Meli I would say has earned the right for one more year. If there is someone better who we can get, then I would go get them in the interests of the long term over the short.

Gardner for me has not shown the same blistering form as Meli and I think Makinson is now above him in the pecking order, so I would not offer a new contract and certainly not 2 years.

The only reason to retain all 3 would be if there was litterally no one we could recruit and no one who can come up. But if that's the case it's a very sad state of affairs.

Agreed.

If we cannot get someone in I would have no issue with re-signing Meli for another season.

Form is temporary, class is permanent. And that was his form year

Ade is a good clubman that works cheap. Giving him a new deal is a good idea, I would prefer it to be a 1 year deal but he is going to be worth his spot either way.

But he's not very good. If we're planning on turning into Wakefield or Cas and that's the limit of our ambition, fine. But if we're honestly trying to win Grand Finals by resigning dead wood like Gardner we may as well pack in.

And is he cheap? He's got a fair few england caps that will have, at some point, boosted his wage renegotiation.
Its all very well us saying that we could resign him on a reduced wage, but it puts you on the back foot from the start.

Isn't that Alex Brown off contract? He's got mistakes in him, but he's still reltively young, very big and very fast. Him and Turner coming down one flank would be quite a prospect.

I believe he's already signed his deal

I bet he isnt as cheap as just using a junior at the club as wing cover. He may or may not be cheap but every penny counts when you have to stick to a salary cap

I think I can hear the 2014 season tickets flying off the shlef as we speak!

Do you think this means we'll release Meli?

Not at all. Meli is signing a 3 year deal.

If I had to choose between keeping Meli or Ade, I'd pick Meli everytime. He offers more with the ball and plays more games than Ade.

unless he's doing a ginger doormat and playing for free he is a waste of cap space. The least dynamic winger at the club

If he has got a new deal i'm done watching Saints. He is less than useless and his inability to stay on his wing is a joke.

Pace to burn last night

Utterly baffling decision this if true. He was useless last night. Do we employ scouts?

Poor defence, but can't fault his commitment in attack, if only some of forwards took the ball up like he does...

The fact he runs the ball back really hard shouldn't be criteria for signing a winger in his 30s with no pace and a burgeoning injury problem a new 2 year deal though.

I don't think he should be given a new deal, I'd give Meli a year over Gardner. I just wish the forwards showed Gardner's commitment in going forward.

Agreed

Ade gives his all for the cause, but even when we had a good side he was the weakest link. He has learned the game and gained confidence over the years but if he joins Clough on a new longish contract I think we are saying its make up the numbers time for a few years, and hope to fluke a final.