It occurs to me that, not for the first time, Caisley would have been better keeping his trap shut. Assuming the quote is faithfully attributed.

Assuming it has been though, I'd suggest we might just have heard the definitive statement on the issue?

Cash in.

Throw stupid money at a quality half and a quality centre. If there's any money left over use it to pay off the rest of Deacons contract.

No cash to be had when a player goes to Oz. Best you can hope for is a player swap. I'm sure there are plenty of Aussie second rowers around...

Swap with NQC for Thurston.

And his bank of wales cheque book

Why.

It was sarcasm, dear boy...

They don't seem to like paying transfer fees really. I wouldn't be surprised to see Macca swap Burgess for another second rower, even though our backs desperately need sorting,.

If there is any truth in that whatsoever i'll be extremely disappointed. Pryce will never be a top class player now, Fielden is way past it so in all honestly it sounds like the sort of deal Macca would be interested in.

Sounds like to me. That deals so bad its not funny.

Macca thinks it's a good 'un.

Agreed. I wouldn't want Fielden and Pryce back for free. As bad as things are at the moment, they'd be even worse with those two in the side.

If the Bulls wish to cash in, now is the time,but surely sam has a major say in where his future lies?

If sam wants to go to aus to prove himself,like gaz ellis and mozza have,then sadly you wont get a penny for him.

so financially speaking if he wants a move from the Bulls, the best option for the club financially would be to sell to a sl club

cant see him going to wigan think if he does go anywhere it will be oz i wouldnt be too unhappy if we got maybe lyons and watmough in return

Why wouldn't we.

If he goes to Oz we will get either 1 quality or two good players in return.

yep think oz best bet and have a clause in his deal that we have first refusal on him and if he decides to go else where if we keep his super league reg bulls get a transfer fee

That sounds like the best option if he is to leave.

Aussie clubs dont pay transfer fees!

The vast ammounts that have been mentioned that would be enough to entice sam away from the bulls, sadly wont be coming from australia

to be honest think bulls would rather have players then money at mo anyway

As I said today at the game, if he is keen on going now then we'd be daft to keep him here. If we do the right thing by him he may well return in 3/4 years time when perhaps we'll be in less of a mess.

true think if bulls can get 2 class players from oz for burgess i wouldnt be against it plus think hed come back a better player for it

That sounds fine in principal mate,but how long do you get these 1 or 2 quality players for before they go home?

As will be the case when Gaz Ellis wants to come home,will Sam also go to the highest bidder?

Does that deal then look so appealing?

Does this recompense a club that has nurtured such a talent as Sam?

Just because it isn't common practice doesn't mean that they can't.

Realistically speaking, how much would you consider that an aussie club would pay in cash for sam?