I was more thinking of the immediacy of this season.....a stop gap to give us options. Personally I think we're too short of options in the middle and feel this is our weakest link this season. Id take minichello on a 12 month contract in a snap just to free up tomkins and give us options up the middle- but we also need to look longer term too imo, which is why Wane needs to be giving Mellor and Powell a run sooner rather than later, and we also need to be looking to recruit a world class hooker as a priority for 2013 with the loss of Tommy...if we end up running with Mcllurum and Logan Tomkins next year as our two hookers then god help us!

It must be a sign of the times, but i no longer get exited at the thought of a big name Aussie possibly heading our way.

Quite happy to put an 20 year old in the squad ahead of a 32+ year old antipodian.

I agree. I would much rather never have signed the likes of Dallas, Barrett, Pat, Finch, Riddell, Hoffman....

What works best in super league is a nucleous of home grown players or British players who have played together for years alongside top players from overseas.

All the teams who have won super league have shown this.

Bradford - Pryce, Deacon, Fielden and Peacock playing with Hape and Vainikolo...

Saints - Long, Sculthorpe, KFC along with Lyon, Talau

Leeds - Burrow, Maguire and Sinfield with Webb, Donald, DB

Wigan - Lockers, Tomkins, Coley, Hansen... with Pat, Carmont, Riddell...

IMO with the future ecconomic climate in mind, the link of 1,6,7,9,13 must all be players who are british and be here for the long hall.. IMO players in other positions are replacable, just look at leeds... webb, mcguire,burrow and sinfield.

In the youth we trust.... but IL already knows that..

Look at Leeds?

Webb - NZ
Burrow
McGuire
Buderus (last couple of season) - Aus
Sinfield.