MattyB wrote:
To pay a large transfer fee for an import would be insane, the club would be completely at their mercy. Look how many times we have seen imports (and their wives) get itchy feet and sod off back down under reasoning 'family commitments'.
Stay well clear Wigan.
Agreed.
We havn't been able to stick with the same pairing at 6 and 7 since the 90's! We have been chopping and changing for too long. I want a settled partnership and the only way to do that is to get British players.
Brough and Smith would be my choice. Smith is a must IMO. Still young with bags of talent. He was asked to organise the saints team and make breaks by himself. At Wigan he will play a part in a well oiled machine and he will play his role very well. He showed at the weekend that he can put a man through a gap like Finch can, he has just as good a kicking game as anyone in our team, he is quicker than both our current 6 and 7.
Like I said, brough would be my choice to be his partner because I can't see Soward coming.
If we can only bring in one half-back then we will be forced to move Sam to 6 and put Russell at 1. Sam has looked unreal at 1 recently but he is good enough to be just as good from 6 if we needed him to.