Im not really fussed about Orford not signing, the only thing I am concerned about is that if we don't get a CEO (whoever it is) sooner rather than later we will slowly but surely miss signings and re-signings.
But If we do get a CEO soon then he should look directly towards resigning.
On the team front we still pose a very strong team, Im not sure DES being as conservative as he is will risk putting in 2 new halves, he is more than likely to have Lyon and either of Foran / Hodkinson in the halves with Farrer in the centres.
The problem is that previously our style of play relied on Orford so much every play (bearing in mind he had a crap season), I'm still not fully convinced that either Foran or Hodkinson could handle this pressure of being the "go to guy" with their lack of experience, unless of course we change our style of play which is another option.
One reason why eels didn’t need great halves was that their forwards continuously managed to offload and create second phase plays then feeding it out to their backs. With Choc and other forwards with their dismal hand skills I don’t think we can employ this.
But positively I feel we have made some good solid purchases which boosts our forward pack even more, I feel we have one of the biggest / strongest benches and forward pack (but not necessarily the quickest / most skilful) in the NRL which should at least keep us in the top 8.
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