Limited-time offer ><\/a><\/p>\nIt\u2019s been widely reported that Cherry-Evans will join the Roosters on a one-year deal for 2026, which will be announced at the end of this season.<\/p>\n
But the veteran reporter called on DCE to retire at season\u2019s end, and opt out of his Roosters contract.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really worried now about the Cherry-Evans situation at the Roosters,\u201d Rothfield said on NRL 360 on Monday night.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to start off by saying I hate seeing champions and great players struggle at the back end of their careers and not knowing the appropriate finish line.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would love to see Cherry-Evans right now consider retirement.<\/p>\n
\u201cRetire as a one-club champion (and) legend at the Manly Sea Eagles.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t go to the Roosters. It\u2019ll cost him a few bob.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t go there and knock a young local junior who is on 80 grand out of the Roosters side.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think PR wise it\u2019d be a much wiser decision for Cherry-Evans to pull up.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just don\u2019t think he\u2019s playing well enough and next year, at 37 years of age.\u201d<\/p>\n
But fellow panellist Brent Read disagreed, believing it\u2019s too late for Cherry-Evans to save face on the PR front.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe PR battle\u2019s lost Buzz,\u201d Read said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was lost months ago, the PR battle.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s lost that. That\u2019s gone.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe can\u2019t win that back.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think at the moment he\u2019s in a toxic environment, and it\u2019s a toxic environment of his own doing because of the way he\u2019s handled it.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I think he\u2019s playing like a bloke who knows that he hasn\u2019t handled it well, and the situation hasn\u2019t been handled well.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think when he gets out of Manly and ends up at the Roosters, I think he\u2019ll be a completely different footballer.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think you\u2019ll see more of the Daly Cherry-Evans that we know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Host Braith Anasta pressed Read further.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo you think his defensive reads and areas where he\u2019s really struggled, in attack as well, and all that, is just because of the environment he\u2019s in,\u201d Anasta said to Read.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that\u2019s played a big part in it,\u201d Read replied.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve got a footballer who has basically destroyed a football club, which is what Daly has, in effect, and his management have done this year.\u201d<\/p>\n
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