Rumours, any?

Quote: Locko's Luck "I think that's more down to the "p155heads" as you call them being part of a better balanced and injury free team.

I know it's been said many times, but injurys' have not helped us at all, and a large proportion of blame can/should be directed at the club for not getting more depth around the organisers of the team.
That said

Fair enough, but whatever the mitigating circumstances, our recruitment of both first choice and cover in the pivots has been what my kids would call "random" since 2007 (and I'm being kind):

Full back - binned off Briscoe to accomodate a utility back/hooker at FB. Said utility back/hooker was then injured more than not, requiring us at time to play the likes of Byrne and Hall there until Richard Horne suggested he should be given go himself. We then sign Tansey, another utility back/HB, as first choice FB, who blows hot and cold and has 2 disciplinaries in one season.

Off half - Richard Horne plays around 50% of matches since 2007 due to injury and illness, and some of those at full back or scrum half. Cover provided by Danny Washbrook (loose forward) with no kicking game to speak of.

Scrum half - After Cooke and Brough go, we've recruited:
Head (talented player, but crocked)
Dykes (talented player, albeit more a 6 than 7 in Aus, but at the very end of his career and crocked)
Thorman (ripping it up at York one year later)
Long (talented player, at the very end of his career, but crocked)
Cover provided by either Tommy Lee, with no kicking game to speak of, or Shaun Berrigan (Hooker/Centre)

Hooker - After Swain:
Berrigan. Played in every position but prop. A glimmer of success in the emergence of Danny Houghton.

In the words of the one-hit Eighties wonders Orange Juice, I think in terms of our pivot strategy we should "Rip it up and Start Again".