Secondly, if it was always a no, why would he fly out on our buck? For a free trip to melbourne.
Answered your own question. It enabled him to attend some after grand final party or such that has been mentioned a few times.
Could be a ploy to help push his value up.
Many reports were coming out that he was being advised by family and manager to go to a melbourne club, but he wanted to go home to WA.
If he is not a very mature or strong willed person, he may just go through the motions to appease these people, all the while not really being interested