Quote: DSJ1983 "Disagree. 20 years ago maybe but nowadays various factors mean we just can’t attract these top NRL players like we used too even at the back end of their careers, there will be a few exceptions but just don’t see anyone really bringing over the likes of Jason Smith (hardly the textbook pro anyway) Fitz, Swain, O’Meley and Barnett types anymore.
For me the best imports in the last 10 years or so are players with a lot to prove. The likes of Kelly, French, Field, Hastings, Croft, Lachlan Lam, Levi, Clifford all came here flawed and unproven somewhat. I don’t think Sailor is out of place amongst that company when they first came. Not stuck on Sailor, but we’ll have to take a gamble on someone.'"
Agreed the days of signing the likes mentioned are pretty much gone.
You have young inexperienced players like the ones mentioned or players come towards to end and fancy a stint in Europe or one last pay day.
Think Sailor would do really well here, the type of player we need, a gamble, but not as much a gamble as signing Stewert would have been.