don't get me wrong i like the lad and i hope he does well....but i just don't think he'll be able to hack it week in week out down there and he'll probably get homesick..





i do hope he proves me wrong though

He should do very well, loss to the SL but good to see more of our top players going out there to mix it.

You forgot to state that there is just as much chance as that not happening. Considering the economic situation the attendances on Good Friday were pretty amazing too. As for sacrificing youth development I doubt that will happen because it's a cost effective way of obtaining playing personnel. Only bad management will lead to that and there is as much reason to not believe your assumption that teams will follow your suggestion as there is to believe it.

hows micheal worrincey getting on?

This may be a daft question but are people being sarcastic here?

i'm not

Good luck to Graham in the NRL. Will be interesting to see how the Bulldogs use him though – he has great hands for a prop and while some people on these forums feel he overplays the passing game, he has the best hands for a prop that I have seen since Lee Crooks (this is not an off-load game as Danny Sculthorpe and Lynch have better off loads but a passing game). The Bulldogs may feel he is a 60 minute workrate prop though which would be a shame

Definitely not.

I'm intregued at some peoples views on this subject, this is not me forcing an opinion i'm just interested where other are getting their opions from...



Not hacking it week in week out in the NRL? Why? He has one of the best records for remaining injury free and turning out week after week, what makes you think the he'll be any different down under? He the best prop (maybe player) in the Saints squad, a squad containing Josh Perry.



On what basis do people think he'll get home sick, has he showed this trait before?



Why does showing passion translate to 'spitting his dummy out'? And do big Tongans and Samoans have swords in the NRL because i saw a Big Kiwi in a pink shirt take the full force of Graham's dummy good friday.



Now this is my opinion...



He'll quickly become a highly reguarded export, his home fans will love him, the opposition fans will dispise him, he'll wind people up, he'll get targeted- but like he has always done he'll get back up. He'll develop massively, he'll be captain of England within 24 months.

I did read that one, why are people only giving him a year before he's back, what makes him different than other English guys that have gone down there and made a name for themselves, eg Morley, Ellis, Burgess?

They were/are better players.



And appear not to spit the dummy as much as he does.