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Message: [QUOTE="Kooly87, post: 3121054, member: 9326"] I didn't suggest we get rid of him, I just suggested we remove the emotion from the decision and look to evaluate how we spend that money, whether that is on Milford or not, as objectively as possible. What is the smartest way to spend $900k in the NRL marketplace with the highest likelihood of return on investment. You might like Milford, but you'll be filthy if he turns out another 3 years of 2019 form and in the meantime we've lost 2-3 other guys you rate highly because we've overpaid for the performances Milford is turning out. The Broncos have been devastated in the last couple of seasons by our highest paid players (not just Milford) turning in performances that are a long way below what similarly priced players were regularly delivering, be that through long term injury or a woeful lack of form. Milford might get back to 2015 form, that possibility still definitely exists, some might even say it's likely now that he has a genuine Halfback alongside him again. I'm simply pointing out that 2015 was a long time ago now, and the possibility also exists that we're going to retain a guy on top dollar who has already shown us plenty of indicators that he isn't worth that sort of cash consistently. 2019 Milford exists just as much as 2015 does, so it's a big decision and a fairly big gamble either way. All I'm suggesting is before lock ourselves into Milford again for a few more years, we should genuinely consider whether there are less risky options with higher upside potential that might be available for similar money. As a final aside to all this, who's to say we even need a gun Halves 'pairing' anyway? Canberra just made a Grand Final with a ball running Wighton and a journeyman in Aiden Sezer, but they had a World Class Dummy Half and a Fullback in red hot form. Melbourne have clearly decided to bail on running two gun Halves as well with Croft now gone, and they can do that because they have the best Dummy Half in history. The Roosters had Cronk and Keary, but they have the luxury of seemingly no salary cap limitations to inhibit their spending. The game is moving away from two gun Halves and I think the clubs that are slow to recognise and adapt to this will be on the back foot and looking like dinosaurs before long, if they aren't already. Clubs with elite Dummy Halves are the ones ruling the roost and if I was an NRL club right now I'd be making getting the best Dummy Half money can buy my number one priority. Straight after that I'd be looking for an elite Fullback as well. A Dummy Half who can play 80 minutes and attack around the ruck and control the tempo and play, coupled with a Fullback who can either ball play as well, or can bust a play wide open and get into broken space - this is the blueprint for being successful in the NRL in 2020. [/QUOTE]

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