So who would everyone else have - Peter Wallace , Chris Sandow (unlikely), Ben Roberts

A good steady eddie mate ha ha. We don't want some flash jack cramping our style.

So who would you be happy with?

A good steady eddie would be fine , don't need anyone flash with all that mumbo jumbo

Anybody who could kick with a bit of accuracy!

Cronk or Marshall!!! What about you?

Bring back Cusack I say ha ha

I don't know much about the NRL. However, looking at who's already a first choice HB in SL we've got,

Contracted for 2012 at least, some for significantly longer:
Finch
Leuluai
Monaghan
Myler
Pryce
Eastmond
McGuire
Burrow
Brown
Brough
Green
Dobson
Chase
Orr
Holdsworth
Dureau
Dorn
Gale
Sammut
Briggs

Leaves us with:

Kearney (no thanks)
Briers (too old)
Jeffries( ? not sure about his contract, but again, no thanks)
Pryce
Ratchford
Bosc
Witt

Pryce/Bosc/Witt, definitely. Not sure that Ratchford's kicked on. That's it.

We said there were no other options in 2009 for the 2010 season. Strangely Nobby found enough to bring the Crusaders up to scratch.

I would take Witt at the drop of a hat

Bosc and Witt would do a good job and would miss few games.

Surely you meant "would miss A few games"?
Bosc hasn't played yet this year and missed 9 last year, Witt was missing half a season aswell.

if long is out for a while why not try lee williams apparently ripped hudds u20s to pieces
if nugget brain had not been so intent on winning the game with cas and tried williams for 20 mins or so just to see how he went .might just might of been surprised how good he could play against super league opposition. but then what do i know

Sean Long is our clubs best buy for many a year not for what he does on the pitch but off it with the youth. Success breeds success!

So paying over 150 grand a year for a youth coach is the best buy the club has made for many a year.

I'd like some of what you're smoking please.

Supposedly big story in paper tomorrow , is it longy's column on a thursday ?

It's not written by James Smailes..

Contract extension for Agar

Don't even consider joking about such things.

It's a stupid question to ask though isn't it? It's like me ringing agar up and asking him a complex question about my tax return and then claiming he's somehow deficient because he doesn't know the answer. People always come up with that question in the belief that it somehow proves that the club can do no more in their player search. If I were in the situation where I was signing players on behalf of a SL club then I'd be able to answer it but as I'm not, I can't

What I would be doing is looking for 2 half backs in their early 20's who show some promise, who have a low propensity to injuries to date, and who will sign for the club for 3 years. People make this big thing about how hard it is to sign half backs yet pretty much every other club in SL sign them. crusaders even managed to find 3 in a few months with no cash.

The real issue here is that we have a chief exec who has no real knowledge of the game or contacts in the world of RL, and a coach who seems to have no contacts either.

Couldn't agree more. Witt would sort our kicking game (or lack of) no end. Exactly what we need. Trouble is we need him now.

If we could get Witt and a scrum half with a football brain alongside him for 2012 I'd be happy.

Has your ice cream van broken down?

The old 'could you do any better?' line and the halfbacks are like rocking horse one are two of my biggest bugbears.

Makes it very easy and convenient to mock/slate/belittle the club's efforts and tee up a slagging off of whoever we sign though, doesn't it, if you predict failure but are unable/unwilling to provide some credible candidates. I've had a go here, I know nothing about the NRL and don't pretend to, but some basic research shows the following are the only first choice SL HBs off contract:
Kearney
Briers
Jeffries
Pryce
Ratchford
Bosc
Witt

What do you think of them, and would any be acceptable to you, or would any/all result in sneering condemnation? It's just plain lazy to say you feel equipped to slag off any signings but aren't in a position to propose any credible alternatives.


We're shackled by the poor decisions to sign Long and Horne, taking up a big wedge of the cap. This won't have helped. I know it's a monster of our own making, but we are where we are. With Obst on a 2 year deal, I'd hope we go for one marquee signing and one younger player, plus hopefully Williams will come through.


Don't disagree.

Utter garbage. You can't say you're sufficiently knowledgeable to condemn FC's signings and at the same time refuse to propose a list of acceptable candidates when a bit of basic research provides a list of OOC half backs at SL level. If SL halfbacks are as in as plentiful supply as you suggest, let's have your list to cherry pick from.