrith coach Ivan Cleary concedes the Panthers could “potentially” lose some young players due to the club’s salary cap. Cleary knows Burton will come in handy should there be an injury to starting halves Nathan Cleary or Jarome Luai. "As a player, it's hard to say we didn't win 17 straight. It’s the game that we play and we have to take it on the chin.
Ivan Cleary paid $250,000 to buy his freedom from Tigers. It cost him a lot to make the switch to chase his dream of coaching his son.
Wests Tigers chairman Lee Hagipantelis took aim at Ivan Cleary as an angry fan revealed why the Penrith coach blew him kisses and pointed to the … Day in court: The Jarryd Hayne case will turn attention again to the NRL summer of shame.Credit:AAP. “But I certainly wasn’t protesting innocence, I just wanted to give a little bit of context and my true character which I’ve shown over many years. “But Jack is part of our squad, and he is under contract for next year. Penrith coach Ivan Cleary has praised the selflessness of Wests Tigers bound skipper James Tamou to put the club’s star juniors before himself. Then, at 2.38pm on Friday, we sent Hill a text. You can't say it didn't happen.
"The [Bulldogs] record still stands because the games were played and the wins were recognised, they just lost all their competition points,'' Middleton said. “Jack is playing big minutes, out on the edge as well,” he said. Nathan is the most unflappable of young men, but he was affected. It’s not likely that Ivan wrote a cheque to the Tigers as an escape fee. 'It's like saying Melbourne should keep their [2007 and 2009] premierships. It is something that he is still clearly trying to get a handle on between aggression and technique, but I’m sure he will get there. The Eels are trying to do things by the book after their salary cap cheating, but they now have a retention committee of five, who are all qualified but can’t seem to make a decision. Picture: Jason McCawley/Getty ImagesSource:Getty Images.
The expansion furphy was thrown up by Australian Rugby League Commission chairman Peter Beattie, who initially supported it, then said it was too hard, then put it back on the agenda.
Danny Weidler is a sport columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald. “We realise that, and we are busy working in the background to make sure that doesn’t happen. If it’s being pushed from within the NRL to get a reaction, it has worked. Countless calls to Canterbury chief executive Andrew Hill went unanswered. He was focused on getting the Queensland trains to run on time when fans marched the streets in 2000 demanding that Souths be reinstated. People are suggesting games in Perth would be a good idea. “But the team might also evolve over the next few years, so it is hard to try and manage every possibility, in terms of who goes where. But that will only happen if a Sydney team collapses.
There was a story doing the rounds in recent times that said the Panthers were paying $400,000 towards Michael Maguire’s deal at the Tigers by way of compensation because Cleary was still under contract at Leichhardt.
Cleary's Panthers can make it 11 straight wins when they face the Wests Tigers on Saturday night, and will start short-priced favourites in their remaining regular-season games against Brisbane, Parramatta, North Queensland and the Bulldogs. Because of the rate of his growth, Burton is now referred to as 'John Sutton', a reference to the Souths legend who outgrew five-eighth and played in the forwards. Forward Jack Hetherington is another player who faces an uncertain future. Later in September 2019, the 20-year-old rugby star signed a five-year contract with the Penrith Panthers of National Rugby League, making him the highest-paid player of the Panthers. Part of my job is to try and create an environment where players want to be here and get the best opportunity to not only do well for themselves but to play their best football. "They're just enjoying preparing,'' Cleary said. The Clint Gutherson situation at Parramatta is set to highlight the lack of power the club is giving coach Brad Arthur. He is said to have had the amount absorbed in his Penrith contract to compensate the Tigers for his early departure. Ivan Cleary paid $250,000 to buy his freedom from Tigers. Jackson Williams: Shocking CCTV footage captures AFL player’... Mike Tyson’s ‘absolute power’ ahead of comeback, NBA 2020: Michael Jordan photo, Keegan Hall Instagram news.
He’s a long way from the red-haired, baby-faced flyer who wowed fans with North Sydney and Canterbury in the 1990s. The free-to-air networks would not support a game on Sunday night when they are airing premium shows.
