Josh Reynolds doesn't think he's any better than your average Belmore shop owner or worker. The barber, the baker, the banker. They all love the man who doesn't just play for the Bulldogs, but is the Bulldogs. Because he reckons he is just one of them.

"I know probably every shop owner down the street of Belmore," Reynolds laughs. "It's cool. When I was living here I would walk down the street and they would just want to talk about footy. They love it.

Farewell: Josh Reynolds of the Bulldogs. Credit:Getty Images

"[And] I love the NRL players that don't think they're better than anyone else. You're lucky if you play 10 years and then after that you're going to have a job like the bloke down in Belmore. So why would you think you're better than them?"

Reynolds certainly doesn't. Which says a lot more about him than any of the Belmore businessmen and women. And why he's even more lost this week than we he packed up from his 'hood to move to Cronulla recently as all anyone wants to do at the moment is talk about him.