If we can get a full strength team out reasonably early in the season and have some luck with injury, I see no reason why we shouldn’t have at least a more enjoyable season than 2021.

There’s an unknown quantity about many of these signings and whilst that makes you nervous on one hand, it is exciting on the other. At the very least I’m looking forward to our first pre season hit out and the early games more than I have for a while, if only to see what these lads are all about.

Can the south stand drummer play a samba rhythm?

Don't worry, "Strictly" band booked for pre game and half time entertainment for first match

Can you imagine a big club like Saints or Leeds signing a failed Leigh player to be your starting centre? Lol neither can I.

Just shows what happens when you are skint

Is he a starting centre? Imagine blowing all your cap space on an NRL centre who has been abysmal for about 5 seasons, a player Leeds were happy to let go and then them replacing him with one of your best players, a prop from Leigh nobody has heard of, a one trick pony hooker who is deadly from a yard out and a player (sironen) who i have yet to see ever having a good game whilst losing a host of proven winners. We will wave at you on the way past.

I wouldn’t even rise to it pal. The chap opinions are as worthless as they are.

Can you imagine being a grown man with multiple rlfans accounts ?

I worry about you LeBron. There has to be holes in your life away from your keyboard for this sort of thing to be entertainment for you. I could understand a teenager yawning for constant attention on here for 12 months or so but you’ve been doing it for donkeys now, so I suspect you’re a fair age.

Responding is pointless really but sometimes it just feels worth pointing it out and thinking that you might find enough enjoyment elsewhere to be able fo get over it.

I'm more excited about Silva than Thornley. Low cost, high potential. Let's not do our normal thing and decide he's going to be Peacock and Morley rolled into one before he debuts though.

Can you imagine Wigan or Saints spending an absolute fortune and not win SL even once, lol neither can I.

Let's hope he doesn't score the winner against Saints then Lebron.

Personally he was a very good player. Just goes off the boil at times. Can you afford that at Wigan.
We’ll see.

Size has nothing to do with doing a good job.


Remember Stevie Pitchford at Leeds.

Known as the pocket size battleship!

Signing someone who played for statistically the worst SL club in history and someone from a side who finished 7th in the championship isnt going to have the missing season ticket holders flooding back in their thousands.

Underwhelmed.

I can't wait for next season personally

Saints signed James Bell this off season from Leigh.

Just saying.

One person does not make a team. From insta he runs hard and makes yards after contact which is what we have been looking for. Give the lad a chance at least. Wamsley was signed from a championship team I seem to remember and he’s been running over our players for the past few season.

I don’t get how anybody could be underwhelmed about the Silva signing. The kid will be about the 8th choice prop forward and may not play a first team game in 2022. I get the feeling he’ll play for the reserves and we’ll see how he goes and what he’s all about. If he’s as good as the last kid we signed from London then it’s happy days and he’ll have a great future here. If he’s not up to it then we won’t have lost a great deal.

One of our major shareholders was worth £1.17 billion when I last looked a few months ago.

We’re running at the cap or at least as near as damn it.

We are not skint.

And Dan Norman from London last season who has gone on to play a massive two games for Saints, both off the bench.

That's the point isn't it - they are project signings.

Walmsley struggled with the basics when he signed for us. Bentley signed in 2017 and had to work hard in the bakcground to grab himself a regular shirt in 2020. Bachelor signed in May 2018, worked his nuts off and has got himself a number 12 squad number in 2022. Norman may start to make some appearances this year and may not - he was never meant to be cracking the first team by now.

Saints have got it spot on in their approach to development of these lads.

If Silva is expected to provide genuine prop cover in 2022 that would be a problem, but I can't believe that he is.

+1

Looked at Saints and Leeds squad v ours and I cant see how, but I think your right

Leigh fans wanted one of these players to stay, it wasnt Thornley

Because he isn't

Currently about 8th choice prop, give him 2 to 3 years to develop
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