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)

Well he signed as a half for us pretty sure hence the 6 on his back and us already having 2 full backs at the club. If not marquee he will be on big money i'm sure.

My point still stands, it’s Tui that should be embarrassed that we are looking at signing a nearly retired 36 year old because he’s not performing

The club put a lot of faith in him giving him his so called dream position in the team and he’s not even begun to repay any of that

Thing is, we’ve gone back for McGuire because it’s a known risk and we know what he’s about.

It’s a signal that we’ve completely pooped the bed in the recruitment team and are now panicking for something to ease the fans frustrations, thing is, we tried that with Sinfield last year and we didn’t improve.

This team needs breaking apart and salvaging what we can, there’s no point constantly harking back to the class of 2015, that team was loaded with leaders and it shows just how good they actually were. We are fumbling around AGAIN mid season for squad deficiencies, shopping in Poundland, why on earth are we so poor at identifying and landing quality?

Leeds initially made an offer to Hull KR for Drinkwater were told no and then asked for McGuire again the answer was no.

An audacious swoop for tommy lee next?

and pamela