The problem we have is that, even if we're willing to pay a fee, we would ideally only want someone for 12 months. This makes paying a fee a silly idea.
Also, any "free agents" or players available would be aware of our situation and would maybe stay where they are, knowing that after a year they're binned.
We need someone who is not first choice, probably entering the last year of their current deal and wants to put themselves in the shop window. I can't think of any such player off hand, and would they be good enough anyway?

All points to either a couple of loan signing or taking a gamble on an NL 1 player, or one of each. Which, to me anyway, sets the mind set of a "stop gap" year.

Loaned back to fev isn't he?

Think I read he was named in the squad for Wakey with a likely debut on the wing. I could be way off, though.

Aye. Year long loan back to Fev.

it sounds like the club have known about berro's position for quite a while,and surely they would have made provisions? someone like leuluai would be perfect,as he can play 7 or 9,and if we bring in a 7 for 2012,he could still cover that position,as well as rotating with houghton.

Stefan Ratchford??

i see Rangi Chase hasn't been mentioned on here for a while as our future h/b........

Sammut wants to go home in a year's time according to his Twitter... Perfect?

Why? The quicker Hull fans forget about this ridiculous idea and obsession with bringing in a stop gap halfback and then signing a world class or one of the very best halfbacks in the NRL a year later the better, it wont happen, we have said the same every year since 2003 and Stacey Jones. I know thats maybe not what your getting at but I have seen it a few times on this board, The NRLs best 7s as a rule stay there because they can still command the wages, until they are past there past there best at least, the closest thing to a top class aussie halfback coming over in his prime in recent years is Monaghan, who is on a ridiculous contract and he couldnt get a game at 7 at Manly anyways. Even in the unlikely event that Thurston or Cronk etc headed to SL what would stop Warrington outbidding us.

For me the sensible approach would be to go for a quality mid to long term halfback, if not quite world class, the likes of Rovers signing Dobson, Crusaders signing Samutt and Quins signing Leuluai originally shows that these players are around on the fringes of the NRL if you look hard enough, I also remember Peter Sharp trying to sign Jamie Soward when he couldnt get a game at the Roosters what a signing that would have been. The other option would be players playing at SL level for smaller clubs, Hudds made a shrewd move buying Brough as did Wigan signing Leuluai. I know we have other weak areas for 2011 like in the centres, but Berrigans wages could easily be spent on a good halfback option, and if one became available we would be stupid to turn down the opportunity to sort this position were we have struggled for years.

Thats right Myler is reputed to be on over 200k per year. !!

Impossible when you see what other players they have on their books.

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Quote Old_Faithful_IAKW="Old_Faithful_IAKW"Fisher's terrible and if we went from having an Aussie international, SoO and GF winning player of a hooker to some average joe who couldn't make it in Aus or get a gig in the SL so had to come over to NL1 I'd be very... very disappointed.'" www.superleague.co.uk/video/player.php?id=20441 1m 58 secs