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At least he's under 30!

What do you think of him?.....I know a few Wiganers who liked him when he was there.

Good signing. You've just got yourself another Lee Gilmour type player.

Hes not played much for Wests though has he? Correct me if im wrong but hasnt he played something like 22 games in two years?

Good signing. Wish he was a prop though.

Look at Wests first choice back row three, a lot of SL back rowers would struggle to clinch a starting spot in that.

Point taken.

Cant understand why we give 30+ year olds 3 and 4 year deals and we give a fresh 23 year old a two year deal. I know he can extend the contract but if he does well he will be harder to keep hold of and you know what were like with money.

Might this be the reason? Money not available?

I was thinking more along the lines of the older guys wanting a decent retirement pot

Predominately a loose forward? Will this mean we will see more of TP as a prop next year? Doubt we will sign anyone else now, unless the Euromillions winners are Saints fans.

So for next season we have:

Fullbacks:

Wellens, Hohaia

Wingers:

Gardner, Meli, Foster, Makinson

Centre:

Shenton, Meli, Soliola, Wheeler

Half backs:

Hohaia, Lomax, Wheeler, Gaskell

Props:

TP, Laffranchi, Perry, Clough, LMS, Magennis

Hooker:

Roby, Moore

Back Row:

Soliola, Wilkin, Flannery, Flanagan, Magennis, Ashurst and Dixon

Possibly Pryce may stay but looking increasingly unlikely.

My big worry is that 4 of our 6 props are, by trade, second rowers. I suppose we always knew Cloughy would end up at prop but Magennis, Laffranchi and TP will all be playing prop despite it not being their natural position. If we added James Graham to that squad or Paul Anderson 2005/2006 I'd be over the moon. Alas, I think we're a big machine short, especially with the injury doubts over Perry.

Maybe the older, more experienced guys command more wedge. They also got in there first. Maybe there just isn't room in the budget for 3 years. Maybe the scope will change in a couple of years.

Odds on him being injured by the time February comes?

No he's not got Gilmours pace.
He is more of a Flannery, very solid defender, not spectacular. Bryn Hargreaves type but as a back rower. That should keep Ski happy.

No one will ever be Bryn. Beautiful, beautiful man.

At least we will never be short of a back rower!

How many Flannery's does one team actually need?

Where does that leave Ashurst and Dixon who will both be 22 at the start of the season? I think they will be too old to go out on dual reg.

I suppose they could go out on loan though, or will they be released?

A massive, overwhelming "Meh".

Another back rower - just what we need! If he's good enough to nail down a back row spot, at least it frees up TP to play prop.

Season long loan to a SL club is what they need, i reckon. Give them some proper game time. Flanaghan's arrival is certainly an obsticle for them.

This is a slightly underwhelming signing, for me, but given his age he could turn into a real success. I remeber being very impressed with him in that derby in the rain, when Kyle slid over for the winner late on.

I'm wondering whether we're struggling to secure another prop, though and instead boosting the back row instead, thus using less props from the kick off.

with your remaining OOC players being Ade Gardner, Leon Pryce, Gareth Frodsham, Tom Armstrong. Do you think that any of them will be in Saints shirts next season?

this will turn out to be an exceptional signing. the nrl exposure will have done wonders for him and i can see him having a BIG season

The general concensus is that pryce will be gone, but it will be a massive loss if true. I think Armstrong has great potential, but in the period when he returned from his dual reg at Leigh, we rarely picked him.

I was thinking more of his versatility than pace, but to compare him to Bryn Hargreaves even as a back rower is harsh, and he's probably got better foot work than Flannery.