I'm sure Dykes or Head won a similar award if not that and they turned out to be garbage (mainly because of injuries). Hopefully Prince will prove everyone wrong if he signs. He played 22 out of 24 last year which can't be bad. Keep him injury free and he will do some damage.

If HDM are confident then surely its not going to happen

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Few = 3

2012, 2011, 2010? Ah yes, THREE.

I'd be interested to know who everyone would of preferred out of Chase or Prince??

Chase is obv younger and possibly cheaper but has baggage.

Prince's only downside that I can see is the age factor. He will bring a lot of attention to FC over the next few years if he does indeed sign. Tough call but Ill be more than happy if we got Prince over Chase.

Last Season we started the season with

Mckinnon
Horne
Seymour

We finished the season with

Horne
Heremia
Seymour

Next season we could start with

Mcdonnell
Holdsworth
Prince

Exciting times.

Such a shame we won't have McKinnon playing behind them.

Both bring different attributes to the table, difficult one.

Chase's running game, is sensational, but for mine, has a short fuse.
Prince's kicking game is better than Chase.

IF we get Prince,he's the first top class 7 we've signed, since Tugger Coleman - IMO.

A bit of a gamble, but who isnt these days?
he looked outstanding 2005-2006 when wests won the NRL. not seen much of him recent years. just hope he still has that zip, would have liked us to sign a 7 a bit younger to build a team around with Holdsworth, but still a massive massive signing and will certainly put bums on seats.

I know what you mean but I don't think it's [ieveryone[/i that needs proving wrong is it ? Seems that many would love him at the club, me included.

I think he's contracted to Titans until end 2014 ? If so we're offering him one more year than they have already committed to which doesn't seem excessive. I'd like that third year to be an option for us but at the end of the day the world isn't an ideal place. Ideally Danny Nicklas would be the next England captain and we'd have grown our own scrum half so to speak. He isn't and we couldn't get our first choice. Prince is hardly a bad second choice in the current market IMO.

Agree, dont rate McDonnell at all, surely there must be better out there?

Agree, was a classy player, but not committed, injury prone and on stupid money (like Seymour).

I honestly thought Mcdonnell was awful at the start of last year, but when he settled he started to look a good player, he is probably the best available option for us for next season IMO.

Scott Prince has been one of the best halfbacks in the NRL for the last 10 years. We are getting him on the wrong end of his age but he is still very fit and has bags of experience. It's always a risk with halves from the NRL but he played 22 games last year and his talent is undoubted.

If he has the desire then he will be a sensational signing. If he is coming for the money then it could be a disaster.

When you look at Dykes I guess that Princes age is a worry, but Dykes came with an injury problem anyway, then again McKinnon was on a big wage and a long contrcat as is seymour and yet it appears that pearson is willing to pay them off so whose to say should Prince have problems in the third year then he will not do the same. In the short term the bums on seats element and signing a 'proper' world class 7, and the hype that it will cause at both sides of the world and at our Club have to be exciting.

would be over the moon with prince at the club and would be the best 7 in super league by far hes not injury prone like alot are saying and is still quite pacey with a good step and great kicking game better then a (plan B rangi) imo
and mcdonnel showed he was quite good at some stages last year and he cant of been to happy playing for that useless bunch im sure if we get him gentle will get the best out of him. them 2 potential signings i feel would make us very good contenders

Bit unfair when they were affected by injuries. Both were pretty good and we looked a much better side with them in

Just on McDonnell, I think fans will be surprised. He is very goo accelleration and has excellent footwork. He drops the odd ball but so does every fullback. I think he will go really well for us.

Wonder what this means for Horne, backup half and fullback? Will he be happy with this?

Means no role for Goldie then.

Should never have signed Dykes, he couldnt even get on the training field at Cronulla
sheer incompetence by the previous regime.

Listening to Mcrae`s podcast he said that we would probably have room for only 1 of either Mcgoldrick or Aspinwall, if we sign Prince and Mcdonnell i would assume that we will retain Aspinwall as like you say Paul we have Horne who can cover full back.

Oh I agree with that. But he was a good player when fit.

I agree and whilst working within the cap and lack of talent out there I think he could be a very good signing for us.

I don't think we need either tbh.

McDonnell
Crookes
Arundel
Yeaman
Briscoe
Holdsworth
Prince
Lynch
Houghton
Watts
Ellis
Tickle
Galea

O'Meley
Johnson
Heremaia
Whiting/Westerman

Plus Backs
Lineham
Crooks
Horne
Nicklas

Forwards
Whiting/Westerman
Cunningham
Green
Kent
Bowden
Pitts

I agree with you Paul, Mcrae did seem to intermate we would keep one if we signed both Prince and Mcdonnell

Not bad looking squad that!