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<blockquote data-quote="BLR" data-source="post: 216973"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Haysie @ Sep 8 2008, 09:50 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=346612" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p>Well he hasn't re-signed, why would he rule it out unequivocally, he would sign otherwise.</p><p></p><p>The problem is Aussie sport is stifled by salary caps and that so the transfer idea isn't developed in the mind of the population. Look at the EPL, a player will say, like Giteau has, that he is happy where he is but it's all basically paper talk until the player has signed on the dotted line. He could go, he could not. In Perth he has only just brought a house, his girlfriend plays for the Perth netball team, you can't beat the Perth lifestyle if you're a sportsman so until he says otherwise there is no reason he'd leave. </p><p></p><p>Although his girlfriend is the sister of Buddy Franklin so maybe he IS moving to the Brumbies, after their move to Victoria of course. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BLR, post: 216973"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Haysie @ Sep 8 2008, 09:50 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=346612']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> Well he hasn't re-signed, why would he rule it out unequivocally, he would sign otherwise. The problem is Aussie sport is stifled by salary caps and that so the transfer idea isn't developed in the mind of the population. Look at the EPL, a player will say, like Giteau has, that he is happy where he is but it's all basically paper talk until the player has signed on the dotted line. He could go, he could not. In Perth he has only just brought a house, his girlfriend plays for the Perth netball team, you can't beat the Perth lifestyle if you're a sportsman so until he says otherwise there is no reason he'd leave. Although his girlfriend is the sister of Buddy Franklin so maybe he IS moving to the Brumbies, after their move to Victoria of course. ;) [/QUOTE]
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