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I have always liked watching Blake Ferguson play football. Who doesn’t? He’s a rare talent who can, and often does, perform on-field football miracles.
Yours truly has been a fan from the first time I saw him in a first grade jumper with Cronulla – this guy can make things happen when the pause button looks to be jammed ‘on.’
But, in recent weeks, I have seen more than enough of BF. He has asked the Canberra Raiders for an exit pass at the very time when he should be seeking a long term contract and some sort of stability in his sporting and personal life.
I do not know him. Never had the chance to meet him.
And in many, many, ways I am glad I haven’t.
To me, he is trash in football boots. A human zero who rates no-one but himself and is out – yet again – to find a new benefactor/sucker to pour mega-dollars into his bank account merely for the honour of having his ‘name’ on their books.
Ferguson can play football. No doubt about that, never has been. He has all the hallmarks of a world-class league centre/winger/fullback.
But it is never about the club he represents – nor his teammates.
It all about Blake Ferguson. If ego isn’t a dirty word, then the name of Blake Ferguson is damn close to being filthy.
He left the Cronulla Sharks several years ago because he wanted to play for a club “capable of winning a premiership.”
He chose to play for the Raiders and from there, he has starred at the right times to represent NSW and Australia.
Suddenly, he wants out of his Canberra contract because Dave Furner is no longer coach.
This young man has been involved in all manner of off-field havoc as a Raiders’ player and all of a sudden wants to pack his bags and leave for greener pastures. Why? Has his security blanket (Furner) been removed and the rails-runs will evaporate?
Does he think the Raiders can’t win a comp in the near future? Is there another unsuspecting club out there prepared to take him on for mega-bucks, and cop the resultant baggage?
I have had more than enough of Blake Ferguson. To me, he is league’s equivalent of poison ivy.
He bobs up all too frequently on Facebook and Twitter, which might well be called ego-alleys for would-be’s-if-they-could-be. He is seen in all of the wrong places, and at grossly inappropriate times.
This guy, seemingly, never thinks.
It is always about him: Blake Ferguson.
But what has he ever achieved? Is he a genuine superstar? Well, not yet. Not by a long stretch.
We hear that Cronulla players, such as Paul Gallen and Todd Carney, want him at the Sharks.
OK, Ferguson is a good, potentially very good footballer but surely, this beleaguered club can well do without his type of baggage.
Personally, I would love to see all 16 NRL clubs turn their backs on this big-headed trouble-maker and let him wallow about in Limbo, wondering why he is being treated like a leper.
The Sydney Swans have a famous ‘No-Dickheads’ policy. It works brilliantly for the reigning AFL premiers.
Perhaps rugby league should turn a collective cold shoulder on Blake ‘Bighead’ Ferguson.
They would all be better off without his ilk.
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