de register sean long and bring ellis in now?

The cheek of it.

It would make no difference.

most probably not but if long is out for the season or a large part of it then surley he would be a better option then obst and a good chance to get grips on him now and be in a better posistion for next season just a thought anyway

I didn't mean playing wise, there's no point in de registering Long.

It doesn't create room on the cap.

oh right thought that the players wages would stop counting on the cap

It does if you know which channels to go down

I agree, just remembered you lot binned Webbo mid season didn't you.

would that be a good option IF long was out for the season release him and bring in ellis

If Leigh agreed.

He's played so his salarly counts on the cap, if we haven't room for Ellis we can't sign him.

What Rovers did for Webster/Dobson and Dobson/Mason was for quota space.

struggling fianacially i dont think they wiuld stand in his way but cant happen anyway

We could just re-negotiate his contract to include loss of earnings this year.

We could just pay him the win bonus money we haven't paid out this year!

He could become our top earner!

Given Leighs current situation i reckon if you offered them a small fee they would allow Ellis to leave straight away.

I know what you're saying and I agree to an extent. If Long does not get a new deal I hope we use the quota spot for a kicking half but think we are more likely to go with Horne, Obst with Ellis as back up. We need a better kicking game, Heremaia will help with that but I don't think Obst is the answer over a full season playing scrum half.

I wouldn't be surprised if Obst left the club tbh.

The Heremaia signings made him a bit pointless.

Danny Nicklas?

Is a stand off.

We need to use the quota spot & salary from Fitzgibbon (who will retire) & sign Robson or Seymour.
We have messed about too many years now without a regular scrum half. If we are pinning all our hopes on Horne, Obst & Ellis we may as well write next year off as well as this year.

Jeff Robson, a month ago I would have laughed at that signing!

So would I. Not now though.
I'd take Ivan Henjak as player/coach at the moment.

My thoughts too. We need a first choice scrum half under 32 with a good fitness record and handy kicking game. Instead we are forming an unfeasibly large collection of stand-offs/hookers/championship players including Horne, Turner, Obst, Heremaia, Nicklas, Williams and Ellis, and believing if we close our eyes, put our fingers in our ears and wish really, really hard, one of them might steer us to top 4 or failing that the dizzy heights of the play-offs.