Throw money at a team and you aint guaranteed success.

Wigan and Warrington both losing this weekend and The mighty S winning,

Ahhh good times

I think that the main difference is that when we bring a player in (especially from abroad), he is a player that can do the job he's paid for, not just an aging old has-been looking for an end of career pay out. Also, when was the last time we signed a British player - we have a brilliant youth system and use it to it's full effect.

To answer my own question re British signings:

Bryn Hargreaves - 2006
Leon Pryce - 2005
Sean Long - 1997
Lee Gilmour - 2003
Jon Wilkin - 2002
Ade Gardner - 2001


Can't find fault with the quality we have bought from within our own shores.

What about Ricky Bibey, Stuart Jones and Keith Mason?

Qualiteh!!!

Ricky bibey, so average but has 2 cup winners medals to his name. There have been some legends who havent had a sniff at cup success

Tbh, Hargreaves will be being mentioned in the same bracket as those signings.

Frodsham is already better than him.

Is he balls. Hargreaves works his balls off, Frodsham has about as much impact on the game as the Asda bag that always ventures across after half time after Edna has eaten her sandwiches.

Hargreaves isn't Saints standards if you ask me.

Froddy has a big hit, but he looks to struggle to keep up at times and gets lazy in defence.

You obviously didnt see todays game at Hudds then.

Le Frod will make it. When he gets bigger he's going to be difficult to stop because he runs it in hard. He's ahead of Hargreaves in the pecking order for me.

Agreed. Hargreaves is a useful stand in, but he seems to bottle it before reaching the defensive line, probably because he isn't powerful enough. I hope he proves me wrong because he has a great attitude.

I thought Maurie had his best game in a while, the stint towards the end of the game saw him going back to his aggresive style of running without losing his temper at the play the ball.

For those of you who went today.

How did Michael Lawrence play for Huddersfield?

He went off injured early on.

went off injured after 15 mins,didnt return

Cheers.

He's a player I've tried to keep my eye on, and looks a good prospect.

No - you can't sign him up for Wigan.

He got absolutely smashed by his own player, looked to be in cloud cuckoo land for a while.

After Wigan v Huddersfield academy game 3 years ago I told the Wigan chief scout to lock Michael Lawrence in the dressing room and don't let him out until he signed for Wigan.

The young lad was that good in a well beaten team.

We know. You've been telling us for three years so hopefully this will be the year that he shows the rest of us something to get excited about.

he went in for a Ben Westwood style tackle on Sean Long and ended up getting smashed by Martin Aspinwall. oh well.

He did.

Him and Aspinwall then on the deck for a good minute or 2.