says on one of the rl sites that gardner was dropped along with fozzard....

But, they have a salary capto manage, rememeber. That will more likely mean the end of Dean's stay at saints.

Dean must hardly be on a king's ransom. If he *is* we have far bigger problems to solve.

Yes, but come the end of his contract, its going to be a choice between retaining him or giving another (younger)youngster a chance with a contract. I think most would agree Dean, although solid, isn't going to be part of Saints long term plans unless his performances improve drastically and would expect him to move on to a Salford or Crusaders.

Dean is already behind Clough, Ashurst, Dixon, Magennis, Wilkin, Soliola and Flannery. And you can possibly add Johnson and Yates to that list before even looking at who's currently there in the U20s this year.

Unless he ups his game whilst in the first team this year I don't think he's long for the club.

Given his first team game time so far, that is a massive judgement.