He was signed without ever meeting DM face to face. I recall reading from Gleeson himself they had a short phone call once he had signed on. This is poor from manager and player. As a player wouldn't you want to hear directly the role you're being brought in for and how this combines with the boss vision for the club. Likewise the manager, I would expect, would want to see the player across the table and gauge the enthusiasm for coming to the club. To date, it smacks of a journeyman pro coming North for a top up to the pension fund as he couldn't get an equivalent deal down south. I wonder if his family have moved with him.