Your modesty holds no bounds, eh ?

Nobody ever in my experience hailed Clough as anywhere near Graham. Equally, Gaz Frodsham was incredibly highly rated, both within the club and the game. As with all kids, the ultimate test is at first team level; some sink, some swim and on many occasions, it's the ones you expect to sink that swim fastest and furthest. All youth sports coaches know and acknowledge that it is never an exact science.

Implying that you have some kind of ability in talent spotting by telling us you rated Eastmond, Percival and Savelio is akin to telling us you're great with colours because you reckon the sky's blue. All of three of those have been rated enormously for much of their youth; all three had major competition for their signature and have been spoken of throughout their development.

I don't recall this 'golden generation' you speak of. Ashurst, Dixon, Tyrer etc were all considered hard working lads that could have a career. The real starlets were considered Eastmond and Magennis.

So, please, quit putting yourself on some pedestal when you'd be as well telling us what religion the Pope represents.

I don't reacall any saints fans saying he'd SIGNED for Warrington

I don't think it matters what people put or didn't put really. At the end of the day you've got to take EVERYTHING written on these forums as being what someone has been told and that it isn't necessarily true.

FWIW I think St Pete and The Yellow Giraffe are bang on with almost everything.

Anyone can go back and check my posts regarding Sav. I said the offer had been on the table for 4 month and not signed (true). I said warrington had spoke to his agent (true). I said Sav was in for a meeting with saints again regarding the unsigned contract (true).

At no point did I say he had left, was leaving or signed for warrington.

I don't recall any fans at the matches booing Andre.

But if he had signed for Warrington, then you can probably bet on the fact that they would have.

That's sport though. From the Colosseum to present day people go to sport to cheer and gain affinity with a sporting hero.
Seriously, why go and support something like tennis and Andy Murray, we are not his coach, his trainer, or his family, we've all had zero impact on his past, however he wants that support to sell merchandise direct or indirectly. So people buy into supporting sporting heroes.

But when they let down their own set of fans, then they have to expect the backlash.

Did Saints fans lay into Connelly?
Did Bradford fans give Peacock hell?
Did Wigan fans hate Longy?

It's sport, get used to it. Or watch chess.

I think the rumour migrated over from the Red Vee Forum.