Why would us signing a half push Halley to the wing?

Says on the Cronnula website he is still injured with a foot / ankle problem and his length of absence is indefinate. Sounds like a very big gamble to me.

Well I think if we sign Kearney we will lose Tad, then as I say, Halley to replace Tad, Platt back to FB, Kearney to 6, Deacs to 7.

Fair point. I hadn't equated it with the loss of Tadulala.

Signing an injury prone fullback to play out of position in the halves?
Yep, that sounds like the kind of signing we'd make

Dont understand this one at all.

It makes perfect sense in terms of a coach who is out of his depth, has perhaps missed out on his intended target and is now grasping at straws to find an overseas player who might do a job at half back. Hope this isn't the case and I hope this signing isn't confirmed as it runs totally contrary to Hood's comments in this week's programme about NOT having a good chunk of the salary cap sat on the sidelines.

I assume you're quite familiar with Kearney. He's not a player I know much about to be honest. Have you seen him play stand off?

Or are you just unhappy about him possibly signing due to his injury record?

Yes and he's no better than Sykes to replace Jefferies with him is staggering.

Hmmm well we shall have to see whether it turns out to be true, looking pretty likely though.

I'll have to reserve my judgement on this particular signing until I've seen him play a little.

It says something that the sharks would rather play a young kid in the halves instead of Kearney.

And as a FB? Found a forum in Oz and a few seem to rate him as one of the better fullbacks in the NRL on there. rlclickyrl

Signing him to play at FB makes even less sense than signing him to play in the halves!

We already have two FBs and as far as I'm aware Semi would like to stay. Surely the logical thing to do would be to give Semi a new contract rather than let him go and waste a quota spot on another FB.

Aye.

I was enquiring about his abilities as a fullback, as red seems to have a fairly low opinion of him as a stand off. I didn't suggest we needed another fullback and nor do I think we need one to replace Halley.