All I can say is tonight proved that Witt is not the option in the halves, and that Orford's signing is almost a must now.
IMO, Manly should go all out for Orford, and sign a couple of young wingers, if worst comes to worst we can put Hicks and Alberts in the centres and guys like Peterson and Taylor on the wings, I don't care, as long as we get Orford.
In all fairness if Alberts and Hicks were playing outside Orford they would be rep players.
Alberts is one hell of a good player, and in fact despite people worrying about his defense he is probably one of the better defensive centres in the NRL.