I dunno about paying 25% above market but I agree we need to do pretty much whatever it takes.
I think I'm coming around to the sign a youngster + a halves coach plan.
There's plenty of ructions at Manly so perhaps we could snare Andrew Johns as a fulltime attack and skills coach. Have him to shape a new halves pairing and attacking style out of Barba, Bird, Tracey, Nu Brown and a signing (Sezer?). That's pretty much what Manly did over two years when Orford left.
I think I'm coming around to the sign a youngster + a halves coach plan.
There's plenty of ructions at Manly so perhaps we could snare Andrew Johns as a fulltime attack and skills coach. Have him to shape a new halves pairing and attacking style out of Barba, Bird, Tracey, Nu Brown and a signing (Sezer?). That's pretty much what Manly did over two years when Orford left.