Ok, but still offers more than Monas now, or Myler would for a few years. You get my point though.

We have the leverage with Orford that Manly don't have a say in the matter. We have no such leverage in the case of Myler

Here we go again

Bobbing up and down like this?

I can't be held responsible for your lack of appreciation of the game as a whole.

Hang on a minute cock, what about the fact that Orford may not want to join a poor SL team?

It has been reported he wants to stay at Manly.

Its also been reported they can't afford to keep him

how old is he?

if he is over 30 then i dont think we should be paying him £200k or anywhere near that amount.

[uHalf Backs[/u

Of listed players from Super League, think i got them all (feel free to add)
[iWho is better than what we have AND willing to come AND at the same price or lower[/i

Danny McGuire
Rob Burrows
Leon Pryce
Sean Long
Ben Jeffries
Paul Deacon
Rangi chase
Brett Sherwin
Jeremy Smith
Rich Myler
Jamie Rooney
Danny Brough
Luke Dorn
Danny Orr
Liam Fulton
Luke Robinson
Damien Quinn
Jace Van Dijk
Tim Smith
Sam Tomkins
Thomas Leuluai
Richard Horne
Chris Thorman
Paul Cooke
Michael Dobson
Thomas Bosc
Shane Perry

Because Joey Johns will have told him that the fans over here are tremendous and get behind the players and team.

Sadly, Joey fails to tell these players about the pessimistic doomsayers that have taken over since he left.

I hope the club have more ambition for the future of this club than people like that

I'd rather have Johns now, not having played for two years than Monaghan or Sullivan. If he played today, for a laugh, he'd be more effective, just with his natural ability to see a hole/runner etc.

He may need a Maradona style fake thumb though to get through the whizz test.

If it were my money we were spending, just for the hell of it, I'd get Dobson in on a 4 year contract and find the best scrum half under the age of 18 in the country.

That's a good 15 years worth of scrum half there

Yeah, but lifes easy on your £6k a month, ain't it.

If you have a 'poshie', you literally throw your muck over a £20 note.

Contradictastic

Ha Ha

That was kind of the point, hence why I put just for the hell of it.

Bye bye monas.

Monas had his best game in ages today.

Yes he did. Strange indeed.

I agree, the pack was immense and the half backs really stepped up onto the platform layed by the forwards.

Two weeks ago, I was convinced he couldn't play halfback after watching him trudge off against Castleford. Today, he looked fine. Him & Briers linked well, and both took enough control, if that makes sense.

had a very good game today and i know ts thinks he can get that out of him every week,playing alongside a very good briers helps as well.

We have an extra dimension with Briers in the team. He has his critics, but he adds so much. I know he missed a tackle that resulted in a try today, but his work ethic & tackling has improved so much under Smith. He actually looks like he's enjoying that side of his game now too, and is putting a few shots on folk.

oh i'm expecting LWF to start a thread on that later.

Monas looks like he can score whenever he takes the line on in the opposition's '20'.

Begging the question - why the hell hasn't he been doing so?

Excellent performance, although he is much better when Briers is on the field.

he has being doing so, unfortunately due to the way we used to play, he didn't have any opportunity to cause doubt in the mind of the defence. He was doing it a lot last year, and the defence wasn't giving him any space as there was no other threat around him, then he gets tackled and get's 'clarke' style abuse.

Good point, similar to the one my mate made. With King looking like a genuine threat on the outside now, Monaghan has a yard extra to move into.