Not sure what he has left in his legs but we needed somebody and I imagine options were limited. He always seemed to enjoy his time at Bradford so I would expect we will get 100% effort if nothing else.

Fui Fui Moi Moi next.

Sammut. Good lad. Him & Lilley can share tactical kicking, Mitch can get a breather, Holmes can focus on his job. It’s all good.

Well, according to Wikipedia, he's played a grand total of one game this season - for Workington.

So I don't know how fit he will be. Let's see.

It shows the scarcity of half-back options to sign before the deadline

I didn't realise how few games he'd played At his age he's not going to have the fast feet of old. All these videos the club is sharing of his exploits nine or ten years ago are all very well but he won't be the same player now and he will be targeted as a potential weak link in defence. As you say it shows how few options there are.

if hes on the field more than gaskill, better than nowt ... i don't remember him being made of byskutes so shud be gud. at 37, I'm sure he must have learned a trick or 2 to offset the lack of pace. that being said (as did OP Bullmania), flip a coin, its going to be gold or a discarded snot hanky (with absolute no disrespect to any player who takes to a rugger field)

I don't mind him not being able to run the full length of the field. We don't need him for that. We need him to give us other options near the opposition line and take some pressure of Lilley. Which he'll give us. It also means we don't have to flog Souter as Ott can share the workload.

But please for the love of God don't let him take any kicks for touch penalties.

I mean when he played for us he gave away as many as he scored with his "unconventional" style of play and then signed for them wa*kers helping consign us to relegation from Superleague. But yeah, amazing - are the club planning to bring Cruston and Kopout back too?

I know we're short at half back this season but he's a geriatric. Is he going to guide us around the park when he's practically old enough to need a zimmer? People gasped when we signed Steve Menzies who was younger and an NRL regular. Not a has been League one player.

The sad but true fact IMO is that he is now our most potent attacking threat! Not sure if that’s exciting or sad?

How old was Brough?

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He played 9 games for Town this season, but he now has a job as a private bodyguard outside of RL and buggered off to the Middle East for 10 weeks with his job so hasn’t played since mid-May. He was on “pay as you play” terms so I’d imagine it’s the same with you to accommodate his job. FWIW, he was pretty poor this year even at L1 level, his legs have gone and he’s not the livewire he once was. Town were happy to get him off the books when you guys asked to take him on loan.

Haven't we all been calling for something different at half back to help break down defences? He certainly fits that bill does he not?

Yes he's old and not the player he once was, but depending on what else is around you in the team, sometimes all you need is the brain, the younger bodies can do the legwork.

If nothing else, lets get behind him and give the bloke a crack at it.

It's clearly a stop gap to help us in to the business end of the season, it's not as if we've signed him on a 3 year deal.

Comments on the TRL.com Workington messageboard not exactly great. Sammut was all about his pace off the mark when he was younger. Now we need a player who can take some of the playmaking off Lilley. Will be interesting to see if he's developed that side of his game. I'm not expecting great things but we obviously need something.

Do we think we'll see Gaskell in a Bulls shirt again?

I agree with Wigan, I think this signing will allow us to get the best out of other players, creating space for the likes of Fulton, Gill, allowing Souter to have a breather and see him become more dangerous rather than Sammut producing magic from the past. At the moment teams can close down Lilley and can hold off Ott as he's unlikely to take the line on. Souter's being flogged at the moment. With Sammut next to Lilley might just create some doubt in the opposition. The main thing is it
makes us much more balanced. Hopefully not having to travel 3 hours for every home game might benefit him as well

Sounding like Sammut won't be the only new arrival this week.