I've been mulling over this all day, and I just can't help but shake the feeling that something was going on behind the scenes for the club to be moving heaven and earth so much to get rid of Lodge, especially when he was one of our best performing players. Considering his personal history, maybe the leopard hasn't changed its spots and we just haven't been seeing it.
I mean look at this hitlist so far:
Lodge - Gone to the Warriors
TPJ - Very likely gone
Milford - Told in no uncertain terms to hit the bricks and seems to be content with it
Glenn - Being squeezed out by Capewell
Oates - Struggling to keep a spot in the first grade side and likely gone at the end of the season
Coates - Already gone to the Storm
If you were to put together a who's who of personalities that regularly rock the boat within this current playing group using nothing but a fans intuition, that list would be pretty comprehensive I reckon.