He's a better runner, passer, organiser, off loader, tackle breaker, try scorer, leader.

He's simply different league.

whilst i agree with some of the points, pryce is a must sign if we have a chance to. he is a class above any of our backs and provides many options without using a quota spot.

Of course he is, only a donkey wouldnt know this and not want to sign him.

Really don't get the logic of not wanting to sign a top class halfback. Neither Herbert or Briggs are good enough IMO. Yes we need an organiser but we also need a dangerous running threat from HB. Who is this top class organising halfback that wants to join us?

its a common myth - i think we have a quality seven in the under 9's he is just starting his bulk up program!

And I disagree that he's not an organiser too

not a case of not wanting to sign him (bit academic as hes gone to catalans anyway). just fact that weve got a few players who can play 7 to a reasonable, albeit not world class, standard. We have no one IMO who can play 6 at anything like an acceptable level and signing pryce wouldnt address that. So for me sorting the 6 position out has to be the priority. If we can accomodate a better 7 too, then great.

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We haven't got anyone who can play 6 or 7 to a top half of Super League standard.

wouldnt argue with that. but the players we have, have more potential improvement as 7's than as 6's IMO.

The saddest thing about Pryce by far is that he was ours, would have been happy to stay and play 6, and we let him go for no reason. We could have had him playing 6 for us for all these years, and still. But then one area where we do undoubtedly lead SL is in crazy transfer bloopers, with Harris incoming a distance clear of the outgoing Menzies, Pryce, Morrison [iet al[/i.

You could say that a lot of our transfer bloopers/oversights/ruddy great holes in recruitment were forced/dictated by the Harris signing.

And the Orford fiasco.

But regarding Pryce, I think a lot of people are looking at him through rose-tinted glasses. He was a good player in our glory days of SL. But as many have noted, he does go missing in games and he's also been out injured most of a year. He'd also be past 30 when he'll be available to sign for us.

I'm not saying he's not a good player. I'm not saying he wouldn't improve our squad. What I'm saying is that he wouldn't be coming cheap and that we need an organisational half more than we need a running half.

TBH we need both, we need somebody to run at the defence and put them in two minds and somebody to organise something other than a flat pass and crossfield bomb.

Agreed. People are talking as though we're choosing between Pryce and this mythical organiser/general. Who is he? There aren't that many top quality halfbacks up for grabs unless we managed to recruit one still under contract which seems unlikely.

If we went in for Pryce but he was asking too much/wanting too longer deal then fair enough. But to suggest that he 'isn't what we need' is frankly nonsense IMO.

If it turns out that he is off to Catalans, it will be interesting to see who we end up signing. Otherwise we might not just have Menzies running rings around our side when we face them in 2012.