this would be a fantastic signing. lets hope its true. i will look forward to next season if it goes through

I'll believe it when I see it.

Orford's a good player and would improve the side but I'm dubious over whether this is just a way of him getting a better deal with Manly.

Hopefully it'll all become clear soon.

I cant make my mind up between the "its a done deal" camp or the "negotiation" camp, or the "we don't get him and we let Deacon go and end up with neither" camp.

The club surely isn't daft enough to let Deacon go without recruiting a decent replacement.

I expect that whatever comes out of the Orford negotiations will influence whether Deacon goes.

According to various sources Brough is wanting out of Wakefield with Hudders the front runners. That'd involve a transfer fee though so it rules us out.

I'd say that if the Orford deal dies a death then Deacon will still be a Bull in 2010.

The number of fantastic 32 years old blokes coming over are few and far between. We were blessed with a staggeringly fit Morrison and Menzies but how likely is it that we get the same again?

Look I'd love to have a world-class back at the club but he's surely too old.

Are we saying that Deacon with a year left to run on his contract would go to Wigan for absolutely no fee? If not, then we could subsidise an offer to Wakefield and get a longer term option.

If Sam's worth 200k...

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There is far too much press and coverage in this story for it not to be true. It looks certain we are after Orford, if we get him is another story. I never thought in a million years Deacon would leave the Bulls (again if true), i always thought he would end up on the coaching staff at some point.

As much as I'd love that to be the case I was think more like 50k....

Orford is the sort of player we have needed since 2005.

Is it a coincidence that at the end of the Orford article, there is the comment about Sa signing for the Dragons? Could this have been the NZ player many said we were negotiating with? If so, did we get rebuffed by him and turn to Orford instead?

Last question - if not from overseas, where will we get the additional three-quarter we so desperately need?

Crookes?

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Which sources are they?

Crap ones admittedly! The Sun and a hundred messageboard "experts".