Freddy's concern for Latrell

Can I ask how is Luttrell’s mental state? Because it feels like for the last month, every night or every day on various rugby league shows, he’s the the talk. Yeah. Is he feeling the pressure? I think he’s rattled. Joey. I think he spoke. I spoke to a lot of people yesterday. I think he’s rattled. He had his, his advisers, Matt Rose and his manager, Warwick Wright come and see him on Monday night and they told him if you want to quit, if you want to walk away, we’ve got your back. Walk away. Don’t do this for anyone else. Don’t play because your family want to play, want you to play or you’re doing it for someone. If you’ve had enough, if this is too much for you, then walk away and we’ve got your back, OK. But he told them he wants to play. I want to ask you, you you’ve been forthright in talking about when you accept the big money at a club and you’ve talked a lot about Kaylin Ponger. He’s the leader of the club, the highest per player. You have to set the standard. You’re you’re the benchmark of the club. Latrell is the highest played player at South. Yeah, it’s not happening that that’s not Latrell. Mitchell doesn’t do, doesn’t doesn’t act or even play in a manner that seems to set the standard at that club. Is that a fair comment Since probably middle of last year they were leading after mid year 11 round five of the last and Latrell was on fire. I remember that game when he threw, Josh had a car office against the Bulldogs where he just absolutely destroyed him. But since then, for some reason, the trails form’s gone down and, you know, see how Sydney has gone with it. Does anyone have a reason why this has happened mid year last year? Because since then it just looks like his mind is elsewhere. Yeah, And I think it’s a combination of everything that’s going on at South Sydney. The pressure did this stuff, the pressure involved, yeah, yeah, the pressure. The pressure’s huge. And I don’t think the point you made earlier about his mental well-being and the frame of mind. I don’t think he’s in a good space and I don’t think he’s handled it the way he needs to handle it. I think the trail has taken all the criticism and it’s become OK stuff you, stuff you, stuff you and it’s, it’s all blown up in this situation now where he’s angry, he looks angry on the way he looks frustrated. And the interview on Triple MA couple of weeks ago, his reaction to that, it speaks to a guy who’s just frustrated and he’s not dealing with the situation very well. The way he deals with it is to act out. He’s to rebuild and that was raised with him the other day with S Sydney with his management saying you don’t need to be this guy. Why do you have to try and be a tough guy? Well, I think it is. It’s a it’s a way of a cry for help. And I feel for him because some of this is his own doing. Like you can’t excuse that tackle on the that hit on the weekend. What he said after the interview. Yeah. But he’s a guy crying out for help and I just don’t know if he’s handling this the right way. Well it started this year after Las Vegas. That’s where it really. You know they got beat over there and it got. Yeah really amplified from there because you know and he’s he’s, you know he’s been held out there as one of the indigenous leaders And that that takes a lot I’m sure of your energy you know because you’re constantly watching you know things the way they’re played out. You know in life. That’s a role he’s embraced. What’s that. That’s a role he’s embraced. Yeah. But I’m. But I’m thinking he’s understanding it’s come with it comes a lot of energy. It takes a lot of energy especially then and then Chuck Mundane and then there was a dispute with those blokes and you know I think that’s what happens when you start you know delving into social media and all that sort of stuff and playing a bit of your life at in on the social platforms he’s it takes a lot of your life. Is he on social media literal. Yeah he’s he’s he’s on social media. Yeah. Is he on the is he prolific on there on there all the time on there. I I think Freddie makes a point though because that I I’d imagine on that he’s getting yeah and I think he’s learnt to to shut things off but it’s still there mate. You don’t you don’t learn this quick. Is this. No mate, it is poison.