Luke Hodge

So he sacrificed because of the commitment that he made to us.

And at the end of the year, we got a premiership medal because of it.

that's the only real experience that I've had where we've had to sit down with someone.

I understand Gold Coast have a number of players and a lot of clubs do have a number of players.

Brisbane have two as well.

But I think the only way you can get on top of it is it's as simple as communication.

And I think that's one area that,

It doesn't happen in the outside world in business, I can tell you that.

But what players and what clubs need to do is actually sit down one-on-one and be honest.

That is where it is.

And I know sometimes for players, managers will say, don't be too honest because you still want to be getting a game.

But if it's a serious club who's pushing for a premiership or you look at Gold Coast who are pushing for a top eight, top four, and we all know their list can get there, sit down and have good old honest conversations to see, can we push through this?

And then when it gets to the end of the season, hopefully we've had the success that we know that we can and we can move on and you either stay or you go, but we do it as a team and as a group.

I think with the Lockie Neal one, when it comes to family side of things, and Chris Fagan's

probably got two thoughts there.

One is Lockie with his age, and he understands the list that's coming through.

So he might think it could be the best for Lockie to either move closer to his family or a contract that's obviously might not be able to say no to at his age.

But Faggs is also sitting here thinking, we've got so many young guys that might be able to come through, even though Lockie Neal is leading their, I'd say personally that he's leading their best and fairest by a long way at this stage.

But what's going to happen the next five or six years are these young guys can develop and turn into the next Lockie Neal.

The Zach Bailey one's a little bit different because I think he's had the most impact over the last three grand finals.