I shouldn't need to be making this decision as we should have a half back in case our two are injured/banned and my solution would have been to ensure this was the case.

Right now what I would do is Play Farrell and wood- two home grown kids who know each other well and have played together.
I don't see how brininging in a player- who has no vested interest in us winning whatsoever- a few days before a game, who doesn't know our plays, the rest don't know his, is better.

shocking letting ellis go on loan all season have to pin the blame on stone for that one

Ellis is not a Super League standard player and it as IMO the totally correct decision to let him go on loan.

Kind of the crux of it isn't it. Not much available at this time of year...

Absolutely correct, Ellis has never been able to command a place at any of the clubs he has been so why is he so vital to us all of a sudden, People do remember where we finished last season i hope. I would have Ridyrard before Ellis any day, and for what it's worth i would play him alongside Farrel.
I take jools point and it's possible, but if clubs have sunk to tactics on this level , then maybe it's time to pack the game in.
Regards Ridyard, he may not be a world beater but lets be honest he is hardly joining Melbourn is he. When we signed Breirley people said it was Ridyard who was the player that made Leigh tick, at least we will be able to judge who is the better player for ourselves,
Many a player gets better under a different coach, and many a one get's worse as we well know, Dare i say as an example Greg Eden , I remember it well "Greg who? Ha Ha what a joke". Isn't he leading try scorer at the moment and going OK for Cas, yes he still makes some mistakes but he knows how to score tries and D Powell seems to be OK with him, but what does Powell know.
I don't see how we could be worse off with Ridyard than we are playing wood, Personally i would be more concerned about our pack fronting up to Catalan, we could do with winning this one.

exactly, ridyard becoming available for us is a good coup when we needed him, not a bad player at all and very experienced... something the other two options we have in farrell and wood lacking..hell wood isnt even really a half back but needs must!

But chase being available ..... surely that would give us a better player....

I wouldn't touch Chase with a barge pole.

Chase and Brough in the same team?

Fireworks or what?

No

According to some reports today Leigh are trying to bring in Todd Carney on loan from Salford ,would this not have been a better move for us?

Don't get all the negativity about this one although poor old RS seems to get some stick whatever or whoever he signs - some thought Mamo was a mistake

Ridyard is class, experienced and keen to play. He has agreed to come on a short term deal to prove his worth so will surely be putting everything in to doing his very best. He will want to prove to Leigh (his undoubted main concern) that he still has plenty to offer.

From our side we have a critial shortage at HB - seems a sensible option if you ask me? If Isaac and Sam get to play alongside him or not they will surely benefit from having him in the squad.

Cannot see what all the fuss is about to be honest. Would rather blame DB for putting us in this position (again) than RS who is trying to explore all avenues to give us a shot at the top 8.

Did nothing in the championship for us, just 'passed the ball'. You have Riddy for 4 weeks, it's not going to make or break your season.

exactly