Elusive runner? When, its his usual show & go or nothing & his blistering pace of yester year is long gone. He is ponderous & so slow decision making any pace he still has is ineffective. I accept he still has some pace but hes been burned on the outside a few times this season in defence....

If only he could defend, pass (at the standard expected of a halfback) and organise.

We took a punt on lance and it failed, a few of us (most) were worried about the length of contract and now that's come to bite us. But without spending real money on a transfer fee we're going to be stuffed. The extra 12k Wigan offered Matty smith looks like small change now doesn't it??

Loan a 7, I say.

I wonder if we could get Trent Hodkinson ... not a regular for the Bulldogs at the moment

If he's not needed for their first grade, surely the experience of playing first team Superleague would be seen as a positive for him (or someone like him)?

Ryan Brierley played well for Leigh on Friday at Wigan.

Dont know him but if he's available , cheap and has potential he's a better option than the we are currently playing in the halves

That's the thing. If we REALLY don't have any halfbacks in the academy, there surely must be a couple knocking about in the Championship that would be willing to step up to Super League on loan. Their clubs would take a few crates of beer in exchange, or possibly the loan of some surpless to requirement players, say A Laffranchi or L Hohaia.

Or Howarth , we should be looking in the championship , I refuse to believe there is no talent hanging round there

Walmsley and Hill are proof that there is!

The frustrating thing for me is the wall of silence eminating from LP. Feels like they are quite happy to not even compete this season.

Aint that the truth, if i was Mr Mc i'd be mad myself!

There has got to be a decent half back in the championship that we could get on a dual registration? Danny Brough was signed from York, surely there is another gem out there somewhere that could do a job for us at this level?

I've watched some great halfback play during Championship matches on a Thursday evening but whether Saints would think that any of those halfbacks were good enough for Saints is another matter.