Those calling for Thomas at 7, surely he's not the right kind of player that we're after?

If Gaskell goes down injured, I fully expect Thomas will be his replacement. But Gaskell and Thomas as a partnership just doesn't work for me. You're still lacking that organiser, you're still lacking your game management. Yes Thomas may take the line on a bit more, but we already have plenty of individuals, we don't have someone who knits those individuals into a team while out on the field.

Anyone got a time machine to go back 10 years and nab Paul Deacon?

Things are so desperate I'd pop back 5 and get Ben Jeffries!

Are we desperate enough to take Marc Herbert yet? That's the ultimate acid test.

Actually if we had a timemachine we'd be better off going back to the reign of Hood and letting him know how effed up we've will become if he doesn't sort it the eff out! Maybe shake him by his lapels until his jowls wobble off.

And not sign Harris....

*ducks for cover*

I liked Ben Harris. Good solid hard working centre, similar to Scott Naylor.

I assume you mean Ben. If any other Harris played for us, it must have been wiped from my memory by that hypnotist I hired to halt my depression.

Not sure of the ins and outs of the situation whether it was Tony Smith or Patten himself, but Brian Smith tried to get him on loan at Wakefield before the start of the season and was turned down.

He was marginally better than Nick Zisti

I did say he was better!

He also played for Australia, which many regard as some sort of recommendation...

Thought he was superb myself, brilliant defender and whilst he was never a top sprinter he was no slouch either. He could both find a gap for himself and put his winger into one. He left us to go back to a regular slot in the NRL, which is, and was then, a better league than ours, so I wouldn't take too much notice of people who slate him too much.

I probably do him a dis-service, granted.

The view of him is probably masked as we started to hit our decline, but yes he was solid and reliable.

And he scored half his career tries for us!

I don't think he did, did he?
Don't think he even played SOO?

I don't think he played for Australia either

I still yearn for the re-signing of Richie Hawkyard myself.

What a talent he was.