Rush has come in to steady the ship. He's done nothing revolutionary, but he did stop the rot at a time when it was hard to see where the next win would come from.

He's avoided the tough decisions, and his recent interviews about avoiding any real changes leading into the play offs tells us we'll go forward to the end of the season with what we've perservered with since he took over. It's not a great situation, but it's what we have.

Brown's mission is a very different one. This is his last chance to land that NRL gig he desperately craves. If he gets Saints amongst the pots, he'll attract some attention over in Aus. If he fails, he'll not get looked at and will spend the remainder of his career at Salford, Cas or Widnes.

He needs to find a method of opening up the more structured defences, and the Wellens, Hohaia and Lomax triumvirate has been shown to struggle.

He will therefore need to make the tough decisions that Rush / KC have been able to swerve.

That said, I believe Wello is a shoe in at FB next season. As you say, if he wasn't we wouldn't be offering another deal. Half back is where the change will occur, which will mean a different role for either LH or JL. Alternating hooker is actually most likely, IMO.

No, because if Wigan had those players, Wheeler would have been released and Hohaia would have been moved to fullback (Assuming they were also cursed with a lead weight at fullback).

I see you have changed your argument.

The answer is still yes because two of those (take your pick) would have been binned. Stick to watching MK Dons you probably understand that game better.

Ooooooohhhhh!!!! Get her.... Taking a break from trolling to launch unprovoked personal attacks on your betters, eh? Good to see you willing to try new things at your age. Good luck and I hope it goes well for you.

Anyway, my original and current argument remains - there is no point in Saints signing any second rate half-backs and we simply aren't in the desperate position for next season of having noone left to play the positions as you were a few weeks ago. We don't need to feverishly sign the first 2 average bodies that come onto the market on inflated fees as a desperation panic measure as you've had to. We can manage for a season or 2 with what we already have until the top notch half that we are in a position to be able to wait for finally becomes available (hopefully from within).

Stick that in your pipe and do something appropriate with it.

who are they going to learn from ? I mean they will gain experience but i feel they would need to be playing alongside an already top class half back to really realise their full potential

Maybe, but that top-class half definitely isn't either Green or Smith... Smith would have been a very good signing for us if we could have gotten him cheap on a 2-year deal but that was never going to be able to happen with Wigan's interest in him. At the end of the day we've got Wello, Wilkin and Hohaia who have all the experience in the world playing pivot roles at the very highest level - they're a better well of knowledge for a young half to learn from than most teams in the competition have to call on.