on the contrary, my dear Watson....and I quote..
Just looked at the team sheet vs Wakefeild, and [uall[/u the players are English registed apart from Solomona (who doesn't count on quota if my memory serves me right).

Looks like your youth policy is working with the likes of:

Bridge
Riley
Blythe
Atkins
Evans
Myler
Harrison
Grix
Mitchell
McCarthy

[uall being under 25 I believe[/u...... this can only be good for the Wire as well as England, hats off!


too many old players, eh

I agree with The Chair, Gaskell was one of our best performers tonight and Gardner did well especially after the knock in the first set of six.

Tell me when shenton or lomax get the ball our halfs are awful but every game meli gives away a try

I think he was more reffering to the 'key' players being ageing, the likes of:

Briers
King
Morley
M Monaghan
Carvell
Westwood

I do however agree that their youth system seems to be working very well.

yes but we have lots of money, a flexible salary cap and a brilliant coach.

these players will be replaced with excellent young talent & Australian test players.

its all good at the wire these days son.

I was agreeing that Wire is looking good for the future, just stating what the original poster was talking about.

Also, a flexible salary cap? The salary cap isn't flexible at all.

yea .... i was joking.... lots of people think we are somehow cheating the salary cap... it was a sideways swipe at them.

i will agree that we have some amazing young players coming through though.

I'm not good with sarcasm

Is Joel Monaghan English registered? or did he not play tonight?

No, he refused to play because he doesn't like cats.

dya know, I never thought of that

he is registered as an overseas player.

he didn't play tonight..... he was busy fúcking last years crufts winner.

its all good though... romancing this years winner would have been in breach of the salary cap.

after all.... it was only wakefield.

Glass half empty as usual? Never mind you can yer your crayons out and vent yer spleens in the league express letters pages.

Next week's issue should make for interesting reading.

So,absolutely nothing to do with dire's youngsters' injuries then e.g. Hodgson, Moz, Louis Anderson, etc etc

2 of those were rested because we have strength in depth... 1 has had an operation.

you got beat by quins at home.

you really shouldn't be laughing.

Not what you want from a big money import.

you're wrong there mate cos' he played with Adam MOGG at Raiders in the early 2000s

Why don't we just have a thread titled [size=150"SADDENED: LOOK AT ME! I'M WAVING MY HANDS ABOUT! YOU MUST NOTICE ME! I DEMAND TO BE NOTICED!!"[/size and call it a day?

Sad One, you are funny. You make me laugh

You can't slag of Gaskell,its ridiculous to do so.
He had a bad kick straight into touch and a pass into the stand, but created alot and looked more a threat with the ball. Not a perfect performance, but a good one for a young guy playing 1/2back in one of his first few games without much support from his partner.

Saddened has just gone over board because for once one of his match predictions almost came true.

Our defence seems lax. The oppo seem to be able to get too easy yards up the middle, even without particulary quick ptbs. Our attack seems too one up and one dimensional.

Quins gave ABSOLUTELY nothing away in terms of penalties and turnovers. Whereas, when something goes our way, like a penalty not finding touch, Meli catches it and manages to run into touch on the return!?

Despite the fact that many of those players were signed from other clubs - Myler, Bridge, Atkins etc. The rest are pretty average anyway (with the possible exception of Evans, who has been overhyped by Sky after one half decent performance).

You sound bitter

Bit harsh. Saddened is actually one of the more intelligent Saints supporters on this website. Not that that's saying much necessarily!



Actually and being serious for a moment I do think there's a bit too much pessimism here, Saints aren't THAT bad. This still looks to me like a transitional era rather than the kind of desperate slump Wigan suffered in the mid-noughties. You'll have a season or so in the doldrums but will recover once you've cleared out the old timers like Wellens and some of the players who simply aren't good enough to wear a Saints shirt. Assuming of course that you've got the right leadership at the club?

Tonight:
1 - Wellens 3/10 Like public transport. Late, slow and stunk. He's not even Mr Reliable anymore

1 - Laboured return by Wellens +1.5 metres


I'm not a Saints fan and you guys obviously see him play a lot more than me but maybe you should give Wellens a bit of slack. He's playing with damaged ribs