I wouldn`t want Matt Orford especially after what happened last time round when he basically used us to get a better deal for himself in the NRL, he`s 31 now and would be 32 next season so thats hardly building for the future, a few years ago maybe but not now. You would hardly be signing someone at the top of their game either if we signed him.
Richie Myler is a very good prospect but he still has quite a bit to learn, his defence is a bit suspect from what ive seen and i don`t see him as a natural ball distributor, his strengths are his short kicking game which is excellent and his support play is also very good ala Shaun Edwards style.
I think we need a scrum half thats somewhere inbetween the above 2, one thats not at the end of his career and one thats not starting out his SL career where he is still a raw talent with things to learn, Richie Myler will need time to develop further so do we have that time available to develop him given our situation where we need a steadying influence ?
Its the distribution side of his game would concern me, John Wilshire would agree with that after recieving 2 hospital passes in the recent Hull game that was on Sky, one of the passes resulted in John Wilshire giving him a long stare as if to say "what the feck was that".
Scott Prince would have been ideal scrum half, its a pitty he signed a new 4 year deal with the Gold Coast. Peter Wallace is also another that would have been ideal for us, he`s a scrum half thats in great form and has a superb short kicking game, again though he is tied up to the Broncos until 2012. Their are not many high class scrum halves available these days.
Lets just say i wouldn`t be dissapointed if Tony Smith could pursuade Rob Burrow to take up a new challenge as thats about the best experienced option over thats english who is at the right sort of age, a transfer fee would be involved but it would also be involved with Richie Myler.
Richie Myler is a very good prospect but he still has quite a bit to learn, his defence is a bit suspect from what ive seen and i don`t see him as a natural ball distributor, his strengths are his short kicking game which is excellent and his support play is also very good ala Shaun Edwards style.
I think we need a scrum half thats somewhere inbetween the above 2, one thats not at the end of his career and one thats not starting out his SL career where he is still a raw talent with things to learn, Richie Myler will need time to develop further so do we have that time available to develop him given our situation where we need a steadying influence ?
Its the distribution side of his game would concern me, John Wilshire would agree with that after recieving 2 hospital passes in the recent Hull game that was on Sky, one of the passes resulted in John Wilshire giving him a long stare as if to say "what the feck was that".
Scott Prince would have been ideal scrum half, its a pitty he signed a new 4 year deal with the Gold Coast. Peter Wallace is also another that would have been ideal for us, he`s a scrum half thats in great form and has a superb short kicking game, again though he is tied up to the Broncos until 2012. Their are not many high class scrum halves available these days.
Lets just say i wouldn`t be dissapointed if Tony Smith could pursuade Rob Burrow to take up a new challenge as thats about the best experienced option over thats english who is at the right sort of age, a transfer fee would be involved but it would also be involved with Richie Myler.
