“You will never win a big final – I want to get out,” were the words Ryan Matterson brought to the West Tigers before he left for the Parramatta Eels.
Matterson left the Tigers for a year at the end of last season to sign a three-year deal with the club.
He dropped tools and skipped training while his manager claimed he was sick.
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But in the background he was working on a move to Parra.
Matterson joined the eels this season and helped the eels climb the ladder.
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But he didn’t stop here and targeted the tigers on social media after allowing full-back Corey Thompson to quit the titans.
“Players of gamers last year and they didn’t want to use you this year,” Matterson posted on social media next to an emoji with raised eyebrows.
“You are an absolute freak of a player and you will kill with the titans.”
This outbreak brought a reprimand for Brad Fittler, who described the behavior of the second rower as “ridiculous”.
On Thursday, he meets his former club for the first time since his bitter departure
And the Sydney Morning Heralds The revelation that he said to the Tigers: “You will never win a grand finale will certainly add fuel to the fire.
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But the great Benji Marshall says there are no hard feelings.
“In Footy, you sometimes have to do what you think is best,” Marshall told reporters.
“And (Matterson goes) well over there.
“There is no doubt that he added a lot to his team. A lot of strikes on the right side and a lot of experience. “
“In an ideal world, you always want it to be rosy and good, but he did what he thought was the best, and that’s fine.
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“You can’t bag someone for that.
“He’s fine. Good luck to him. “
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Marshall said his team wanted to underpin their 48-0 win over the Broncos when they face each other on Thursday.
“Every week when I tell our team, you have to show up with the same intensity and attitude,” said Marshall.
“If you don’t show up ready to play, you’ll be flogged.
“Our challenge is to get out there next week and show up in the same way.”
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