: Tue May 12, 2009 10:44 am  

YES YES and YES again. Great player.

As long as he doesnt demand a massive sackfull of cash, which I'm sure some SL clubs would defo offer him.

: Tue May 12, 2009 10:57 am  

I think we could get a player that could do just as good a job for less money.

Ferriol would be great, but his contract runs until the end of 2010.

: Tue May 12, 2009 11:26 am  

Smurf wrote:

I think we could get a player that could do just as good a job for less money.

Ferriol would be great, but his contract runs until the end of 2010.

Exactly, but dont let that get in the way of the fact that certain posters would have an entire Australian 17 if they could.

This added to the fact that you are guarenteed a few postings a season on here relating to a trundler or second rater most people have never heard of, asking 'should we sign him?'

The truth of the matter is of course not, especially when you have quality in the reserves we are currently fortunate enough to have.[/code]

: Tue May 12, 2009 11:31 am  

Like others have suggested, too expensive for a prop. Better to import from Australia in problem positions were there is a lack of quality in England.

Save the pennies for Jamie Lyon

: Tue May 12, 2009 11:34 am  

rlcoach wrote:

Like others have suggested, too expensive for a prop. Better to import from Australia in problem positions were there is a lack of quality in England.

Save the pennies for Jamie Lyon

Not so long ago there were people on here advocating that we sign Tim Smith and Ben Black...

: Tue May 12, 2009 11:59 am  

A great physical old school prop.

In reality we are not just one prop short at the moment we are 2 or 3 props short.

James Graham is the only guy we have that looks like an international for us at the moment.

Hargreaves is a good worker but is not good enough to be a number 2 prop. Good squad fodder.

Maurie has lacked his impact this season. He would benefit from a good signing to take the workload off him if he is expected to recover some form.

Cayless seems to have one foot on the plane back home.

Frodsham looks good but is a year off being strong enough to play week in week out.

Emmitt and Yate are untried.

Tony P and Clough are second rows who are poorly used as props.

Shrek is a good signing in my eyes.

: Tue May 12, 2009 12:02 pm  

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/st ... 31,00.html It says he is stuggling with the quick play of the balls. As we are slowing them down over here he should have no problems.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/st ... 31,00.html It says he is stuggling with the quick play of the balls. As we are slowing them down over here he should have no problems.

: Tue May 12, 2009 12:13 pm  

Smurf wrote:

I think we could get a player that could do just as good a job for less money.

Ferriol would be great, but his contract runs until the end of 2010.

Ferriol is a great player. But he is not a young man and has previous drugs bans.

: Tue May 12, 2009 12:24 pm  

I dont think we are going to get a big, hard running prop for pennies, the front row is a vital part of any attack and we must have squillions left under the cap after the departures last year

: Tue May 12, 2009 12:45 pm  

Noel Cleal wrote:

snip.

Good post.
-We have Graham who's a top prop.
-We have Fa'as who is more effective in short bursts and isn't really solid enough to start.
-We have Hargreaves, who is an admirble performer and is good squad cover, but doesn't have the ability we require in a starting prop.
-We have Clough, who's efforts are fantastic and is capable of being pushed into the front row when needed, but should remain a back row for the next few years at least.
-We have Puletua, who's awesome, but in a perfect world would be used as a back row in our squad.
-We have Cayless, who is ready for the glue factory.

We're in a funny place I think - if Graham got injured, we'd be absolutely screwed, but if we added just one top prop (be it O'Mealy, Luke Bailey or someone similar) I think we'd be extremely hard to beat.

Starting props
Graham and Bailey/O'Mealey with a back row of clough, wilkin and flanders
Bench
Roby, Faas, Puletua, and an other.

Oh, and props are definatley worth spending the money on.