Barry McKenzie has learned today James Graham is desperate to be released from his Saint Helens contract a year early and has asked his agent to get him a job with an NRL club.


He will certainly be going all out to impress in the grand final and particularly in the 4 nations which can only be good for Saint Helens and England I suppose.

I know his people have approached 7 NRL clubs but as of now only one are interested.


Ignoring the fact he looks like a milk bottle with ginger hair... is he actually any good?

Guess you cant blame him for trying

Source?

Any official statements?

The source was from the manager of a former SL player that I'm friendly with.

I was hoping if someone else could confirm it from Saint Helens

It's not secret he likes the thought

He was good enough to be honest at a Fans Forum and said "I'd like to go but owe everything I am to Saints so at the moment I'm still 50/50"

i think one more year at Saints would go alright for him. Especially given the extra support he's going to have in the front row next year.

Sure Barry - just give Saints a call. I'm sure they'll respond openly regarding the future of one of their leading players to a random message board loon.

HTH.

Doesnt really help if I'm brutally honest



When I asked if anyone from Saint helens knew anything I really meant from the area in general rather than the club. Maybe something was in your local paper? Or on the radio?

That kind of thing.

HTH

Where is Saint Helens?

Think its just off the M6 near Wigan somewhere

Heard he is goign to South's and we get Sam Burgess coming to us, plus we get £200k aswell.

Its no secret that hes recently become a client of an australian agent. There was a post on here about it a few months back.

My guess is that aussie agent = aussie club.

It wouldnt be a surprise because he is one of the very few front rowers who could do 80mins and be as effective in the last as he is in the first.

I heard that. I also heard that Barry's his agent and is 'in the know'.

And everyone else is asking who is Barry McKenzie and why does he talk about himself in the third person?

Multiple personality disorder?

hes a pie fan, enough said.

I wouldnt go that far.

All I said was I went to a game at Wigan and found the locals friendly

I do hope they win the grand final though.


No offence.

Didn't he say at a recent fans forum that he will be a Saints player next year, but isn't ruling out a move to the NRL when his contract is up?

I'd be all for him going to the NRL - Burgess and Ellis have gone their and excelled, so I will expect Jammer to do the same. I only hope, then when/if he returns, he'll be wearing the red vee once again.

Its a shame his contract expires just as we move to the new home.

Burgess (despite being billed by Rusty Crowe as a super human being who could only be stopped by kryptonite and soap) was shown to be just another ordinary pom.

Eliss has improved slightly but despite people saying he is the best forward on the planet (Wests players mostly) is still pretty ordinary and has all too often bombed the sort of try scoring chances my gran could have crashed over for.

You sound like a typical Pom basher Ellis and Burgess have been two of the best forwards in the NRL this year and thats a fact.

Hey if you believe that then good on ya



Barry McKenzie suggests that next time you watch either of those 2 play you remove these first

what a cap end you are!!

keep coming across ur posts and u talk utter . slagging off terry newton, saying burgess and ellis are average, do u ever watch the game? i dont often comment on the saints board but you have done my head in! SHUT UP!

ps. COME ON YOU SAINTS.....

Why don't you try watching a game of rugby once in a while? Ellis and Burgess have clearly played exceptionally this year.

Also stop talking about yourself in 3rd person you moron. It's massively annoying and you're making yourself look like an idiot. That coupled with your distinct lack of knowledge makes me wonder why you're wasting your life posting on these forums.

Ellis has done well enough to be voted West Tigers' player of the year. It says a lot about the standard of competition in Aus if Ellis is "pretty ordinary", yet is still the best player for a team that got to the semi finals.

Barry McKenzie watches most NRL games that have been televised over here. And Barry McKenzie can confirm that despite the hype Sammy B and Gareth Eliss are both ordinary players.

Barry McKenzie said from the word go that Burgess was signed by Rusty Crowe and billed as this all conquering northern hemisphere warrior in order to sell more Souths merchandise and memberships.



so why don't you sit down, take one of these

, take a deep breath

And relax.

You clearly selective watch games of Rugby if you think they are average, I suggest you might be more at home on a NRL forum were you can pom bash all you like.