Jasper84
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- Sep 23, 2013
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I've got a fair idea. Interesting that Fly was part of this era as well...I wonder what Lethal will say?
"If we'd lost the 2003 grand final, Aka would never have played for the Lions again,'' Matthews said. ''That's how savage the reaction would have been - but we won it so you kind of move on.''
"Matthews said once Akermanis' skills began to wane, as they had this season, his off-field controversies made it hard for a club to retain him.
"In the early 2000s, he was an A-grade player, now he's probably a C-grader,'' he said.
''That's why they (Bulldogs) let him go. When a loose cannon comes to that stage, that's when you finally decide it's time to cut the cord.''