Round 16 against the Saints was a very significant time in season 2017 for the Tigers.
Not many can explain why the team performed so poorly.
Well this is the reason and it potentially cost us finishing 1st on the ladder.
Dustin Martin met with the North players and coach the week leading up to the Saints game.
Word got out at the club, hence the disappointing way the team played.
However Dusty told his teammates the week after he wasn't going anywhere and he was going to stay.
(No he was never going to leave and those involved Balme/Richardson/Scott/Hardwick/Cotchin/Merkin knew that since mid-july)
Is it any wonder that from Round 17 the only dropped match was against the cats where things just didn't go their way.
So don't believe anyone who says Dusty was considering the move for the money, especially his manager.
Dusty deserves alot of credit for knocking back a big offer, his manager has been in his and his dad's ear for soo long he has semi convinced them that he should be paid a shedload more than was first offered.
Not many can explain why the team performed so poorly.
Well this is the reason and it potentially cost us finishing 1st on the ladder.
Dustin Martin met with the North players and coach the week leading up to the Saints game.
Word got out at the club, hence the disappointing way the team played.
However Dusty told his teammates the week after he wasn't going anywhere and he was going to stay.
(No he was never going to leave and those involved Balme/Richardson/Scott/Hardwick/Cotchin/Merkin knew that since mid-july)
Is it any wonder that from Round 17 the only dropped match was against the cats where things just didn't go their way.
So don't believe anyone who says Dusty was considering the move for the money, especially his manager.
Dusty deserves alot of credit for knocking back a big offer, his manager has been in his and his dad's ear for soo long he has semi convinced them that he should be paid a shedload more than was first offered.
