Quote BIGARR="BIGARR"If the team across the water are as desperate as some say then why on earth don't they sell Taylor.
I think we need one more Prop for next year and Taylor would be perfect.
Glad we have got O'Meley on board for another year, let's hope he stays fit and has a great 2013.'"
Firstly, from what I understand, we're cutting costs, no on the verge of going bust - people tend to interpret things to suit their own prejudices (me included, obviously).
Secondly we may well sell Taylor, although clearly we can't do it against his will. If HFC were the club NH suspects his agent of trying to engineer a move too, I think and hope, if there are other interested parties we'd accept their offers and not yours if they're in the same ball park. If you weren't that club and your offer were best, I'd see that differently but the intra-city rivalry would make it widely unpalatable I suspect.
We'd need to replace him, so if he wants to see out his contract, as is his right, I'd be fine with that. Only postpones the problem, so getting some gelt would be better, but I suspect the ball is in his court.