Roosters have been in contact with Brandon Smith's agent to express their interest

[BUDDY]

My idea of a floating /non designated dummy half may come to fruition - just have to train players to jump into dummy half when and if required -closest player to where the tackle is made so you don't have two players trying to be the dummy half or confusion of who is the dummy half.

So instead of the confusion two dummy halves may or may not cause you think we are better with 12 dummy halves.

[zac]

i'd like to think sam verrills is going to become pretty special and that he can play 80. still, brandon smith is brandon smith and if can get him here for 800k and he's happy to not always play dh then i'm all for it. should we still be interested if he only wants to play dh? glad i don't have to answer that.

[mightyrooster]

I still say we should stick with Verrills. We do not need Smith, as good as he is, as he does not provide good value under the salary cap. He may provide good value for other clubs but not the Roosters. You can only fit so many big name signings under the cap and it’s simply not good cap management for us to sign him. We need to focus on extending Joey and Angus and upgrading the likes of Walker, E Butcher and Suaalii when their contracts are up.

[King Salvo]

So instead of the confusion two dummy halves may or may not cause you think we are better with 12 dummy halves.

During a game most players if not all jump into dummy half at some stage during the game as the on field dummy half is not always the dummy half in the play the ball situation.

The old days of hookers/halves being the smallest players in the team is on the decline.

Nowadays bigger players can play these positions with all the training they do in speed ,agility and stamina and will continue doing due to the increase speed of the game etc.

They only need be quick over 30 or so metres not 100 metres and with Bigger players playing these positions they wont be a target in defence.

You wont see players going overboard in bulking up in the gym- be leaner players going forward

[SupermanSupportsEasts4Eva]

I don't see it happening, unless Verrils leaves. B Smith wont be here to play lock

[FlamingRooster]

I don't see it happening, unless Verrils leaves. B Smith wont be here to play lock

He’s play hooker + lock when verrills comes on. Same as he does at storm. I just don’t think he brings the value for what he’s asking which is base 600 max 1 mil

[Easts75]

I like Verrills as a player...but he isnt in the same ballpark as Smith

[ChookMaster]

We have Victor who can play the majority and smith wants 9 which verrilis deserves to make it his own. The more I think about this deal the more i don’t think it’ll happen

[Tommy Smith]

You don't say no to a player like Brandon Smith. He's one of the first players you'd pick in your team in the modern NRL.

Robbo would make it work. There's no reason you can't have all of Rads, Smith and Verrills playing 60 mins each.

[SupermanSupportsEasts4Eva]

He’s play hooker + lock when verrills comes on. Same as he does at storm. I just don’t think he brings the value for what he’s asking which is base 600 max 1 mil

IMO He doesn't play lock with Rads in the team

[NorfolkStreetKid]

I like Verrills as a player...but he isnt in the same ballpark as Smith

Correct, Verrills is a much better dummy half than Smith. And Radley is a much better lock than Smith.