HuddsTigers wrote:Sharlotiger wrote:HuddsTigers wrote:Fumper27 wrote:HuddsTigers wrote:Given our lack of overseas spots available, it would be an odd move.
Don’t we have two available for 2019 to replace Garry Lo and Jy Hitchcox???
But QLT is likely to be offered a new deal and he replaced Lo.
Why on earth would we offer QLT another deal?
Why wouldn’t we?
He’s played a few games for us and scored in pretty much every one of them.
And that’s without our best team and spine out. Imagine what he could do with Gale out there.
Oh, and it’s also a player who hasn’t played in SL before, which makes it even more remarkable. He is settled and working hard for the team and clearly impressing in training too.
Age is but a number as Menzies, Westwood, Lynch have shown. He’s not a long term but he’s a great option to retain and cheap too compared to anyone we can bring across from Aus.
I’d still like another full back too but QLT may allow us to invest some money into keeping Milner and recruiting another signing elsewhere, such as wing and centre.
Hudds I agree with you. Most players would take a while to get upto speed coming from the championship, but has slotted straight in. He covered so much ground at the weekend and was linking up at both sides of the pitch, like you say he has scored in almost every game and has a really good step on him. Also dealt with every high ball leeds put up at the weekend and never looked 'risky'.
Age will catch up with every player eventually but from what I have read / seen he looks after himself well, doesn't really drink, and maybe not having the high intensity of SL throughout his career may mean he has a fair bit more in the tank.
Top quality FB are a valuable commodity these days, tbh I think we were spoilt with Zak will be very unlikely we will ever get someone as good as him in the next ten years. Would rather see us stick with QLT for another season if the right signing isnt out there (I would still expect us to bring a new FB in with it been the key target all season), However no point spending way over the odds either in a fee or cap space and have it impact the rest of the team.
Some people seem to be assuming that a quality SL standard FB is just sitting in the wild on a free transfer.