Just to give you guys an idea of how long this negotiation shit takes, Hooper said on 360 the Monday after Parramatta smashed us that the deal with Oates was "very far along, probably too far along to be pulled back." The deal was nearing completion then, and that was in September. It took the club and Corey's management over a month just to dot I's and cross T's.
So if we only started pursuing someone like Croft with any urgency on the same day, we're in for a hell of a wait yet before we hear anything. Contract negotiations are slow, tedious, meticulous and frustrating, especially for fans who are coming off probably the most humiliating defeat ever.
Patience.