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

If Brown was at another club, or still at Widnes, there would be a decent sized constituency saying sign him. Admittedly, not sure his family post on here (like the Smith/Goldblatt family) so we might not be getting such a hard sell.

Oh dear. A poor attempt.
2/10
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

I was speaking about your solution on Roberts not that of Matty Smith.

How much have we spent on transfer fees compared to our rivals? It’s almost like we are the only club who pay big transfer fees. That may be because we are the only club in a position to do so, but it still doesn’t show a good return on investment.

Anyway, we’ve missed out in one major final in a transitional year so to speak, under a new coach. More frustration than despair. It’s unlikely we will win the GF but there’s still a chance, and if this loss is the driving force for a victory at Old Trafford I’ll happily take it.

I think you ought to clarify your thinking on the issue Lefty.
Are you saying you don't rate our current half backs?
Or are you going to mention it in your next 4000 posts?

Is there no "Repetition" button on this forum.

Glad somebody said it. We could quite easily lose the next 2 games against hull and Huddersfield, leaving us needing to beat saints Wigan and Wakey. I'm not getting excited just yet

A bit like planning the homecoming before you won the cup, as was the case on facebook