Leave that one for Mr Simmons, I,m a bit dissapointed with Wilkin past couple of seasons, I know he's had a rough time with injuries, but I was expecting him to go up a level and play to a couple of notches within Sculthorpes Standard. For me Wilkin would be a bench player, just think Pyrce would be a dangerous player operating from 13.

Has he been a wigan fan since the age of 3?

Lomax will be Saints full back in the future,not the scrum half

in my humble opinion

It's well known I'm not Wilkins biggest fan but if Pryce was to play then we might as well get shut of wilkin as he's not a bench type player ( no impact) and has failed as a 2nd row for the last 4 years.

If Pryce wanted to sign for Saints I think he would have already same as Graham. IMHO

That would be a travesty. Biggest waste of talent Saints could make.

IMO

I wonder if Saints are preparing us for announcing that Graham is going by making todays announcement that we have signed Lance for next season, just to soften the blow.

He has an excellent tackling technique,safe under the high ball and has the speed and eye for a gap to link up with the backs in attack.For me he was wasted in the centre and has come into his own since moving to scrum half,but long term i can only see him at full back when Wello finishes.

I think Saints are playing it cool, the more time he spends on the physio's table, the lower his next contract becomes. And re-signing him now before he proves his fitness cold be a disaster. Remeber the golden rule, "he who holds the gold, makes the rule". Right now, the club are holding all of the gold.

AND they've got a guy coming in who could do exactly his job if needed, which will keep his demands in check.

FWIW, my automatic reaction to Hohaia signing was that Leon was a gonner.

Utter, utter nonsense.

You watch a vastly different game of RL to me. I see a player who tackles himself to a standstill, busts tackles, scores tries and creates.

There are very few back rowers in SL better than Jon Wilkin IMO.

Would you say Ben Westwood failed for Wire in the second row last year? Would seem strange given he was their player of the year. Per game played in 2010 Wilkin carried the ball more, tackled more, bust more tackles, made more clean breaks, missed fewer tackles, scored more tries and created more.

Might be worth watching some games with your eyes open and actually acknowledging the enormous amount of good work Wilkin does for Saints.

Just a thought on a replacement for Graham. I've been reading the Lance thread on the Leeds pages, which is almost as long as this one. There is an experienced prop from Leeds who maybe up for grabs for next year. And an England Captain to boot.

If we offer early maybe we could tempt Peacock. He's older than Graham but could be worth a punt although injured at the moment.

But he would not be the first aged prop who has been a hit at Saints. (Anderson)

Oh yeh and the younger burgess is looking for the NRL, he maybe worth a steal.

Anderson spent a lot of time in his early years injured which allowed him to continue longer. Peacock is pretty much shot physically after being overused in the last few years.

If Peacock became available every club in super league would be after his signature.

Peacock hates Saints so I can't see him signing for us.

Lance Hohaia - what a signing for you Saints.

4, even 2 years ago perhaps, but like BL says, i think he's been hammered at Bradford, then again at Leeds and isnt the player he once was, i doubt he's got much more than 1 more season left in him

It was just a thought when thinking about what props we could aim for to replace Graham (IF) he goes, and puletua too.

I'd love to see JP have a Kevin Ward/Baloo style Indian summer at Saints, but to say it was unlikely would probably be an understatement.

They may be, but he'd be a signing that would demand big money and would not provide value for that money for very long. Similar to Fielden at Wigan.

I think if Graham goes, we've got to resign Puletua for at least another year. We wouldn't be able to replace both effectively.

Thought he was a full back ?

Halfback (stand off) who has played centre and in recent years fullback.

Why do people want Jamie Peacock? I don't. I'd rather have someone younger with time to give to us.

Awesome signing for saints!