Soward was mentioned at FR last night if I heard the big man correctly. We also made an enquiry about Ben Barba according to Farish.

Oh stop it Martin, you're just teasing me now.





Just to add, Soward fell out of favour a tad last season in what was the post-Wayne Bennett era at St George. He got dropped a couple of times due to poor form. However, he's still a fantastic, free-running stand off who would tear relatively slow defenses to pieces over here.



Todd Carney, a bit hot at the moment. As a likely state of origin player for the foreseeable future, it's unlikely he'll leave Cronulla.

Barba - No chance, he'll take his time to sort his problems out and be back withb the dogs.

Carney - Unlikely, Cronulla want to keep him, a couple of clubs also interested in the NRL

Soward - Good chance, OOC, was looking to come over to SL last year, would be a good SL HB, but he's a wan ker

How about Ed Farish as CEO (Former finance director for Australia NRL, and CFO of Gold Coast Titans), Graham Lowe as Director (Prolific club coach both in UK and Australia, and SOO coach / club administrator) and Andrew Chalmers as Director (Former Chairman of NZ Rugby League). Not a bad head table, really: I think these will have the clout to bring a few top-class players in, as the respect they have in the game is strong.

This is what most people are missing, and is the most impressive thing that Koukash has done. He's been brilliant at keeping us in the press with his plans, but the fact is that he has made the key appointments at a director level to hopefully move us forward. Fans can laugh at our deisre to buy big names, but the appointments that he has made cannot be faulted.

what will happen to sneyd and theo though with all the half backs we are being linked with ?

We could put them out on loan to Warrington, they seem to have a bit of a fetish for our halfbacks.

Thanks, but, no thanks. We already have an ex Salford HB pairing that we are quite happy with.

Theo is on a long term contract and is seen as a future Star. The Club have done well with bringing him on and I think they see him as our long term man in the middle. He's only young and has time on his side. As for Sneyd. I'm not sure.

It's a different ball game to what we have been accustomed to , this quote from Lowe is quite telling , and anyone at the FR meeting last night listening to Ed Farish would have left knowing they are deadly serious of carrying out whatever steps are neccessary , on the pitch and off it to make Koukash's vision a reality.

but then he isn't going to get much game time t devlop with bringing in more half backs is he

He wants a competitive team asap and he wants to develop & attract better academy players for the future.



but first & foremost a team capbable of winning regular games is what's needed



the question of our younger players were discussed at the FR meeting last night and it's clear they do see them as our future , but also want to protect them from extended game time until they physically develop .