It is my opinion and my opinion only,I suggest you look on the Cardiff Arms, or Blues supporters sites to see what they are saying about Dan Parks !! I understand what you are saying about our 10s play this season, but Dan Parks has not been kicking the drop goals and penalties for victory in many of their games, in fact Halfpenny has stepped up to the mark lately.
The youngsters we have will come good, why pay an over the hill Stand Off good money to bring on the youngsters??? we are already doing that with Eric.

rossie wrote: greendragon,

i dont know what team you have been watching all season but the team ive been watching has been crying out for a 10 who plays the game in the opponents half and rewards team effort with points from the boot.

eastcoastconnacht wrote: After the Stanley and Hagan fiascoes of last year lets not anyone get too excited about any rumours that surface. I hope this one is true though.

Exactly! I started the thread to see if anyone has heard anything more concrete than pure rumour - it seems they haven't. Fingers crossed, but I suspect this is a red herring.

After the Stanley and Hagan fiascoes of last year lets not anyone get too excited about any rumours that surface. I hope this one is true though.

Jeebus, I would be delighted if he came! Brilliant signing on all fronts.

I'd welcome him with open arms personally. Jarvis is doing an ok job getting the back line moving, but it's not like we're scoring tries for fun. If we can get someone who will help us get a winning mentality by scoring drops goals and kicking penalties, then that's fine by me. It doesn't mean we have to forget the young guys completely.

Greendragon wrote: Dan Parks would be step back I fear.
From what I have heard from a few Blues supporters is that if you just want a kicking Fly Half then fine. But that's it, he cannot get what is a very good Blues backline to fire on all cyllinders, every time they get up a head of steam he attempts a drop goal or kicks the possesion away. If that is what some of our supporters want then that is OK. I personally wouldn't want to do away with our up and coming backs as I think they have great potential.(But not if the don't get the ball).
His best days are behind him !!! so it'a a negative for me.

what we need is an old head who can still play and has a good record, he sure has that.
NOC and jarvis need someone to look up to and learn how to change a game plan if its not working.
nikora is not a starter for me. he spent to long behind keatley and never got going.

if he choices to take drop kicks and they go over and we win then i dont mind at all.
win is by far the most inportant part of a pro team.

greendragon,

i dont know what team you have been watching all season but the team ive been watching has been crying out for a 10 who plays the game in the opponents half and rewards team effort with points from the boot.

i think ure right ummm apart from raising and allocating funding towards it.

hope ure right swift, it wud be a great move for us on both counts, imagine how he would improve jarvis, carthy and leader in particular.

Dan Parks would be step back I fear.
From what I have heard from a few Blues supporters is that if you just want a kicking Fly Half then fine. But that's it, he cannot get what is a very good Blues backline to fire on all cyllinders, every time they get up a head of steam he attempts a drop goal or kicks the possesion away. If that is what some of our supporters want then that is OK. I personally wouldn't want to do away with our up and coming backs as I think they have great potential.(But not if the don't get the ball).
His best days are behind him !!! so it'a a negative for me.

i believe that this rumour has a lot behind it, he is also being recruited to be a coach which is good for us and him. 32 years young but a great player and record.

himself and about 18 other players out off contract at cardiff

I don't think it's in the PGBs remit to get involved with recruitment.

there was an article about pgb concentrating on facilities and funds preseason.

I wudnt agree wit you tho that they can put all their efforts into player recruitment this year. i think a 60/40 split in favour of player recruitment
with emphasis on decent profile signings like parks the priority.

they did a lot of good work with new clan, college and bohermore terraces. there were mistakes or corners cut on them tho and need to be rectified preseason. examples are realignment of barriers on clan terrace and clearly marked walkways etc. bohermore terrace needs concrete footpaths to track installed and barriers/clearly marked walkways installed on terrace itself.college road terrace needs new permanent entrance on clan side(causes obstruction in current position)and ugrades similar to bohermore terrace.
toilets are also required at entrance area of clubhouse side to accom clan and college road terrace patrons.
on main stand side new extra toilets are required as a matter of urgency and new perm tv camera stand which doesnt cause obstruction to paying enclosed stand patrons installed.
all of these are small jobs taken in isolation but combined require pgb attention.

for the record phase 3 should be the building of a permanent seated stand where temp one is currently situated.

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He knows how to pin a team back in the corners as well. Probably a much more achievable signing that someone like Stanley and he is fairly consistent which is what we badly need.

Not a bad list of awards won by Parks in his past

Scotland Player's Player of the World Cup 2007[12]
Glasgow Warriors Player of the season 2006/07 and 2009/10
Glasgow Warriors record point scorer (1531 points)
Glasgow Warriors record appearance holder (143 games)
RaboDirect Pro12 record point scorer (1,226 points)(As of 2010/11 season end)
Selected in the Celtic League's dream team 2009/10 as best fly-half
Most drop goals for Scotland (15)

I definitely read the same article about the ground upgrade. In fairness there has been some good news so far with contract extensions of some key players so lets hope for 3-4 big signings this summer. At least they are targeting the right areas with talking to someone like parks anyway.