vinnie anderson

Gleeson?

Didn't sell him - he left at the end of his contract after he didnt make the CC Final or GF team of 2006.

Pretty sure they paid 50k for vinnie.

We did sell Gleeson - however the slight disciplinary issue he had during 2004 may have had some impact on that decision. I think his record since leaving sts suggests that getting shut was a good idea.

We didn't sell him to raise funds to buy another player.

Pretty sure they didn't his contact was over.

Bracek (??) went because he wasnt prepared to wait for his chance for 1st team football. We therefore got shut - his career subsequently has found its natural level in the NL. Again history will show the decision was not about wanting to raise funds.

Why you banging on about selling to raise funds? Nobody has suggested this.

Beacuse the Wolfs fan was trying to suggest that we are selling players because we need the money. Still doesnt alter the fact that your suggestion that we need half a dozen new players because of our recruitment over the last 5 years is absolut tripe.

I said we need a fullback, winger, centre, halfback and prop. If we keep pryce we don't need the halfback, if lance plays fullback we do t need a fullback.
In that case I think we need a centre, winger and prop.

Anyone who thinks we don't need fresh quality players are kidding themselves. We've got a centre playing wing, we've got a winger playing centre. Next year we will only have perry, lms and TP who are props by trade so I'd say we need a prop.

Our backs lack strike players, wello, shenton, foster, makinson, Gardner can't beat a man to save their lives.

Do you think TP, perry and lms is enough to play the whole of 2012 ?

Do you think having one centre on the books at saints is ok?

Do you think wello is good enough at fullback for 2012?

Who do you think will be the other winger with foster?

Double post

You've done pretty well out of us. if you include scully as well.

errr, back oin subject.

I'd say we were 2 or 3 senior squad players and a couple of star players short at the moment.

I thought we'd paid about 50k for vinnie as I said earlier in the thread.

think bracek was 22k, news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 218315.stm yup 50 for vinnie

think bracek was 22k, news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 218315.stm yup 50 for vinnie

I think we are in urgent need for a centre with some strike power but our attention has to paid to getting another prop in. We are defo a prop short for next year.

I think a 3 quality players would shoot us up there with the top three. A good attacking centre, fast try scoring winger and prop and I do t think we'd be to far off.

Yeah pretty much that, I'd like to see Pryce retained if his performances warrant it and slotting in at either FB or HB next year with Lance taking the other spot. I'd be more inclined to say Pryce at FB as Hohaia is incredibly unreliable under the high ball.

The centre we've needed for about 4 or 5 years, there's no secret in that. As for the fast try scoring winger, perhaps Makinson in time? He's got the raw potential there but it's far too early to tell.

It would be nice to have a winger that's more than just a 1 meter finisher. Not since Albert have we had a winger that causes defences problems and that can score long range as well as short range tries.

I'd love to have an Anthony Sullivan / Darren Albert in the team.

Albert was pure class. Fast, safe, try scorer, good in defence.

Alan hunte was top class winger.

I remember Preston Grashoppers RU turning up at where I played at a couple of years ago and Darren Albert stepping off the coach and thinking 'oh ', luckily I wasn't playing. I have no idea what he was doing playing for them but he terrorised the league.

He left us to go to cronulla, but didn't he retire shortly after and return to the UK? Didn't he marry Wello's sister?

I remember a mate of mine playing RU on the wing in local Yorkshire Leagues and coming up against Tevita Vaikona. What a way to start your weekend.

Yeah he's played here too, I was trying to think of his name last night but I couldn't.