We persisted with a passenger.

The million dollar question.
Who is available and who do the club buy?
No doubt you'll give a "wish list" of players who are under contract.

While we still have the funding millstone around our necks WRT the new stands, I doubt there will be any major money spent.

I imagine when/if the number of interchanges reduces and need guys who can play longer minutes. There was some talk early last year I think that we'd be going back down to 8 interchanges but it doesn't seem to have happened.

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Sal should resign from this forum after that suggestion

I think it makes a real difference having some genuine footballing talent at loose forward. O'loughlin when fit is the best around for mine. He can bang in like an extra prop if needed and really play.

Without a doubt it'd be the way to go for me. As long has you get the balance right it can take a lot of pressure off the halves too.

WRT possible signings, remember when Brierley was the passing fad? He's done little for hudds whenever I've seen him, certainly nowhere near enough to make me not think we dodged a bullet there. Of course, he's still young enough to prove me wrong.

I was thinking the very same thing.
Although I have to say I did think we should have taken a chance with him when he became available.
Maybe Huddersfield are not playing to his strengths?
I do like the look of one or two of their forwards though as I am not sure any of our forwards can run the ball in with that sort of power and determination.

A passenger with (if you believe the stories) a very expensive contract that might not have been easy to buy out.

Thing is with GH's "nous & previous" id put money on there being some sort of get out clause in it he's well known for doing as such especially with imports so id be surprised if there wasn't one.
Im equally surprised we gave Delaney 5yrs & he's still here despite his regular injury issues.

Its all about opinions - he is class apart virtually every other half back in SL - what is funny is you cannot see it

Stevie Ward has all those attributes but he's used as a BR battering ram/tackling machine.

Really?
He hasn't shown it consistently over here imo in fact id say there are possibly 2/3 games during which i've thought that was top class wrt his performance & none of them were away from home.
Just saying.

The only get out clause i'm aware of is the recent Segeyaro one. When else have we had one with overseas players?

When's Delaney's contract "officially" up?
Can't see him finishing this season the way he's going.

Sal's been on the silly juice again.

Don't really think we should have strained ourselves for any of those.

I remember, said at the time he would be a poor signing. He reminds me of McGuire when he first came through, problem is McGuire was 18, Brierley is nearly 25.

Strained?
They were available and would walk into our 17.

the forwards certainly would

Burgess, Widdop, Myler certainly,

Williams aspires to mediocrity, Lefaoa and Moores? meh.

Williams is a young up & coming HB played well at Catalans & would easily be our starting HB.
Wrt the other 2 id take both over Delaney & at the time Achurch.

Brierly is 24, he's scored 14 in 22, he's going alright at the giants, certainly not what we need tho, could've done with danny brough type before we signed a less prolific version of danny, moores over achurch was a no brainer...we should be thinking of tabling a huge deal for burgess.

Not a chance he comes back from the NRL.