Your entitled to your opinion, I found the "he is becoming a liability to the club" comment rather amusing giving the service he has provided since 2001.
In 104 appearances he has a club leading 768 points, hardly a liability given he is also your chief playmaker and on field leader.
but how many good games does he have with the storm?
Look at 2004, he was your club's Player's Player, 136 points (9T,50G), 15 line-break assisits (3rd in NRL) and 30 try assists (2nd in NRL). If it wasn't for a timely injury, he would of been a State of Origin halfback.
Matt Orford was the best halfback in the NRL last season most pundits agree, to many, he should of been on the tri-series tour as well though selectors opted for the more experienced Gower and Kimmorley.
I do not have all Storm games on tape, though it would be a fair bet to say he plays more than 16 good games a year as evidenced by the year he had last season. The games he is perhaps "off", I would also love to see how your underachieving forwards are going in those games as well.
The first half of the season, Orford was the best player in the competition.
In that period he met:
- Andrew Johns
- Matthew Head
- Michael Monaghan
- Brett Seymour
Four decent halves I think you will agree.
The Storm's flagging fortunes at the moment are not soley to be blamed on the performance of Matt Orford over the last month just like the Storm's success is not soley on the back of his either.
Where as you argue "when he vs a good halfback..plays sh*t.", I would say take a look at the big men not being able to handle the forward pack of the opposition. NO HALFBACK in this competition will dominate games if the forwards are not doing their job. It's a fact.
Consistency? Yes, it's true, at the moment perhaps it is lacking with Orford but IMO this consistency needs to spread from one to thirteen...not just on your little number seven busting his ass each and every week.
