Moses Mbye backs Josh Reynolds to fire after Bulldogs miss out on Kieran Foran

MOSES Mbye believes the Bulldogs already have a star playmaker in Josh Reynolds despite the club vigorously pursing Warriors-bound Kieran Foran.

Moses Mbye believes he and Josh Reynolds can ignite the Dogs’ attack in 2017. Picture: Gregg Porteous

MOSES Mbye was prepared to shift to dummy-half had Kieran Foran signed with Canterbury and not the New Zealand Warriors.

But now Foran is hoping to resurrect his NRL career on the other side of the ditch, Mbye believes there is no need for the Dogs to re-enter the market for a star playmaker.

In fact, Mbye says the Bulldogs already have one in Josh Reynolds.

Canterbury were disappointing in attack this season.

Mbye simply said: “we have the structures in place set by the coaching staff, and we just have to apply it’’.

Mbye, who will spend time in the halves and dummy-half in Saturday’s Prime Minister’s XIII clash against Papua New Guinea, said he was never insulted the club had pursued Foran.

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Moses Mbye believes he and Josh Reynolds can ignite the Dogs’ attack in 2017. Picture: Gregg Porteous

Dogs fans will be concerned how their club plan to overhaul their attack and do so without a big-name signing.

“If Kieran had come to the club, it would have been a good test for either myself or Josh to hold our position there,’’ Mbye told The Saturday Telegraph.

“I’m a versatile player, and if Kieran had come here I could have ended up in a different position.

“Hooker has been thrown up, and I’m getting a bit of a run there this weekend. Mal views me as that kind of player who can tick off a few boxes positionally.

“Now Kieran isn’t coming, we’ll see what happens. I’m at home in the halves at the moment. Our guru ‘Dessie’ will sort that stuff out.’’

Mbye said he and Reynolds had been “very competitive’’ all year, but the early exit from the NRL finals race meant it was inevitable they’d be blamed.

The Bulldogs missed out on Kieran Foran.

“But I don’t think we need a big playmaker,’’ Mbye said.

“I think we’ve got one. Josh Reynolds is a big playmaker, he’s played Origin, won an Origin series, played in two grand finals, and played in the PM’s XIII.

“If you look at his resume, you have to class him as a big player.’’

Mbye let his frustrations boil over in the week-one finals loss to Penrith and took it out on under-fire No.9 Michael Lichaa.

“We were under the pump and chasing points, and I wanted the ball and didn’t get it,’’ Mbye said.

“’Leech’ had a good season, he applied what he was told to apply and he did that. I said to ‘Leech’ ‘no hard feelings’. He’s one of my best mates.’’

Originally published as Moses Mbye backs Josh Reynolds to fire after Bulldogs miss out on Kieran Foran