Was responding to another who suggested we should have cut him. Nah he is 25 and one of the most talented people on our list. All the things we suck at, one touch pick ups, evasion , aggressive ball movement, tackling and magnificent vision/ execution by foot. Smoking dope is nothing. Hide/ignore it like every other club and we will get 5-8 years of elite.
I hope you are right, I really really do. Agree, smoking dope is nothing (but still illegal) ... however, substituting urine samples and 'smuggling' dope shows some worryingly poor decision making skills.
My point is as far as this season goes (should we miraculously contend at the pointy end) is there are an awful lot of ifs before we might get some of his old skills again. And as for next season ... his latest Twitter rant (when already hanging by the thinnest of thread) makes me really nervous. And then off-season going back to Tiwi ...
I don't think we can just say with any surety that come R23 the old Willie will be back.
But there is nothing more than I'd like to see him put in several seasons of pre-suspension form.