Jake Malksham

I don't, because at that stage...

There was no talk of him leaving.

Yeah, but he hadn't re-signed.

Not that there'd been a real offer for him.

But, yeah, it was one of those scenarios with Bud where I think Alistair was ahead of the game a little bit.

Hang on, let's get ahead of this.

If Bud's not going to be here, let's try and do it this year where we can have a win-win rather than next year where we just cop what we cop.

They did, hence why he was trying to get ahead of the curve.

Now, he didn't want him to leave.

No.

He just didn't want him to leave.

But the reality was he thought if he is going to leave, and at this stage there was no talk of Sydney, there was no talk of other clubs, but it was just that he was out of contract.

Clarko was saying he was reading the tea leaves very, very well.

And it didn't happen clearly, but that's the sort of thing I reckon JJ and you were talking about, Cam, is that if you're going to do it and you're Patrick Cripps with a year to go, maybe do it this year.

Personally, I wouldn't be trading out my captain.

That's my personal view.

And the other two, we're doing they just can't afford to lose, let's be honest.

And Mackay is probably gettable.

I think he's probably the one, but again...

Who wants him and what are they going to pay?