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and the fact it was Easty posting, no credibility at all.

In one of the rugby papers this morning about agar saying he"d like long to stay on next season , surely not . Also says were in talks with 2 overseas players but won't say who or what positions .

mistake, he isn't worth the money, we need a new 6 and 7 if we want to challenge.

Surely not, although we have had a handful of decent displays by Longy he is never on the pitch

No doubt I'll get shot down in flames but personally think Long for another year isn't bad business. If there was an outstanding alternative then fair enough, but there isn't. People will no doubt talk about Cronk, Thurston etc but being realistic they arent going to come. With the new Aussie TV deal and the state of the UK economy then attracting a marquee halfback from overseas is not viable. A much better plan IMO is to try and develop our own halfback, and from what I've seen Williams is on track (or digging further into the youth at the club Wilkinson in the 18's certainly appears to have the talent). Long for an additional year whilst we work on Williams/Wilkinson is not a bad option.

better off playing Horne and Obst, Long is an expensive antique, you can remeniss how great he used to be, but Ginger Rogers was a great dancer, she's now a rotting corpse.

My opinion (and I appreciate it may only be my opinion) is that he has more to offer us than Horney at present. Rich is a top bloke and has ability but personally think Long & Obst would be more effective than Horne & Obst. At least we now have 3 options and dont have to resort to push Washbrook into 6. We even have the option of Turner or Westerman as cover. I do think that we shouldn't be resigning both Horne and Long as front line halves but as I said, I just think Long would add more to the team as long as we can keep him on the pitch.

don't devalue your opinion, that is what this place is about Jonny.

for me, I wouldn't go in to next season with Horne or Long in an ideal world, but then I wouldn't go with Whiting, Fitzgibbon, Dowes, Luaki, Radford or Lynne.

How many other SL teams do you think would want Longy next season ?

None imo, his injury record is not good!

it's not just that, even when he plays he's hardly world class nowadays

Widnes?

If Longy drops his wages by half of what's been reported on here then he is probably worth keeping, just as cover if we can get another half back into the club.

If he a) won't drop his money or b) we can get someone better in on similar money to what he is now then let him go.

Either way I would be disappointed if he is our first choice half back next season, simply because of the amount of time he spends of the pitch.