And then gets pick to play SOO?

orford won't see out his contract...

he'll be gooooorrrrrnnnn in a year/18months

Maths skills aren't up to scratch in the sunniest city in the world, are they? He's 31 now, will be 32 early in the 2010 season, meaning he'll be turning 34 at the equivalent time in his final year of his contract, and just over 34.5 when he finishes up. Hardly "going on 36"

Silly me, didn't realise he'll ONLY be 34.5! A mere spring chicken of a lad, good for at least another few years after that then surely!

i hope manly give hodgkinson (sp) a chance, he has real ability.

very good points and the problem of rl in england.

How many other SL clubs have one or a pair of quality halfbacks coming through? Not many. So singling out Bradford for this is hardly a strong arguement and at worse looks like a veiled attack on the club

goodluck to the money hungary orford

Orford's better than Deacon, so I don't see what the problem is? At least Bradford are being ambitious.

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So 2 of your players are on the best part of £300k a year each and you dont even operate at full cap? What do you play the rest of your players with? Buttons?

I cant believe for one minute that any player in SL is on the best part of £300k a season and I bet you could count on one hand the amount that earn £150k a year.

If you ask me, THAT's the problem. Too many people jealous of Bradford's sucess during SL and laughing now they've fallen on hard times and now throwing their toys out the pram because the Bulls might become a force again

You're wrong. It's Burgopodes.

£280k per season has to put him as top earner in SL??

£280k a season is a hell of alot of money for a guy of his age.

I think everybody would say money well spent if it was for Inglis,Slater,Falou or Benji Marshall...but Orford?

Also with respect he is used to guiding the likes of Lyon,the Stewart brothers,Watmough,Matai etc around the pitch.

I think he could be in for abit of a shock at Odsal,but with that money he'll get over it

V.Tiger is miles off, nobody at Cas on Ordfords money...not even close

Not whilst Danny Buderus is still at Leeds

Or ODSAL...the official retirement home of Manly-Warringah

Well said that man.

Signing overseas "also rans" just shows superleague's quick fix mentality. Franchising is supposed to give our kids a chance but will greedy/desperate super league clubs care less? It has already been suggested that a team will get the boot from Superleague so the quick fix merchants will be out in force.

Its much easier to get an "off the shelf" product than to take the effort to plan and to train and to nurture our own youth. - it makes my blood boil.

Then we get the complete numpties who come out with - I don't like smith cos he won't pick the young guns. Then another bigger set of numpties that complain that he has picked the wrong young guns (ie not from their team). Even worse you even get those who complain that he has picked young guns and not played those tried and tested (and failed) players.

Its time for RL and superleague to front a massive investment in youth and stop being an antipodean retirement home.

It will be interesting to reflect on the state of the game come the next world cup. I really, really hope that we have made some progress. A vibrant international team is the catalyst that raises the profile of our game and makes kids want to play.

But you will always find people who will say that about any rival. I personally would prefer to see strong superleague clubs who can develop their own youth - that will give a positive reflection on the health of the game and bolster the national team.

I think the issue that most people see is a lot of money has been spent on a player who "has been" good and is now near the end of his career. The £840K question is will he deliver at the highest level for another three years?

Oh no they are not - try 50% of
Sherwin is Top earner at Cas - Circa 150k

McGoldrick is a very wealthy man in his own right.

You'll find Westy isnt far behind either.

RW would have a heart attack if he had to pay 280k for a player.