Green still in dark over axing
Unwanted Warriors halfback Blake Green says he still hasn’t spoken with club owner Mark Robinson.
Robinson confirmed last week that Green and centre Gerard Beale wouldn’t be offered contracts for next season.
The timing of the announcement last Thursday came as a surprise, especially as the players hadn’t been told that Robinson would go public with the club’s decision.
While it sent shock waves through the club, with other players unaware that the two veterans were going to be axed, both had outstanding games in the 26-16 NRL win over the Broncos on Saturday night.
Speaking to media yesterday, Green said he still hasn’t had a conversation with Robinson, who is in camp with the team in Gosford.
‘‘Not as yet, I’m sure we will in the coming days,’’ Green said when asked if he’d talked to Robinson.
When they do eventually talk, Green suggested he’ll spend most of the time listening.
‘‘I don’t think I have to say too much, to be honest,’’ he said.
‘‘I’ll probably just listen, I’m sure he’ll have a few things to say to me. I’m not sure how that’s going to go.’’
Green was asked if he was disappointed that Robinson hadn’t spoken to him and said: ‘‘I’m sure he will. The club has obviously got a plan in place, that will happen in time, I guess.’’
Green said he knew a couple of days before it went public that he’d have to find a new club for 2021, when Warriors’ recruitment and retention manager Peter O’Sullivan informed him of the club’s decision.
However, he says he doesn’t know why he’s not wanted and
hasn’t been able to find anything out this week.
‘‘Not at this stage,’’ Green said. ‘‘It sort of happened quite quickly, we had a review the next day [Sunday], jumped into training on Monday and it was a big day for us, so today is our first day off.
‘‘We’ll see what happens in the coming days.’’
Although Beale is in the same boat, Green said he decided not to have a conversation with him about what they were both going through.
‘‘I haven’t spoke to Bealey, because I didn’t know if he’d seen it or he’d been told,’’ Green said.
‘‘I didn’t know his situation and I didn’t want to seem rude or be nosey about it.
‘‘I didn’t want to interfere with his preparation as well. I’m sure people were well aware about what happened, but no one raised it or anything like that.’’
Even though the Warriors don’t want him, Green says he hasn’t contemplated retiring at the end of the season and believes he still has something to offer to the game.
‘‘I have still got a desire to play footy,’’ he said.
‘‘I’m not sure anyone knows the right answer, but everyone I’ve spoke to says that you know when it’s the right time [to retire].’’
It wouldn’t have been easy for Green to front the media as he has done. Clearly he was hurt by what happened, but he said he didn’t feel he should run away from anything.
‘‘I’ve got nothing to hide,’’ he said.
‘‘The worst thing for me to do was say no to answering questions and look like I’m kicking stones and I’m hiding
‘‘If something’s going to get said, I want it to come from me and be the truth.’’
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from things.
‘‘If something’s going to get said, I want it to come from me and be the truth.
‘‘It is what it is, that’s the game. People get moved on, people change sides and footy rolls on.
‘‘I get judged on how I perform on the weekend, so my job was to perform as best I could on Saturday against the Broncos and I’m going to do the same against the Titans on Friday.’’