hear we are interested in him not a bad player

yes, yes he is. now.

We should play Half Back Bingo. Dobson was bound to be on the list of those that people will "hear" we are interested in. Brough. Chase. Brierley. Campese. Bosc. Williams. Walsh.

5 years ago yes...now NO

A few years ago, yes.

Nowadays, Anita Dobson would be more worth a punt.

"Don't ring us, we will ring you".

Your winding us up.

Please lord no......

Crikey we've only lost a Scrum Half lets not lose our Dignity as well....

I'm sorry but anyone who suggests Dobson, Brough or Brown needs to give their head a wobble.

Hey steady on now....let's not get too hasty.
A bit of Brough won't do the Wire any harm. Although it might pee TS off a bit.

Brough is not the player we need. We will get accused of signing RL Journey men again.

Wouldn't touch Dobson with a barge pole.

George Williams however...

Brough is not the answer. Plays one good game in six, rather like Sandow, except Sandow's one game was ten times the quality of Brough's.

Why wouldn't you give Patton a go instead of always thinking of who you can sign. Patton may end up being just as good as Williams, but you won't know if you don't take a chance for once.

What's Jordan Tansey up to these days ?

got released from wakey after not playing for them after joining on loan from cas i think.

I'm sure Vastman will come along to point out how wrong i am.


Short version, nothing.

That's exactly what will happen

Could the answer be to play the fullback that is on the wing at fullback, and the halfback currently at fullback at halfback? Radical I know, but could work

It's not like we can just sign one of these half backs anyway, they're all contracted and needed by there clubs so it's not like we can just go "Hey we want your player" and they'll say "Okey dokey, here you go"

Apart from the fact the full back on the wing is a second rate full back at best. Jack Johnson is already a more complete player than Russell, albeit inexperienced.

You mean the one that's out injured till second month Of The season?

Hulse, Durbin, O'Brien we have form for "taking a chance". Maybe things will be different this time....

I would look to sign Williams and have Patton resting gidly for periods of the season. He had a great back end if the season and maybe a full season might be a tall ask right now but he should be looking to play in 50% of games.

We can hark back to other younger players that the club have brought thru into the first team that didn't work out but we should not have that as a reason not to give someone a chance and not just drop t gf em for one bad game, Lee briers is remembered fondly due to his latter years he could and did have some howlers and disappears in games too more so in the earlier years of his stay.


Or we make do and look to see who we want and when they are available rather than panic into a hasty desision

With a full pre season to work with Patton on a super league footing surely the best policy is to stick with a lad who is at least committed to the cause & pretty good on the injury front. Build the team round him.