Parramatta are in for him.
Some of the latest blog rumour stuff; nothing more than we're guessing at;

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[i"As for which club he will sign who knows its between the Parramatta Eels, Canberra Raiders and the Melbourne Rebels are there abouts."[/i

This needs sorting, but what happens if any clubs in for him walk away from any deals?

If clubs do walk aaway are we in a lot of trouble

Unlikely but what if Orford thinks 'no one will sign me now, too late in pre-season prep and i am too old to sit it out for two years. I will have to return to Bradford and make the best of it'

As he has a 2 year deal left in his pocket and we have signed Herbert what the hell happens then?

we get rid of glenn hall, accept him as a quality player but loathe him for being a tw*t

I'd imagine that as he's requested a release (which to my mind is the same as tendering his resignation) worst case would be we would just grant his requested release without getting any compo, but leaving Orford without a club to go to and hence no wage coming in. Its not in his interests to allow it to get to that stage and quite frankly he lost the option of the final 2 years off his contract the instant he formally requested a release. If for some legal reason we cant do that then we could just not register him as a player and a very highly paid toilet cleaner until he got pee'd off and quit.

I'd take glenn hall over orford despite poor season he had last year and relative difference in their quality for one simple reason. Hall wants to play for us and Orford clearly doesnt.

As I've said, we won't be in trouble because Orford's asked for a release from his contract. We can grant that but hold his registration until we receive compensation as part of the settlement.

Therefore he's off our books, we've no trouble with the salary cap or quota and the only people who it negatively impacts is Orford and his money grubbing agent.

All the departing players except Orford have been taken off the squad page, probably only because he's not definitely gone yet, but my opinion differs to Mats, I'd take Orford back. I think he's scum, but he'd offer us far more than Glenn Hall.

Undoubtedly a fit and commited Orford would offer more. But I dont think thats the player we'd get. We'd get a guy who didnt want to be here and was just going through the motions to ensure he kept getting a very generous wage.

I'm with you on this. I have no desire for Matt Orford to be anywhere near our club after what has gone on. I don't give a toss how good a player he can be.

I'm bored of reading about Matt Orford, from when the rumours started we've had nearly 5 months or so of this now.

Surely to god the conclusion must now be in sight??

few posters on Canberra message boards seem to think it might be resolved this week so we live in hope.

When Orford finally pegs it and goes to meet his maker...and promptly gets booted downstairs for being a liar and an all-round total and complete wakner, he gets told that you end up being submerged in poo to a level equivalent to your crimes whilst you were alive.

Orford fears the worst, obviously, but is pleasantly surprised to find he is only stood in poo up to his waist.

And its then that he finds he is standing on George Mimis' shoulders...

That is poetic!!

There WILL be at least one new half.. maybe two.

I'm not going to name names, as it's quite sensitive and this could affect the signings etc but we'll definitely have another half on the way