or we say to canberra no transfer fee...........................but we will tak Terry Campese off you

orford to canberra for no transfer fee....but we take Terry Campese from them

Surely releasing Menzies was to free quota spot rather than squad depth, maybe both.

Anyway, i never suggested even signing Lockyer. However only a foolish team would turn down the opportunity to sign arguably the best stand off in the world.

I really don't believe we can attract any of the names touted on this thread. The same would go for any super league team. My point was more to rl crazy that you just can't expect to sign any NRL "name" just because we got Orford ( a player who it seems doesn't want to be here anymore).

AFAIK we are looking in Australia for a replacement, but as mentioned before.. Obst and Dorn are also in consideration.

I don't think it was mischief making. I think that we probably have 'asked' Hudds about his availability - I can also imagine the answer.

I hope we have 'asked' North Queensland about Thurston's availability.

After his performance today I know the answer already to that.

Unfortunately there's just nothing about. If we lose Orford and sign Obst or Dorn i doubt many will see it as a step forward.

If we're looking for a short term fix until Pryce is out of contract/Cain is ready/other players available.. how about Mat Rogers? He's obviously knocking on a fair bit though and I'd rather we signed somebody with some longer term potential if possible. But if we need somebody to tide is over for a year due to lack of options then I reckon he'd do alright for us.

I am fairly sure that any money that we get for Orford (which is unlikely to be significant I think) will be immediately offered to Saints to try and release Leon from his contract a year early

im sure saints are aware of that and will hold out for the maximum amount they can get from us. whilst pryce would be a popular signing I dont think he's necessarily the answer to our problems. Whilst hes a fantastic strike player and can create something out of nothing, is he really an organiser?. We need an organising half to partner with him otherwise we'll struggle imo.

People should start standing up to these pumpers that think they can just walk from a contract just like that.