You know what lads....I reckon that Orford is 29, and he has his set routine of what he does well, and what he doesn't do so well. It just appears that he not really equipped to grow, or learn new facets to his game, whereas great 1/2 backs are always evolving.
The banana kicks were great in late 06, early 07, but he does them so often now, teams are onto it.
I reckon if he just evolved, changed his game a little.
I seriously think handing Kite the captaincy, Lyon the goal / penalty taking responsabilities, Des could tell him to focus on nothing but his organisation skills, and evolution of his game.
Beaver was bogged down with the captaincy, it was moved to someone else, and Beaver went back to his biggest baddest (in a good way) self again.
Look guys, I reckon the purchase of Bailey was a very, VERY smart thing. Well done Crusher. That said, Orford only got Melbourne to where we are (without winning titles), and he had Scott Hill & co. at 5/8.