Let's hope with an experienced organising scrum half it does - or maybe you would prefer it not to ? Most fans would hope and expect that with a better player at scrum half than we have now our attacking play will improve.

As for your original assertion about Long doing Agar's job by having an input to attacking structure - still wrong and always will be wrong.

Depends on the level of input doesn't it? If he ends up being the one dictating how we play both on the training field and on the pitch, with agar leaving him to do it, then I'd say I'm right and always will be right (In fact I'm right about everything as you well know)

TBH if our attacking play improves out of all recognition, I won't give a flying one who's responsible for it.

That's clearly wrong

I doubt anyone will

Long has more creativity than Eastmond and a better kicking game so there are two areas where Long could have improved Saints and one try at 18-10 would have made the difference. So quite honestly how you can say Long would not have offered more I don't understand. Saints were unbalanced in the halves, they had two players that just run with the ball and despite losing the forward battel they still had chances. Long could have made the difference.

Quite correct.

But only when his team have momentum, somthing they didn't get on Saturday.

The kicking game could have earned them momentum and they did have plenty of ball on the Hudds line so Long could have made the difference.

Coulda, woulda, shoulda.

His kicking to the corners may have caused Hudds problems but as i said they generally defend them pretty well. As for a his long kicking game Hudds cleared their lines well most of the time and when they didn't the defended their goal line superbly and closer to the line i think Eastmond is more of a threat than Long anyways. Pryce was getting the ball in the same positions as he would had Long been playing but Hudds line speed nullified his threat.

Just my opinion mind.

It's hard to say that Long would of changed the game, but, he's a big game player and has won games like that many a time before, but i sure do think Saints are missing him slightly.