Tyson Statovci

Yeah.

I think that's, you kind of hit the nail on the head, Kempy.

We all have our vices and things that we kind of turn to when, you know, whether it's addiction or something like that.

And he had his and kind of went through that.

We don't know.

It's a lot of money.

And for your average person, you look at that and the first thought goes to your mind.

How do you lose that much money?

I just think tonight especially...

No matter what way the game goes, the result's going to be Ashley Klein.

And this is from a fan's perspective, not my perspective.

Ashley Klein is a gambling problem.

And this is why there was three more six games.

I hope and pray that's not the way he, look, you can criticize what he does on the field and not appreciate, you know, kind of how he referees the game.

But there's a reason why he's the NRL's number one referee.

There's a reason why he was picked to officiate this game.

And I think we give him that grace because like you said, Kempe, he's done absolutely nothing wrong in the grand scheme of things.

Yeah, so, I mean, this has caught a bit of wind over the last couple of days, but obviously there's been people looking for a reason why the last three games the Blues have missed the start, like not just by an inch, but by a mile.

So they've done some digging, asked a couple of players, asked people around Blues camp and my colleague, Travi Main, up in Queensland.

has put together a yarn on, you know, what some of the players and what some people within camp think about Laurie's pregame stuff and that he just doesn't or he hasn't had the ability to motivate the team to get up for games.