dont think hes got an attitude as such, more frustration with whole situation, a bit like this

If you put Berrigan on a donkey he would try to win the Grand National, that's how commited he is to succeeding here.
He is playing to the 'standard' we are at, through no lack of effort or fault of his.

Some don't get it though

We sign a world class play him amongst , don't give him anything to work then blame him, some are clueless

Bet he still asks for a fourth year though !!

Just to clear things up I dont blame Berrigan. He is the least of our worries and I bloody love having him at the club as I have seen what he can do. What I am saying is his game has recently gone into freefall and on par with the rest of the wasters we have, whether that be cos he is injured or just sick as fook I dont know.
All I said was if he didnt want to be here any longer and had had enough then let him go as the club cannot afford to pay a player such a vast wage if he isnt going to play with passion.
For the record I think the vast majority of our club are over paid wasters who need shown the door and replaced by young willing players !!!

I think you'll find that he signed for 4 (end of 2011)

As far as I know he has signed for three years with fourth year extension option if agreed by both club and player !

Anyway what Im saying is he aint going anywhere cos money talks !!!

Deffo signed for the 4.

Indeed although i bet now he wishes he had a get out clause

he probably will have

He could simply approach the club and tell them he really,really did not want to be here anymore. The club would release him as what's the point of paying someone big bucks when you know his hearts not in it !!!

He would be one hell of a fool to do it though as his huge fat wage will be paying for a huge retirement party back in Brissie in a few years time !!!

correct

Thanks Wolfie, I thought I was right but didnt like to argue !!!

cant see him staying for it

cant myslf neither he will sell his house when housing market picks up and leave before 2011 im sure

I think that berro will stay but just for the 3 years, I base this on my opinion that I don't think an nrl club would have him and no other team in sl would take up his wages. I also think he isnt as good as swain was but swain had a completely different team around him.

Lets be honest - the guy is class. But how disheartening can it be from coming from world class teams to this rubbish. He also has to put up with Agar playing the likes of Tommy Lee in front of him because 'saints and leeds use 2 hookers'. I think he'll go at the end of this season. his heart isn't with the club. He's come to win things - not be part of a disfunctional team.

And you know this because???

TBH, I think a lot of that's down to the differences in their games, and the fact that Swain mainly played behind a dominant (or at least equal) pack. Swain was largely about work rate, outstanding defence and distribution from dummy half. Those are all evident even when a pack is struggling, so he could still shine. On the other hand, one of the biggest parts of Berrigan' s game is his running from dummy half, which is pretty damn hard with the current speed of our PTB (just look at how Houghton has looked less impressive this year). FWIW I think Berrigan's defence has been fairly consistent, he's just not being allowed to shine regularly in attack because we aren't getting on top in the forwards enough.

I agree with that.

I largely agree, i also think a player like Berrigan should be showing more of his skills off irrelevant of whether the pack is winning the wrestle etc. He scored a good try v Rovers and put a good 40/20 in. We need to see more glimpses of his genius than we are imo.

I'd go along with that, yes he is playing behind a beaten pack but for me I expect that little bit more from Berro. More touches of brilliance from him at times during the game could well help us to win games.

And thats exactly my point from a previous page where i think he only shows up for 10 mins a game and then goes missing for 70 mins. We need to see far more from our big money import imo.

Wouln't disagree with that he needs to be in the game more despite the mediocrity surrounding him.