Quote ="DemonUK"At the end of May players are free to be approached therefore clubs generally act by offering contracts to players they want to keep so mid season is completely normal. I also doubt someone doesn't get picked just because they haven't yet signed a contract offer. It is simply down to our coach doing his job and trying to arrive at a side that best fits his plans for each particular game. I don't see why because a player isn't picked it is because of some issue (Cunningham and Burns excepted of course). With Saints half back shortage now let's hope they call Charnock back from Bradford.'"
Hear hear
Some people seem desperate to leap onto any conspiracy theory based on anything at all. Ridy has been playing all season sometimes with injuries, we've got a young lad in Reynolds playing excellently yet still learning the game & 2 new halfbacks in Drinkwater & Burns who need to get to know the team & our style of play. Dropping Ridy for a couple of weeks doesn't mean he's had some big fall our & is on his way out. It means this year we've got a coach who understands flogging some players all season while not giving others any game time at all until everyone is either dead on their feet or not at match fitness when you need them isn't the way to succeed.