The wins were recognised, but the penalty was stripping of competition points, not the withdrawal of wins.''. In fact, it is Cleary who paid for his own freedom. How can it be? He got off social media at the time and he has decided against renewing a deal with Fox Sports that tied him to making comments for the network. We have nothing against Pay. The summer of shame is a long way from being over. Only the Eels should threaten their golden run. When I spoke with Nathan at the start of the season he said there was one particular line of criticism that had particularly irked him. The NRL has more than a month of court-room drama coming its way. "I made my comments pretty clear about that, pretty clear at the time, and I don't want to add any more fuel to any fire that may be brewing for this game - I'm up to my quota in terms of promoting this game in the past, so I'll leave it at that,'' Cleary said. As per the deal, he will stay at the club till the end of the 2024 NRL season. Did [sprinter] Ben Johnson keep his [1988 Olympics] gold medal? Done deal: Ivan Cleary has paid for the privilege of choosing his destiny. NRL historian David Middleton said the Bulldogs' streak was the best in the modern era, but the Roosters held the overall record with 19 wins in 1975. Normal text size Larger text size Very large text size. Tyrone May returns to court on May Day, May 1, after being charged with filming and disseminating sexual acts with two women without their knowledge and consent. Penrith have a cast of rising stars who won’t play against the Warriors on Friday night after not making the final 17-man cut, including Matt Burton, Billy Burns and Mitch Kenny. Picture: Mark Kolbe/Getty ImagesSource:Getty Images. I am learning about that as I go and I have to just keep working hard on my game.’’. The Penrith Panthers.Credit:Getty Images, "It's like the Storm, they won the grand finals but were stripped of the titles. He has excelled in his six games for the Warriors to date, prompting New Zealand fans to urge the club to re-sign him. "Regardless of what went on with the salary cap, it was a special thing and pretty tough to do,'' O'Meley said. Cleary left the door slightly ajar for Hetherington to stay at the Warriors next season. For many years, the so-called football whisperer, Joe Wehbe, and his buddy, player agent Isaac Moses, were as thick as thieves. “He is certainly a big part of our squad and right on the periphery in terms of playing in our team.”, Jack Hetherington could stay at the Warriors longer after being loaned to the New Zealand club from Penrith. There was no need for Pay to be re-signed, other than to stop the talk that he was under pressure. A NOTE ABOUT RELEVANT ADVERTISING: We collect information about the content (including ads) you use across this site and use it to make both advertising and content more relevant to you on our network and other sites. ‘‘There was one article which said that he was un-Australian for what he was doing. Burton is off-contract at the end of 2021 but is already attracting interest from Canterbury who will be coached by current Panthers assistant Trent Barrett from next season. I was proud of that record.''. The Tigers and Panthers meet on Friday night at Penrith Stadium and the build-up will be big, even if the clubs don’t want it to be.
Me and Dad are used to it. Picture: Matt King/Getty Images.Source:Getty Images. AFL Trades 2020: Jesse Hogan Fremantle contract news, Sydney... AFL news 2020: Kane Cornes, Sam Walsh wins Mark of the Year,... Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. Meanwhile, Cleary expects to hear from the NRL in the coming days after he submitted a formal response to his $20,000 breach notice for questioning the officials after last Saturday’s win over Canberra. “Apart from that, there wasn’t much to it.”. The truth is the NRL would love a second team in Brisbane. The Bulldogs were stripped 37 competition points and fined $500,000 when it was discovered they had spent more than $1 million over the cap in 2002, yet their winning streak remains official. Obviously, I don’t agree with that, but you just have to move forward.’’, Nathan is delighted his dad is onboard. By all accounts he is a very decent bloke. Wehbe has been publicly praised by the likes of James Tedesco and Daly Cherry-Evans, and some coaches have allowed him to play a role at their club. He is a former head coach of the Wests Tigers, New Zealand Warriors and the Penrith Panthers. Commissioners have confided that expansion has not been on their radar and are bemused by the public discussion. Ivan Cleary has questioned whether Canterbury deserve to be still recognised as the club with most consecutive wins. Ivan Cleary has questioned whether Canterbury deserve to be still recognised as the club with most consecutive wins.Credit:Getty. So many of Moses’ clients swore by Wehbe that there was a push from Moses at one point for Wests Tigers to sign Wehbe as a mind guru. It may be news to some of the players Moses represents that he had a business relationship with Wehbe.
“He has predominantly been playing in the middle for us, so he has done really well to go into a new system and an unfamiliar role in terms of what he has prepared for this year. It was late last year and the Eels have boldly now withdrawn that offer.