*walks by whistling*

That would be a great move. Just look at how much Webb adds to Leeds' attack. Slater? Hunt?

Would be nice!

Unfortunatly for you lot, its nailed on that the little Drinker from wakey will be heading your way next year.

i doubt it and i'd be disappointed on the lack of faith in our kids. That said at saints with pryce and wilkin helping the creativety i think he could be more successful at saints than his plays are at wakey, and he can kick (so surely cant be coming to saints)

If we actually signed Danny Brough he would be a stop gap.

Would he accept signing a 2 year deal in which he would be a bit part player, likely to find himself on the outside after a handful of games?

He would want to play every game, but Saints would want to bring through the kids.
Sorry this rumour doesnt wash. He is more likely to go to Wire who are in desperate need of a halfback with Briers being shipped out and Monaghan going back to Aus.

Re Pryce playing fullback. The Bulls and indeed GB have tried this in the past, and quite frankly Leon was appalling at it.
He has even played the odd game at Saints at fullback and been very poor.
His size is actually a hindrance as he struggles to deal with kicks along the ground, and he isnt the best leaper of a ball.

I have a sneaky feeling Saints may play Pryce on the wing against Hull, and play Eastmond in the halves with Long to give him game time.

We will never sign Danny Brough. He is simply not good enough.

I doubt that we will be signing an Aussie Fullback either. It would pretty much see the end of Wellens and I think most people would make sure Potter & McManus were hanging outside the town hall before that ever happened.

There are some good full backs on the market. Hunt at the Broncos is the best example. But guys like Stewart at Manly and Bowen at the Cowboys would probably be available. But again i doubt we are planning to sign any.

Brough certainly fits Smith's profile of it all about being about the team, doesn't he. Before you type these things, take a breath.

Wellens best is obviously behind him as soon in the world cup. Be surprised if u throw in a youth player to lead you around the field next season though.

Indeed, his latest signing who stuck 2 fingers up at the team that put up with constant injuries to sod off to australia was really for the team wasnt he!!

it's obviously going to be wheeler or eastmond who will play scrum half, the future for england is certainly bright with youngsters like these 2 coming through.

Dobson has signed an extention until 2012 now official.

I don't recall pryce playing fullback for GB or the bulls.

Last time I saw him at fullback for saints he played really well. It gives him chance to drift in and out of games and that's when he at his best.

He also would get us on front foot from kicks which IMO we badly lack at the moment.

The likes of Webb, slater and hunt get there teams on front foot when they return kicks which gives teams chance to get a roll on.

Pryce is awful under the bomb. Why waste our main dangerman in a position he doesn't like playing and one in which he fails to excel in?

Exactly! Wello should stay at FB for at very least the next season and then potentially move to loose? if he slows to much or young kids nock him off his position. Pryce should stay at 6, he is most effective there and he isn't exactly knocking on yet

Do you honestly think that every player that leaves saints will be replaced by a young kid?

It don't work like that. We will be lucky if 3 of the young bunch we have now are playing in saints 1st team in 2 years.

Everyone would love it if we could just replace with youth but I'm pretty sure it's not possible.

I know, thats why i said "if". I think wello will still be our full back in 2011

2011!!! I hope not.

He still good player but his best days are behind him.

Do you think pryce and wheeler/eastmond will work?

I don't think it will. I'd love it to work but I don't see any of them as a ball player.

IMO wellos lack if pace from kicks always puts us on back foot which I feel is 1 of reasons we struggle to get out of our half

I don't think he'll be our full back next year tbh.

Of all the kids that have been tried at FB so far it's been Lomax who has impressed me the most. Good speed. Steps well. Confident when he addresses the ball and injects himself into the line well. Defence is another question. He wasn't put under enormous pressure by Wakey. But then he did cope with most of what he was tested with.

I do think wheeler or eastmond have the potential to succeed, if they will or not noone can tell and only time will tell

I have no doubts about Wheeler. He'll be a good player.

Hard to tell how good lomax is because he not played much.

So far only wheeler IMO as shown he can make it and eastmond has showed a tiny bit of what he can do.