I really don't understand the logic about this season being a right off and not a proper season. My view is that clubs will have to overcome many different challenges and get through a lot of players to get to the end. Whoever gets to the GF will fully deserve it with the winner getting every bit the plaudits that comes with it.

Couldn't care less. A title win is a title win. You think a player will look back at the end of his career over his trophies and go, 'Aw but I won that one with no fans present'.

Bulldogs are terrible. He'll kill it over there though and stand out like a sore thumb. Wouldn't be surprised if it's a stepping stone and he moves to a bigger NRL club in 1 or 2 years. Bunnies haven't replaced Sam yet and they love an English prop forward.

No, but most players will surely get more of a buzz out of winning a trophy in front of 70,000, than an empty stadium?

I mean that lap of honour will be something to behold, won't it?

Course they will but it is what is. I'd rather win it this season in front of no fans than not win it at all this season.

Or I suppose, it won't hurt as much losing it this year, than it has before?

I guess what we are establishing, is that this year's comp is going to be a devalued one - Will be nice to win, but will have the kudos of winning the Locker Cup....

I think once you start making excuses for a player like this it's a sign that they aren't really a top class player. Look at how Simon Grix had a career disrupted by injury, coming back in to the team in different positions with different combinations of players around him and he always looked good. If McMeekan is only able to be a good player if he plays on the right edge with Roberts and Webster then no point signing him unless we're going to play him there and sign those players too. I don't want him and then have to say yes he's been disappointing but he's moved to a whole new team, had to learn whole new system, excuse, excuse etc...

In Currie's case, its going to be the injury rather than having turnover in players around him. In his first few seasons he had a halfback carousel of Myler, O'Brien, Wheeler, Sandow and Patton. and he switched between second row and centre, the only difference in stability between then and the last couple of years was he had Atkins there most weeks rather than having the change of Goodwin/King. Are we really saying that the reason Currie was so good was because of the stability he had with Ryan Atkins? The big difference between before and after was he had two serious injuries. If he hadn't had those injuries, we wouldn't be having this conversation, it would have been more like "are the rumours true that he is signing for an NRL team in 2021?"

That is true also. But given the option of winning it or not I'd bite your hand off.

I would’ve expected Currie to have been in the NRL some time ago if he hadn’t suffered the injuries.

Very likely as Wayne Bennett was very keen to get him into the national team.