his meters out of backfield on that small pitch will be huge plus for Cas ? imo if turner can change fans opinion on his signing their fans will love Bureta.

i did hear online rumor that mau`s agent had been hawking his services round other SL clubs a few weeks back, so i would hope on a reduced contract if he stays
(imo he dont seem the great line runner/breaker billed when signing ?) or is it how we use him

Matt Shaw broke the story on Mcintosh too.

It's not certain till he's announced, but I'm pretty confident after reading Matt broke the story.

He seems well connected to Hudds, and tends to get more right than wrong.

Looking at his stats I was surprised the amount of metres he makes. Racking up over 120m per game, apart from the .match against wakey when he played FB.

If it proves correct that Hudds are signing Fages & Lolohea
then they will need to release one or two players to accommodate cap space.

They offered McIntosh a two year contract extension.

Yes I know they did ( cap space ) what they can afford to pay certain players etc

Good bit of business , If only we can move Fonua on as well that would give Hodgson even more options in recruitment .

Wonder if that means not only is Sezer leaving but also Cogger and/or Gaskell as that would have to be a lot of cap sat doing nothing each week.
I thought Hudds were rumoured to have made McIntosh a significant offer to stay but he turned it down?

Fages by all accounts is pricing himself out of staying at St’s by sounds of it.

No way is Fages worth mega money. As someone else said, he’s helped by the systems they have in place at Saints.

Never been one for having overseas spots tied up with wingers. Can see the changes already BH is putting in place with signing MacIntosh.

Cas seem excited by signing Bureta and Radford certainly seems intent on continuing the formula he employed at Hull.

Great bit of business for you guys IMO

If he gives them a Challenge Cup win, they’ll be happy. Powell gave them 2 finals and bottled both. Just wish we could have beat Leeds that fateful play off semi

I wonder if Cas would take Faraimo now, waste having an expensive quota player who cant get in the 17 and we could look for an overseas forward.

Our forwards like Satae, savelio, Sao, mau all more than good enough

Houghton and Johnstone are the problem offer nothing from hooker and never have

Hopefully Hodgson will finally see this Houghton can no longer hide behind "defence"

Mau the last few games is looking a lot better. He came close to a line break a few times yesterday and repeatedly poked his nose through and had his arms free, we just had nobody there on his shoulder to offload to.
Definitely would be extending his contract if he keeps this form up.

So we extend his contract for a couple of years based on he nearly broke the line. If we keep this squad together as it is expect the same outcome, mid table finishes and valiant defeats in the cup. It's not strong enough and our overseas contingent needs to be better.

I think Ma'u has been a decent signing, without being outstanding, injuries disrupted him last season but he finished strongly, plays full 80 minutes caswell.

Having two quota wingers is the issue, particularly when one cant get into the team

Might be that both go?

I wouldn't be letting M'au go anywhere.

I reckon not getting to Wembley will have a significant impact on who stays and who goes.

He's definitely stepped up a gear in recent games. Providing he maintains his form I would offer him a year contract extension but on reduced terms due to his age.

Forwards fine, if Tag had of been fit sure we would have picked up a couple more wins, maybe even yesterday ?

Still a lack of creativity - I agree that Hooker now major issue. Service just too slow and little running threat.

Got to get some pace in the backs - Swifty now looks a world beater & most thought he was a wasted signing ?

Jakey boy always the enigma - yet again yesterday he was diamonds & rocks. Not too upset about the final pass - he is there to do that BUT the niggling etc, allied to serious lack of pace doesn't make him a player we can build a team round - just not reliable enough.

Sick of the Shaul bashers on here, yes he aint a great passer of the ball but he isnt poor either. He has pace to burn ( or did have ) and is always 100% committed. Hope BH gives him a fair crack when fit again.

I’m sure BH can see where the issues are.
Just can’t do much about it until he gets people out of contract.

M’au is worth another year at least. Done well recently, but not sure if he’s worth keeping on big money .

If he hasn't lost a yard because of his injury I think he'll make an outstanding winger as well as covering FB. He can finish from anywhere, good in the air, great from dummy half and is solid defensively.

As a senior player he might tie up a bit of cap for a player who isn't first choice every week though. And Wynne has been training at wing so we might already have enough that we can comfortably let him go. I hope he stays but it wouldn't surprise me if he left.

I agree Shaul has everything in his skill set to be a very good winger but at this relatively late stage in his career will he be able to adapt to a new position.

His passing is terrible, although no worse than Sneyds

Can you imagine our attack with Shaul, Reynolds and Sneyd.

I wouldn't mind trying Shaul, Connor and Reynolds, but that won't happen