Where are we going to get this top class prop from exactly? We couldn't do that AND sign Finch.

Even if we did somehow do as you mention the squad still wouldn't be good enough to win Super League.

No thanks

He did say if we could. Surely even you with your negative views on everything Saints can see that with the 3 rumoured signings plus a quality prop that we would be a quality team?

If Brown has canned the Manu deal he gets +10 intelligence.

Stupid idea signing a 33-yo.

Agreed.

Funny how we get booted out of the CC due to an inept halfback and then all of a sudden we are signing an ok halfback from the rivals who booted us out.

I'd rather us go with Gaskell and Lomax, properly coached, than sign another bloody antipodean.

more worrying that it was even on the cards without Brown's say so in the first place.

Who made the decision? Why didn't they check with the coach that he wanted the player?

Someone who pays to sit in the stand.

But being serious, I think Carl Forster was unlucky to lose his spot in the team to Perry for the semi. Perry did not show that Rush was right to bring him back in. By the end of the season I would hope that Carl will be pulling his weight as a regular. If he is going to be a Superstar or just a squad player is down to him but I imagine he has a long future a head of him.

Not many of the names that have gone around have excited me I have to say. Given how good the other players overseas players we have at the moment are I would think twice before getting any more in. The best part about signing Finch is Wigan will lose both half backs in the off season. I do not think Finch is a great player but having said that, he does have what we are missing at the moment and could bring a lot to us.

Best thing that can happen is we force up the value of his next Wigan contract.

How do you know it was conducted without Brown's say so?

This is exactly why I cannot see this being true.

Waste of a quota spot getting Finch when we've got three to four youngsters chomping at the bit to play half back. I know the argument about experience but what about the argument that Nathan Brown has done pretty well with the likes of Brown, Robinson and Brough, none of which were actually that great prior to him arriving. Yes Brough has done well but take out his kicking game and he hasn't got half the talent of any of Gaskell, Lomax and Wheeler.

Finch is the Flannery of half backs. Solid, consistent, fringe Origin player. If Brown can give us the organisation that we so desperately crave will we really need to spend a quota spot on Finch? Who is going to make way for him? Gaskell? Lomax? Swift? Wheeler? Lance?

Is this an admission that your sugar daddy didn't coach them very well?

Wouldn't be too disappointed if he shows up in a vee - Finch is hardly the top Antipodean signing we've been used to from the past, but in the real world he'd be as good a half as we could realistically get to play in SL these days. He'd bring a lot of what we're missing at the moment and be fit for purpose unlike Hohaia... Can't see it happening though.

If we signed Finch I would hope they would play Gaskell alongside him as I'm convinced he's the future.

Some might not agree but I think he is a quality player who with a little guidance from an experienced head (this worked initally for Lomax with Lance) then he can go a long way.

Straight exchange Finch for Gaskell with Sam in the halves we have a good fullbach at Hull.

No ta. I'd take Finch as he's out of contract (and free) and keep Gaskell, maybe send him on a years loan.