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And to play at 6, for all who fretted about him displacing Halley.

my only slight worry

I haven’t touched a footy properly in about five or six months so

I can't comment whether this is a good signing or not as I have never seen him play, but, it begs the question of Sykes to play centre ? If so he needs to have an intensive off season in his positional skills.

At last, some positive news.

think the only one obsessed with that idea was our friend terrymonster ( or whatever hes calling himself that day). every story linking kearney to us has said we wanted him for the halves.

providing he comes back from injury ok then bretts a very good signing and gives us some pace in the halves at last. now we need a decent and at least 1 winger.

Great news this, someone who could be a real threat at 6, I've heard good things about Kearney and what he can do with ball in hand. Should give the opposition something else to think about rather than just bashing Deacon, if Kearney is succesfull at 6 it could also see an improvement in Deacons game.

Sykes' return to the needs some work in preseason however.

Is there any possibility that we will have Sykes and Kearney as starting half backs next season?

got to admit that thought had crossed my mind too.

No, I don't think so. Deacon and Kearney at 7 and 6 with Sykes as back up 6.

That's what I was thinking. Fingers crossed!

Sadly that is probably the case but Sykes (IMO) is better in the halves and him and Kearney just sound a better combo to me than persisting with Deacon for another year as a starter.

He's a talented player and best used at full back.

Very injury prone though.

Boss Steve McNamara says Brett Kearney is a 'free-spirit type of player' who will play stand-off for the Bulls

What does this mean? Is he a another free love hippy like Macca?



Or he likes lots of free gin on demand?

Well, I've said before I would have liked 2 new halfs, but one potentially excellent new half might bring out better performances in the other?

I think we have to accept that Deacon will be our starting 7 and captain for next year.

Other than the bad injury last year what other injuries has he had?

If it's just one bad injury and he's now fit I'll not be too concerned.

So this leaves us with one extra overseas space if I'm right!

Reckon we will be having a closer look at some antipodeons with a view to splash the cash after the four nations........

Eric Grothe is looking for a new contract.

He is a winger.

2009 - 1 game
2008 - 20 games
2007 - 8 games
2006 - 20 games
2005 - 3 games
2004 - 14 games
2003 - 10 games

I can't remember them all, He has had some neck/spine injuries in his career.

And given his pedigree and performance in the GF he'd make an excellent signing. Rather have him than Walker.

I hope Kearney stays fit for us, because if that's the case he's a good signing, however given his record for injuries it's a risk. Hopefully one which will pay off.

An average of just under 11 games per season. Not a good sign. Here's hoping this isn't the pattern we'll see with him over here.

at least according to the pattern he's due a full season next year. And 2011 season deacon will be gone so surely we'll be signing a half anyway and the load on kearney wont be as big.

Might not be totally right but would seem his injuries came while playing FB.

You would hope that at 6 he will not be taking at many hits or having to put his body on the line as much.

But I could be wrong and he is just unlucky.

Glad to hear a bit of positive news. Even the rumour mill has been quiet for the last couple of weeks. Let's hope there's a lot more to come in the next couple of weeks.

I've been impressed with Kearney when I've seen him play. With a bit of luck his injury problems might be behind him and we'll see the best of him next year.

He used to play for South Sydney

2003 - was off the bench and played some hooker, half back and five-eigth
2004 - off the bench as utility and played some five-eighth
2005 - off the bench

Went to the Sharks

2006 - played a lot of five-eighth and half back for most of the season before being moved to the bench in round 15 and first started playing fullback in round 20 of that season
2007 - all fullback except one game as five-eighth
2008 - fullback for full season

I've watched him since he was young even before he played first grade.
He does have talent and for a lot of his career they struggled to find him a spot to play in consistently.
But I believe he has played his best footy at fullback.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Kearney

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Kearney