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Message: [QUOTE="jd123, post: 2801120, member: 9126"] Yes but every other half in the game is not being touted as the best of their generation like many here do for Milford. I say pay him what he is worth, not pay him for what he might become. Many clubs make that mistake, the Dragons currently hold the title for the biggest signing error in history. And therein lies the problem, just because you think/hope/wish/pray that Milford is "The best player of his generation" does not make it so. I think we should keep him and re-sign him but not for the ridiculous amounts being spoken of, if he was half as good as everyone makes him out to be then yes, but I see him as a running player who is not comfortable at 2nd receiver with the defence looming up on him, his best plays come from broken play and kick returns, and quick turnovers before the others teams defence can set itself and as a running support player he is one of the best. But he needs room to move and if you look at the great 5/8's throughout history they all have the ability to [U]create time[/U]. Even though the game is going at a cracking pace, the greats can mentally create time by reading the game and put themselves in a position to attack, I don't think Milford has this skill. He simply cannot "create time" whereas the great halves can, that is why he is at his best, as i said, in broken play and in kick returns and as a support runner, he doesn't have the perfect passing game a halve needs either. You also seem worried that someone is going to to sign him before Brisbane does, again, that is something that would not bother me, if he were to sign with another club, we would pick up another 5/8, and would you then be saying "oh quick lets sign our new 5/8 for mega-bucks before someone else does"? The great players and IMO the word "great" is over-used to the maximum these days, anyone who played first grade is now announced on Television as former NRL (Insert club) great (insert name) joins us today..... Look at league players like Racehorses, just because you pay a high price for some of them does not make them all as good as Pharlap, whereas you could buy a nag from the QLD Cup who turns out to be a multiple group one winner. A players worth is what the market will pay, but their worth to the team and club overall and prior form should be taken into account before big amounts of money are thrown around especially when it comes to relying on speculation on how they [U]might[/U] perform in the future. [/QUOTE]

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