Re: Bulls after Saints duo : Thu Aug 12, 2010 4:46 pm  

godley, fozzard, cunningham, fassavalue , tyrer and smith have gone, perry and shenton in with LMS about to sign as rumours have it

also out of contract we have wello (2 year deal), meli (release), flannary (1 or 2 year deal), hargreaves (keep), clough (one of our best players 5 year deal), and dean (release)

so if we go by that we will still have room to sign a few more players or tie up some of our current players up on linger contracts

Re: Bulls after Saints duo : Thu Aug 12, 2010 4:49 pm  

I don't think flannery is great but he is by far the best 2nd row at the club, so i'd keep him.

Meli has done ok in the centre but i wouldn't like him there every week, he will get caught out in defence. I'd have a look round and see what players are avaiable that aare real centres.

I heard we are talking to a manley winger.

Re: Bulls after Saints duo : Thu Aug 12, 2010 5:06 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Real Madrid, Man City or Chelsea. Reason is Ski from this site bigged him up so much he grew a huge ego and now has such a love of coin that he wants to leave Saints RL for it. Madness I know.

Look. Bryn should stay, so just I have someone to dribble over.

If you want a prop to run his blood to water and tackle anything that moves, he's your guy. He won't make 1,000,000 meters a minute, or make every tackle, but he'll take the load of Anny.

And look damned sexy while doing it.

La Brynolution lives on!

Re: Bulls after Saints duo : Thu Aug 12, 2010 5:07 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Clearing the decks yet again at Saints. One does wonder what financial impact the stadium preparations are having.

Another 3 or 4 senior players down again?

Shenton, Perry in.
Fa'asavalu, Cunningham, Meli, Flannery, Smith, Gidley, Hargreaves potentially out.

You have forgotten Ste Tyrer his contract is up at the end of the year.

It's annoying when fans forget about the young players coming in. There is little point in having "one in, one out" if we are producing our own. This annoys our chairman also. Looking at Quins and Cas the club does well to keep hold of them.
Also unlike Wigan, for example, we actually give them spots in the first team rather than signing some Melbourne Storm fringe players.

I guess it is likely we will keep either Meli or Flannery to cover the backline. I see little point in keeping both.

Re: Bulls after Saints duo : Thu Aug 12, 2010 5:38 pm  

saint billy wrote:

Do you really think Dixon is big enough to play prop? He would need to bulk up quite a bit, IMO.

I'd keep both Flannery and Meli.

i meant, ala cloughy he's a back rower who could do a job at prop if we were short because of injuries etc, IMO ashurst is just a backrower

Re: Bulls after Saints duo : Thu Aug 12, 2010 5:52 pm  

Clough is the guy we should be looking to keep here. Not too fussed about the others, all replaceable.

Re: Bulls after Saints duo : Thu Aug 12, 2010 5:57 pm  

I think there is direct correlation between us not recruiting quality senior players on a 1 for 1 basis and us not winning a damn thing in recent years.

Re: Bulls after Saints duo : Thu Aug 12, 2010 6:04 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

I think there is direct correlation between us not recruiting quality senior players on a 1 for 1 basis and us not winning a damn thing in recent years.

You mean one year? We still qualified for the Grand Final last year and have reached the Challenge Cup Semi Final two years on the bounce.

I've no great concerns replacing squad players and players who are replaceable with some of the younger players and a few external recruits, it's when we start releasing and selling the key players that I'll be overly concerned.

People go on about Warrington, but what kids have they got coming through? Their best players are in their 30's, they'll have to recruit a helluva lot of quality players in the next few years or start bringing the kids through fast. Our best players are Roby, Graham, Pryce and Eastmond, the majority in their early 20's. Get them signed up long term and we'll be fighting at the top for years to come.

Re: Bulls after Saints duo : Thu Aug 12, 2010 6:22 pm  

St pete wrote:

I heard we are talking to a manly winger.

Can't you just keep Ade Gardner, he's pretty Manly.

Re: Bulls after Saints duo : Thu Aug 12, 2010 6:29 pm  

Ewwenorfolk wrote:

Can't you just keep Ade Gardner, he's pretty Manly.