This sort of vindicates the view that the transition is being mismanaged if you’re trying to re-sign someone you allowed to leave. Even if he had come back it would be papering over the cracks.

yes

The whole situation is becoming unbearable. It shows that the player management have absolutely no idea on how they can get us out of this mess. It is becoming a matter of urgency in trying to get the this team to perform, unfortunately the wise men have not got a clue, beggars belief what we are hearing, the only thing I can suggest is this must be some kind of wind up as surely this cannot have happened.
It seems we have to go with this lot until the end of the season, we need to get them playing as a team, surely their pay packet is enough motivation to get them playing, if it isn't then we are in deep . I think we are officially the laughing stock of SL.
The only way forward out of this is to move on, forget the past, start again and work as a team, round pegs in round holes, play the players in their right position, any player who is not interested drop him and take away the shirt from him. The coach must know the players who are causing trouble, we may not be able to get rid of them due to their contracts but we can sure keep them away from the club.

Agree with the last bit - cut the cancer out. I'm sure everyone knows who they are - send them out on permanent loan like Lilley.

Agree that it’s pretty easy to weed out the miscreants but you have to really want to do it. There is also the problem that it appears that there simply isn’t the quality there that can do a decent job whether the miscreants are in the side or not. I suppose you need to send a message though and that would do it.

To me the lack of proper attitude looks pretty systemic across the team and sending a few bad apples on loan won’t solve things overnight. The plan to bring McGuire back shows that Sinfield thinks the current halfback options aren’t good enough. I’m not sure how loaning out Lolohea would improve the side unless he’s a bad influence off the pitch. He may be blameless. He stands out because he’s a bit chubby but he was no worse than Sutcliffe or McClelland really.

The knock backs from clubs for Connor and McGuire are hardly a vote on confidence in the current halves. I expect Lolohea will be gone at the end of the year, paid off. He was after all a McDermott signing and takes up a Non Fed place. McClelland may become a decent player but bringing him into a side in crisis isn’t perhaps the best way to develop him. It reminds me of when Wigan tried to bring through the likes of Brown and Robinson into a side on the slide in 2005-6.

Signing McGuire might have sorted the attack out a bit but it would’ve been very short term. Who’s the next target?

Apparently part of the deal was McGuire became part of the coaching set up next year, HKR have offered him something similar.

I thought McGuire was finished in 2016, but he was playing busted and failed to score a try all season. He showed his toughness and quality in 2017 and leading an average side to the title. He is a real competitor and would give us the steer we need as well as great self confidence he would add it to the team.

Short term it makes sense, it’s desperate but makes sense, the guy is a special player and would lead.

I agree.

Agree with Bullseye, it feels very like Wigan 2005ish when they were getting stuffed and struggled to stay clear of relegation.
It took Wigan another 3 or 4 years to really be a threat again.

Just bring in Noble and Fielden. Job done!

Pretty sad if true.

And a real slap in the face to McGuire's successor and the marquee half we have just brought in.

Which Marquee half? If you mean Tui, he isn’t a marquee player neither is he a halfback.

I would hope that he should take it that he has to buck his ideas up if the management think a 36 year old past player is better than him (which he is bu a mile)