Quote: Mrs Barista "I specifically asked Sheldon the kicking game question as he is in Australia and watches a lot of NRL and he said Rovelli's kicking game is "very average". Believe me, I'd like nothing more than for him to rip it up over here. But IMO it's not a signing to get giddy about - this is more Todd Byrne (who I also liked BTW) than Craig Fitzgibbon and with a reasonable possibility that both our halves may not be here in 2012, I think it's fair to question whether we could have done better from a long term planning perspective.TBF to the club, we're trying (Myler, Briggs etc) and if this is all that's available, fine.'"
On the other side of that I can't imagine too many being available now and on the terms we'll be offering, maybe a one year prove your worth type of deal, you wouldn't get too many jumping at the chance of it. Plus they will be a backup half, when fit Long/Horne will play so we need cover for when they don't so to the player that's probably not too attractive. Get a player who's wanting to play, wanting to prove his worth when he gets the chance and we could end up with a fairly decent player on our hands. As you say this time next season we could be looking to replace both of them so then I'd expect us to be looking big and a signing to get excited about, right now it's just cover.
