It's a bit of a trial by fire to put him in against Warrington.

But that's fair in a way. If he copes with the pressure and makes a few decent chances, people will back off. If he is hopeless then I guess it's back to plan B (Lance).

Assuming there is anything in this as it could be all a bit of gamesmanship.


I do have one reservation that worries me slightly.

Last year Percival went very well at Centre he was then rested and got injured.

If we got injuries in the centre's we would have to split up a half back pairing for cover at centre.

Unless we've moved lance on? It was clear from the end of last season brown was willing to give lance a chance at 6, if he wasn't planning on it, why not have jones and meli in the centres and run with turner at 6 then? At least he'd of had some experience going into the new season.

Then there was all the talk that we were trying to move lance on anyway but failed, and failed to bring in a 6 so lance was going to do it, and now a few weeks before the season it's changed again? Something must of changed it imo

I haven't actually seen comments from Brown that state Hohaia was going to play 6 this year though. It's all been an assumption by the fans and the media.

If that's the case why give him the 6 shirt, and have him train there? Must be a bit of a slap in the face for the guy ...

Yes it probably is a bit of a kick in the balls for him. I can't comment on the squad number thing but as far as training is concerned, Hohaia isn't the only one who has trained at 6.

Well maybe he should do something about it then. All he does is get the ball and stand still clueless til he gets tackled or hospital pass it to someone. I've got little sympathy for someone taking well over £100k a year from saints and delivering nothing on the pitch

Me neither mate.

Take the 6 shirt from him then and tell him to play or be left out! I have little sympathy for him losing his place, but there were better ways to go about it ... At least so he didn't go to the press and talk about him playing there!

We finally got rid of the silly sia having the 4 shirt thing now we have a 6 whose not playing stand off!

Which was exactly what many people said about Pryce, he could be great or he could be totally anonymous. Turner doesn't have the highs or lows of Pryce, but they can be equally frustrating, and are likely to go through their careers without ever really fulfilling the promise that they have.

A lot depends on how preseason has gone. If he's been doing a lot of work there it could make a big difference. Plus he'll be more settled at Saints now

Perhaps that should be re-appraised?

I think a lot of it comes down to what people actually want from a 6.

perhaps


did come as a bit of a surprise though!

the fact it was from a daily star journo didnt exactly help me to believe it either

I just hope it's not a different halfback pairing every few weeks and also swapping centres about.

I want a all rounder. A player that can pass and take the line on. Those two things is just the basic requirements for a stand off really.

It wasn't it was St Helens Star's dedicated Saints reporter with a direct quote.

Tommy Martyn

I liked Tea Repati was one of my fave stand offs, I'd love that style of 6 now but a scully would do

A Scully would do. lol.

He was ok i suppose

Tea Party was as popular as Hohaia in his first season!

Scully or Martyn are still arguably the best 6's on the saints Payroll.

Now T Party, he was playing when I started to go on a regular basis. In those days I had no clue who was playing were.

Was Bishop before or after him????

Scully is the same age as peacock ... Maybe we should do a Wigan and just play the staff

His knee was still bad, he could hardly run in that first season. His second season he was the best 6 in the world.