Quote ="TheButcher"It's likely to be Gallen and Taylor. I just can't see us snatching one of NRL's top properties in Taupau at this stage.
Gallen has said he'd like to play SL and Taylor has been put in the shop window by the Titans. I really rate both players. Gallen still has tons to offer and is a natural leader and genuine hardcase who could lead us from the front. The coal train could literally be running over SL defenses if we could settle him in the UK but it would be a question of whether his heart's in it.'"
If it is going to be Taupau are kyd then we must be paying him one hell of a salary (the Doc must have found 50p down the back of the sofa as he's potless apparently), I watch a plenty of NRL and he is one of the best forwards in the league, it's not over egging it by saying he would walk into most NRL starting 13's and if he was an Aussie he would be playing in Melbourne today.
Gallen is an odd one for me, seems more and more injury prone and you do wonder if he heorics over the last few years of being an 80 hard tackling prop have taken it out of him (watched a game not recently and Phil Gould was very vocal about this being exactly the case), that said still think he would be a role model for the rest of the pack and be the perfect replacement for Morley.
Taylor is an enigma, read a report on this week by Gordon Tallis who said if he'd applied himself better Taylor could have been the greatest forward ever, that appears to be his issue, he just seems to disappear during games and throws some of the craziest off loads you'll see. I would worry that if we do get him and play him in the front row it would stiffle his talents, I've seen him play his best rugby as a wide running back row and even at times he has played in the centres and skittle the opposition backs for fun.
If we're honest we'd take any 2 from the 3 mooted, but if the Docs serious he'd just get all 3