Not 1 person has said he's rubbish but for me i certainly believe he is a factor in our attack looking so ineffective on the opponents try line.

Fair comment that Houghton has taken some stick on here for quite a while. If the team on display at Saints tonight want him because they believe he'll improve them, that speaks volumes.

Danny has come in for stick of many on here ,all well out of order. Thats the problem with some of our fans,by all means criticise when poor but Danny IMO has been one of our better players this and season

I think it's more to do with options. Lack of team structure. When we find some form n I'm sure we will n we play with any degree of fluency Houghton will again be among our best

His effort and commitment are second to none. He is a good asset to the team. But when you break his game down and look at it technically he has a lot of deficiencies. Houghton should be the guy bringing a bit of speed and enthusiasm off the bench. Not the guy who is expected to control the game. That's not him and I doubt it ever will be now.

So no-one said that he's rubbish then?

Do u not read these pages? 
Rubbish a bit strong but he gets his game over analysed and ripped apart to a ridiculous extreme on here

Exactly

I do read these pages and I don't recall anyone calling him rubbish. People have pointed out the weaknesses in his game which is fair enough as there are some.

There is n fair enough.its funny really because all last pre season n generally all yr I said I'd of started Azza n benched danny to maximize his strengths n minimise his weaknesses n here I am going into bat for him cos I feel it's overstated on his weaknesses n understated on his strengths imo

So he's another player wasted and ruined by our useless succession of coaching teams just like Horne in a way

Perhaps. Although it's not easy to teach someone to make good decisions. The best in the world just naturally have it.

Good coachin should of made both players better. Instead they stagnated and with Horne took abuse for not being a world beater and now Houghton who's possibly jumping ship even though he loves FC but realises that he can only possibly achieve success elsewhere

Houghton gets criticism from me because he simply makes the wrong decision a lot more often than others. He'll give it to anyone who shouts on last tackle instead of looking for his halfback. He rarely steps out of acting half to pass, instead passing from the floor. This enables the defenders to get 3 in the tackle more often than not. If he stepped out and engaged the first defender we'd get more wins and it would speed our play up.
He has a lot of strengths too. Although he does it a lot less nowadays, his scooting is still top drawer and if he spots a gap he's at it. He has one of the best kicking games for a hooker in the league and his defensive stats speak for themselves.

Houghton to Leeds? Burrow in part exchange? On both counts its extremely unlikely and I don't think it's happening.