Dragons playmaker Benji Marshall says his future is unlikely to be decided for another three weeks. Photo/Getty.
Benji Marshall will cop being panned by two greats but refutes suggestions his inability to get St George Illawarra firing is related to ongoing contract talks.
The Dragons have scored just 40 points in five games this season, with veteran playmaker Marshall copping the brunt of criticism for an attack
which failed to get on the board in Saturday night's 36-0 loss to premiers North Queensland.
Immortal Andrew Johns claimed the former Kiwi Test skipper was creating nothing for his outside men, while former Test skipper Brad Fittler said Marshall needed to toughen up.
Marshall says the criticisms were probably valid, but he doesn't believe the contract situation - having previously knocked back a reported $300,000 one-year extension by the Dragons - had anything to do with the struggles.
"I'm happy to cop that, obviously trying too hard to create something off the back of nothing, I've addressed that as well," Marshall said on Monday of his high-profile critics.
