nah , I got that bit wrong - I thought he'd played for Aus after he returned, but no.

He did play for the NSW Country side and everything else still applies, of course..

Making room on the cap for a return of Leon Pryce?

Didn't Ben Harris retire and train as a pilot? Retired due to injury

Hmm. Maybe we could get that Spitfire on loan, and have Harris zoom in from over the Coral Stand on 70 minutes and strafe the opposition. I've checked the Rules, and can't see anything against it

The recruitment is a joke. Dejavu from last year. Ferres signs player x. Coach Lowes decides whether he likes player x pretty early on (and when i say like I dont mean whether he's a good player or not) if coach Lowes likes player X then be is pretty much indespensible no matter how badly he performs (Lauaki, Blythe etc )if coach Lowes doesn't like player x, then player x either sits round twiddling his thumbs not getting an opportunity no matter how bad coach Lowes's favourites are performing, or gets sent out on loan (Tahraouri Petersen Walshaw Uaisele Ulugia, Brook ) Meanwhile we have a centre, second rower, FB half back partnership going on with coach Lowes intelligently pointing out we're too slow with the ball and not looking organised.

Assuming Lowes has the last say on who he wants and who he gets....

Well if he agreed to take charge of the side without having much say on recruitment then he's a fool. It's not like he was out of a job and desperate.

Thomas Bosc is not the solution either so I have no idea why people would want him to sign. We need an organiser to marshall the team around the pitch, Bosc is not this player.

Unfortunately there isn't that many players around who can do this and would be available. I'm still gutted that the Bulls never gave Brook a run in the side as we will never know how good he could have been. Instead he's now in a part time environment playing with part time players. Very difficult to judge.

The only ones I can realistically see us getting in before end of the season are Theo Farges if he drops down the pecking order at Saints for a period of time or maybe Kyle Wood (although I wouldnt be sure if Wood would be the right fit either).

Only other option is we get an unknown from Oz/NZ in just before the Middle 8's but this is a dangerous strategy which backfired on Leigh and us (with Neilson) in the fact they were either unfit or not used to playing with the team. At half back that could be a problem.

Unfortunately I think the ship has sailed and whatever we get is not going to be good enough!!!

Speaking to Steve Ferris today I asked him about the need for a scrum half. He said you tell me where I can find one as there is a real shortage in the game and we are not the only Club in the market, he also mentioned Saints had been over to Oz twice recently and had no luck.He went on to say they have had no luck at all in signing one and have been thwarted for various reasons and cited one that got away from about 2 weeks ago. He confirmed that the negotiations for the lease from the RFL is still ongoing and we had a robust discussion about his press releases. He also feels confident that the Team performances will turn round in the next week or two!

Totally agree - think we should have given Brook a few more games. Hoping that Adrian Purtell can give us a bit more stability on the pitch - we shall see. Think we need a settled team and not a team of individual players who keep changing every game. I know we have had injuries, but so have other teams, but we wont succeed until we have some consistency and take away the panic factor, which creates mistakes.

We don't just want someone who can organise though. We need someone with a kicking game as that is yet another area we are absolutely woeful in. Also we need a halfback who can take the line on not just receive the ball and pass it on.

Bosc be a brilliant signing IMO. Probably not an out an out organiser but he would be better than Addy and a natural HB.

Would love to know whether we knocked Sammut back as we weren't interested? With no HB'S available i still feel he would have been a good option

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I agree... Certainly an extra threat in attack that we are so desperately missing!

With respect to all concerned, our needs are not the same as Saints and, let's be honest, any player on Saints radar is unlikely to sign for us, so for Ferres to pretend we're in the same market and compare our situation with them is a little bit disingenuous, imo. There must he halves who are not good enough for Saint Helens who would nevertheless do a great job for us. It may be true that they are also not available of course...

Looking like Purtell will be in halves. Think it be Thomas at 1,Clare and Welham in centres with Caro and Campbell on wing.

He's not a half but he has good hands and made a reasonable [as in, he's not a half fist of it last time he was put in there.

There's little to say about fullback, apart from someone's got to play there..Clare and Welham are fine when we've got the ball but I hope Caro and Welham aren't defending the same side.

Maybe it's to get some leadership in the middle as well and get someone talking.

Badly missing Sidlow in that department.

Saints have been finding it hard to find players who would qualify for a work permit. This makes our job even harder because any players we try to sign will be even less likely to meet the criteria the UK border agency are enforcing even more this year.

Purtell best option for 7 defo.

Can't they just apply for asylum?

Great cut out ball from Rhys Jacks today, taking 3 of our defenders out from the winger to score in corner. Don't think I've seen us do a cut out ball all season.

So doesn't into touch, or into the hands of an opponent, count?

Was a great pass. If only we would've had a chance to sign a half back this season!!

I don't know if he is pushing it too much during the game, but (apart from the sublime try he scored) he doesn't seem to add much at the moment. And screaming and shouting at younger more inexperienced squad members for errors can't do much for team morale either.