O'brien will play at 6, if not for his excellent goal kicking.

We have to give O'Brien a go, he did well at Saints and needs a run in the team!

Behave.

Thurston is probably the premier halfback in rugby league, i doubt we could offer him a contract that any of the other clubs in the NRL couldn't at least match.

Sorry but no one in Super League is fit to even lace Lee's boots for him.
To get a replacement we have to go big from the NRL.

I'm guessing that Thurston is probably on 400k when his sponsorship deals etc are added up.
We could not match that even if SL gave us a special dispensation to break the Cap.

Hull will also presumably be on the lookout for a '6' with Holdsworth having gone, so we'll be fighting with them most likely if we do go searching for a replacement from SL or NRL.

I think we'll stay in-house though, and that concerns me. I don't think O'Brien is good enough (personally from what I have seen for us and Saints). Saying that, I'm more than happy to be proven wrong.

Gutted as I am that Lee has had to hang his boots up, got to look at it positively and maybe it needed to change.. as it as Winslade's has already mentioned already last season Lee did drift a little during some games.

Don't think O'Brien has what it takes at the minute and maybe a season out would do him good.
Mick Monas could go back in and Dwyer coming in as replacement hooker??

Your Paul Cullen and I claim my £5. Not being funny but moving Mick to 9 coincided with us winning the challenge cup in 09 and continued to where we are today. There is not a chance on earth Tony Smith will move M Monnas. We have a bright lad in Russell who can play fullback and we have Ratch & Gaz O'Brien who can play at 6.

as already said can't argue with this.

GOB did well at saints this year and with our pack and players I think he could do a great job for us. Give him a chance to shine and then shuffle if need be.

Fantastic but I feel it's probably as realistic as the UK putting a man on the moon in a reliant robin.

Awesome if true but unfortunately i don't think its possible.

Would love to be wrong though

He will be difficult to replace, His replacement will be under scrutiny from the word go and I just hope that any stray passes or misplaced kicks will not be jumped upon by the wire faithfull. I hope that GOB will be given a go and that the crowd will not get on his back if he does not kick 3No 40/20's a game and put Bridge and Westwood through gaping holes every 5 minutes.

If we have to go down under for a replacement then I would go for Jarrod Mullen at Newcastle. Good player and can play in the right side channel. Looks like Laurie Daley doesn't see him fitting into the NSW team for 2014 but it still might take some booze fuelled indiscretion to get him to play in SL though.