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This situation emphasises the need to look for some sort of cover for Brown.

Exactly.

What cover though? Are we paying for a halfback with a one year contract? Who will come at this stage? Anyone good? I would expect that all we would have available would be somebody's third choice or a highly rated youngster, we'd be better off giving our own youngsters a chance over giving experience to the young players of our rivals.

Austin will probably only be banned until the game after we play Wigan, no matter when that happens to be.

Any decent half is already signed up, so we're pretty much snookered, bar taking a punt on a young Aussie lad with potential, who can't get a game, because of his place in the hierarchy/better established players in his position.
No Aussie is going to sign a contract longer than this year's GF, with Widdop coming next year, so an Aussie "kicking his heels" is our only option.

I'm surprised nobody has started a Ben Barba one year deal rumour just to increase the hits to the website that Wires71 has posted a link to.

Is a ban inevitable? If the officials were sure it would’ve been a straight red.

I take your point. We aren’t going to find somebody great and I don’t have a specific name in mind. If bringing up a youngster is the answer, brill. Either way, I’d like another name in the mix for a rainy day.

How's this for a thought - play one of the academy kids and promote from within rather than getting the cheque book out!!!

We already are.

At the moment we're 2 from 2 with Patton, I can see us going all season with him and winning the lot....and they'd still be fans knocking him.

That's a fair point. Dec needs game time in a settled side. He should get this now for this season at least due to KBs unfortunate injury. Next year though - where will he play especially if he rips it up this season with widdop coming?

Who has knocked him? I've not. He had not stood out in any positive way for me but I've not seen undue criticism.

What is to lose by de-registering Brown and keeping an eye out for talent?

No there wouldn't, but you'd be itching it to be true, come October.
If we were lucky enough to win one pot, I'm pretty confident nobody would be knocking Patton, or Hughes/Walker/ Goodwin etc.
As you would say, wake up and smell the custard

We can shelf this discussion, for the time being anyway. FWIW I think we should be seeking dispensation just so we have flexibility for a short term signing later in the season if required.

Already granted 2 days ago.