He's not worthy of a 2 year contract here. That's why. We're not sentimental and this is a good thing. Personally, he can count himself lucky to be offered a one year deal with us.

two yrs of what kind of form though?

Its often quoted on these threads, but i'll still back Wayne Bennets policy, it served Brisbane well for 21 yrs

They had a scrum half who played for 21 years, ruddy ell !

Sign Thurston on a 2 year contract and let Eastmond be his understudy.

He will then have gained experience from two word class half backs.

Good idea but won't happen.

I don't know what the criticism is of Long for Friday because generally he had a good game. His kicking game was superb in terms of controlling where the game was played. Give credit to Harlequins RL for some great goal line defence before we start to pull down our own team's performance.

We were professional on Friday night and were pushed by another team that is slowly getting to grips with putting on a professional performance every week.

Friday night's game was what every Super League game should be as a minimum i.e. tight, tough and not already decided before a ball is kicked. Some Saints fans aren't getting to grips themselves about the changing nature of this competition, its intensity and its competitiveness. They sound like Wigooners expecting that every time we go out on the pitch i.e. "We have a right to win and when we don't destroy the opposition its because we were rubbish and not because our opponents played well". That's ignorance and arrogance of the highest order.

Says in news of the world that wolves are after longy.

Long to Wolfs

Monaghan to Oz

Briers to Barrow

Will we risk either eastmond or wheeler or bring in another scrum half?

I have funny feeling long will sign 1 more year.

Red top tabloid belief.

I think the problem was that the intensity was lacking on our part, not that we didn't deck the Quins. At least, that's what all the fans around me were getting wound up about. They just didn't look fit/motivated/whatever. That had nothing at all to do with Quins but with our own team.