Im not so sure about the women`s charities bit, by doing that he is admitting he is a woman basher who needs help.
Saying things in court like " then she went superman over me" shows to me how intelligent he is, Im not saying one bad thing about him because he is a player I adored, but lets face it, he aint too bright, he made a mistake in the heat of the moment, and his actions afterwards were just as bad, maybe even worse than the actual event
Make no mistake, he is angry at the club, I believe a lot of his motivation for coming back to the nrl is going to be to shove it up our arse, the last thing he would want to do is be apart of our success.
If you were him would you really want to play for the thousands of fans that were idolising him one day, and looking down on him, calling him every name in the book the next? I doubt it.
To be honest Im not sure he can get back to his absoloute best. The amount of stress and trauma this must have caused would have been extremely detrimental, 2 years ago, mentally he would have felt on top of the world, now he has been to hell and back.
You can actually even see the toll it has taken in his face lately, he looks like he has aged a great deal, he is even going grey, his face is much fatter and he doesnt look as healthy.
Look at michael vick, came back to the NFL after 2 yrs out of the game, he was the best, freakiest natural athlete Ive ever seen, now he is a shadow of his former self.
2008 was our window of opportunity, now it is gone, and we all need to accept that and let this team rebuild. Truth is even Gals might be passed it when we are a real premiership contender again.
Time to let go of the bird, as much as I love him.