How it should be.
2 season wonder.
PAH.

You not heard the rumours then?

Right, so pictures of these are being dug from the archives, including shots of Eamonn, Jim Sullivan, Harry Cook and Daniel Anderson

Rumours Terence, until it is confirmed i shall be unconvinced and after the WCC i think he might have to convince a few more people.

Id rather him than roger though tbh.

Hmm many would agree

I think we've covered most of the obvious ones.

Some less obvious ones:

Sonny Nickle? Benard Dwyer? Freddie? Some real crowd favourites.

Iro? Paul Anderson? Two great [iindian summers [/iprovided us with some smashing memories.

Oh, and Cooper's got to have the moustache.

Alan Prescott??

I'd consider putting the 2006 Grand Final team pic on it because that is the greatest British side of the professional era.

And the blue one as well from the Premiership and Lancs cup finals.

Do you think we might find a tiny space for Stan the man. Now HE is a legend.

coz it`s a saints flag, should we have longy in his Wigan shirt?

I would look a LITTLE bit closer. Mike Carrington ?

Now I know the poster is only having a little fun.

The more I think about it and look at the work in progress, the more I think, with much humility, that it simply cannot be complete without a picture of me.

Bonus prize to Div for paying attention.

What do you reckon as to the rest of the list though. Forgot to include Tommy Martyn and Bernie Dwyer, but I thought it struck the right balance.

Best thing was Ski added him in !!

Pretty hard to argue with most of the choices. Obviously one or three on anecdotal evidence only . Contrary to popular belief I dont remember Alf Ellerby

Not convinced about Dobbin. I would add George Nichols.

Seeing as you had Mike Carrington can I add Mark Bourneville ?

Bourneville - crap chocolate and even worse rugby player. We can add Cowan and Brimah kebbie to show the Sl bandwagon jumpers that 'they never had it so good.'

In seriousness I would definetely propose Lockers because he was a quality centre in his time. He had a dire year in 94/95(?) but was a good player in the main.

Agreee that a lot is ancedotal, but you hear things of your Dad, Grandad etc and there is the odd bit of footage here in there.

If it were up to I would have the list of whoever Ski comes up with under:

ALWAYS PROSPEROUS, ALWAYS EXCELLING

Well as a Smiths fan I'm happy with the choice obviously.



Wot , No Paul Davidson ?

not yet, just Fishy is develing the archives for his picture thinking what a tool I am

It's a family banner, I'm not sure there's room for a penis on it.

There's room for 22 pictures.

Or 16, and two bigguns either side like KC hoisting the cup or something.

Might be good to set some criteria for who makes the 22. e.g. If you were doing an 80's/90's one it would be easier. Or club captains. Or local/English born players. Or League/Cup winners.

Everyone has their own pet faves, i.e. Kev Ward, George Mann, Shane Cooper, Dave Fairleigh, Darren Albert, Chris Arkwright. And everyone wants to see great players from their era. But will these be legends or even Hall of Famers in years to come?

I saw my first Saints game in 1985 and wouldn't recognise a pic of Killeen, Coslett, Huddart, Matthias, Pimblett, Watson, Prescott etc even though they are in the Hall of Fame. Then there are younger people who won't remember Loughlin, Veivers, Cooper, Haggerty, Holding, Ward etc.

Just a thought. Set some rules maybe.

i see a vote coming on

True, but on boards like this you might get a bias towards modern-era players.

Them as who put the effort in and the dosh should be them as who has casting vote.

I think it's a fantastic idea by the way.

Thing is, we aren't going to please everyone.

When It comes down to it, I may seek someone from each Generation to meet in a pub and thrash out a list of names.