The transfer deadline was end of July so forget the Matty Smith idea.

You call that a solution or do you mean reckoning?

I'd much rather we make the grand final and lose than not get there to be honest. I don't think we can win if we get there at the minute as we don't have the halves for it, but its a one off game and anything can happen so its surely better to have the chance.

Yes, I call it a solution.
If you can't see Matty Smith's qualities as a RL player, I suggest you start watching BBC4's music documentaries on a Friday night, or Songs of Praise on a Sunday, to fill your RL void.

Yes, he's out of favour at Saints, due to their favouring young Richardson and Barba.
He's been in 4 consecutive GF's winning 2 , and losing very narrowly 2 (one of which, his side played a man down for nearly the whole game), in a pivotal position. Add to this, a Challenge Cup, it's not too shabby a cV.

As Smiffy27 has alluded to, he's out of the question, as transfer deadline has passed, so that's that. I just don't get the downer people have for the fella. He's a good RL player.
Same goes with Danny Brough. Yes, he's a gobpooh, but he's a gobpooh that's took the pee out of us, many a time. Some on here think he's "not all that"....REALLY? He's quality, just a to55er.

What we are basically seeing this year is the remnants of panic buying caused by the premature departure of Sandow who, despite his off field woes, would at least have been better than his successor who wants to go home after one season too. Brown's best days were in the centre but he became another panic buy halfback. I would love to know just what scouting system we have in place that delivers us these uncommitted clowns as top players.I remember early in 2017 against Catalans where T King had a great game at half back. Get Atkins back in the centre & give Roberts a get out of jail free card for the next plane to Oz.

Getting to the Grand Final will likely mean we have to beat Saints away, at Saints.

Given the hype around Saints as favourites, if we go there and beat them in the playoffs I can GUARANTEE that there will be a feeling of "It's Coming Home" ahead of going to OT.

What is our record in elimination semi finals against St Helens away? How many times have we been favourites against them?

Played one won one, at the Totally Wicked Stadium"

We were not favourites having being beaten them in an earlier round at the HJ, which was not an elimination game.

I’d make sure you finish in the top 4 before you set your sights on the grand final

I said it a few weeks ago regarding danny brought..if he was in a wire shirt would we of lost at Wigan sts at home to cats.at worst we.d of got was 4 points..and he would done far better than Tyrone at Wembley..

There are a lot of "journeyman" halfbacks around, who if we had been linked with would have no doubt been rubbished by many on here (including me ) but who have been very effective for their teams:

Blake Green
Matty Smith
Marc Sneyd
Luke Gale
Josh Drinkwater

And Danny Brough would have been the closest we could have got to a replacement for Briers, albeit not in the same calibre, but in recent years I think Brough has been overrated, so I'd probably have preferred the others, especially Smith, Sneyd or Gale.

and all better than our current incumbents, sally

Oh dear. A poor attempt.
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I haven't even mentioned Smith, until today.
I've only brought up his name as an option, for the Roberts debacle
Smith is a quality RL player, with plenty of medals in his cabinet. I can recognise a good RL player.

And as for the Brown signing. When we got him, I can't remember too many on here, saying "Brilliant, we've got Brown"

More like "Ohh FFS, we've got Brown"

The entire core of our big game players playing in key positions ratchford brown Roberts Clark n Hill. Are just not working

Clark is the only player I would look to be keeping hold of if we can get in replacements for the above I would be doing so. Austin for Roberts is done so a hardaker baba type full back a cintrolingborganizing half and a faffita type prop hopefully few of em have some winners rings or medals