He'll be here mate, don't worry.

Hope so

Surely if obst is a quota player then that is one of only 5 spaces we have so he stops us signing another quota player?

But he doesn't count on the non-fed list, which is where people always get confused as its quite rare. If we re-sign Moa he takes the other half of his space.
If we don't sign Moa or any other Non-fed player then technically Obst would stop us signing 4 Aussies or NZ. Don't see that as a bad thing though, tbh.

to be honest,if it comes a choice of having obst next year or someone like tim smith,id sooner have obst.

If I may reply to my learned friend.

Lovegrove isn't quota - he has a UK passport. Jake Webster would be a better example.

I count yours as...

Quota: O'Meley, Fitzgibbon, Phelps, Obst.

Non-fed: O'Meley, Fitzgibbon, Phelps, Lauaki, Moa.

You are short of non-fed spots, rather than quota spots, as things stand. Only if Lauaki and Moa both leave does Obst's presence limit your options in any significant way.

Why?..Obst has already justified a second year stint with us.A brilliant little player who is very quick and elusive and playing really well for us.Imo i would say he is already one of the better players at the club.

obst isn't brilliant

Maybe not to you but its a matter of opinion.Since he signed for us he has proved all the doubters wrong and is getting better week by week.We have not had a player like him for sometime, who can cover important roles in the team.At this moment in time Obst is worth is weight in gold for us.

Given the amount of times even MR admits he's led them a merry dance, i think he's probably sick of seeing him.

But he gives us exactly what we've needed for years now - genuine halfback cover. Imagine if he'd of been here last year. We could have finished 4th comfortably.

Robbo is right that it could potentially restrict us, i.e. if both Moa and Lauaki go and we don't recruit a non-quota non-fed. I said in my post that I think that's a possibility, as I think we might let Lauaki go and lose Moa. Your argument hinges on retaining at least one of those, we may not.

Obst may affect our recruitment options, he may not, I just happen to think that he's not even worth the risk.