You're not the only one. He's one of a few that could make a marked improvement.

I haven't seen any of them in action, are they worth a punt?

Emelio was at widnes at one point iirc

Yes he was 2004/05.

He is a winger too . . .

He hasn't been at the Bulldogs.

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saints and leeds both looking and at the moment more attractive options that us tbh.

Tony Colquitt gave a very forthright answer along the lines of;

- won't sign someone for the sake of it
- confident we'll get someone in who is good enough, probably before the start of next season- which other SL club have signed a centre that we would have had?

That suggests to me Saints have someone lined up already.

World Cup might be the show place for a lot of players, certainly the younger ones.
Unwise of clubs to fill their overseas quota until the've seen whats on offer.

But nearly all the younger players in the south sea island squads are already tied in contracts with NRL sides.

I think the idea of the World Cup throwing up previously unheralded talent is a bit of a misguided one.

RL isn't played widely enough at a high standard for some amazing undiscovered talent to appear from nowhere playing for a minnow, as has been said before, just about all the South Seas players there are already part of the Australian system.

The magic ingredients are hope, good weather and decent catering IMO

Give us sunny sunday afternoons with some good wins and add in the smell of fresh samosas drifting over the terraces and obviously news from City Hall about the OSV and things will begin to look up.

As far as the squad is concerned we're clearly focusing on the future by buying young players who will give us better options in the next few years.

I agree with the broad thrust of your argument Andy but we shouldn't use that approach as a way of excusing poor performance in certain aspects.

I certainly don't expect us to be repeating the form of 2003 in any great hurry but as a fan I do want to see the first team start to perform better as time wears on and to see McNamara improve as a coach. I don't think you can put all ambition on hold for 2 years in the hope we'll bring through another SF, JP, LP and PD because you run the risk of damaging our prospects of keeping such good prospects when they're ready.

Most of us recognise the difficulty in recruitment we face in comparison with 10 or 12 years ago but these aren't insurmountable problems yet I hear this too often as an excuse. I guess I'd just like to hear a more "can do" attitude from the club.

I'm not holding out any hopes for the OSV and hope that Plan B is ready to roll!

Beginning to look like misplaced optimism from Macca, although hope is not yet gone!