WELCOME back, Sunshine.
That'll be the resounding message coming from everyone inside Greater Western Sydney's headquarters at Olympic Park, despite what at times looked like an ugly situation during this year's trade period.
Cam McCarthy wanted out – with two years remaining on a contract he extended just last year - for personal reasons to be closer to his family and friends, but the Giants refused to play ball and lose one of their young stars to Fremantle, and rightly so.
McCarthy remains a GWS player, so what happens when he walks back into the club to start pre-season training with the players he so desperately tried to make former teammates?
Quite simply, not much at all.
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The 20 year-old might have some awkward moments when he strolls into coach Leon Cameron's office for the first time, but his mates are sure to break the ice pretty quickly.
Footy clubs are wonderful places to be in situations like these, McCarthy will cop plenty of sledging from Giants players – all quality banter, led by the old man of the group Heath Shaw no doubt – and they'll get on with business.
Throughout the trade period McCarthy and his manager Colin Young always maintained that the forward's sole reason for requesting a move back to Western Australia was homesickness, and that is something that a lot of the young GWS stars – even the experienced ones - will understand.
McCarthy is a popular clubman, well liked and respected among the group, and is a hell of a talent, so once he starts training and the footballs come out, all will be forgotten and forgiven.
The Giants have a real chance to make history in 2016 and become the first side in the club's existence to play finals, and McCarthy will be a huge part of that success if his career path continues to skyrocket.
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It might have slipped the minds of some of the experts out there but the kid is only 20 years old and kicked 35 goals last season playing as a key forward on some of the game's best defenders week in, week out.
The Perth boy booted 29 in his first 12 games of 2015 before his output fell away, pretty normal for a bloke in just his second year of senior football.
In 2016 the Giants' forward set-up will boast McCarthy, Jeremy Cameron and Jon Patton as tall targets, with star recruit Steve Johnson at their feet – and more importantly in their ears – along with the likes of Devon Smith, Dylan Shiel, Rhys Palmer and Will Hoskin-Elliott floating around.
That's some serious firepower.
The Giants reeled off some brilliant footy in the first half of 2015 before key injuries struck, and managed 11 wins for the year, so fans of the club should be excited by what lies ahead.
When the ball is bounced to kick off the 2016 season, the recent trade fiasco will be a distant memory, and when the GWS boys start winning games with McCarthy's help, they'll be on the path to breaking new ground.
Sure, the trade drums might start beating in around 11 months time, but Giants coach Leon Cameron, the club, McCarthy and his management can deal with that as it comes.
Until next year's campaign is over, McCarthy will be an important and much loved player at GWS.
