Re: Team for Next Season : Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:07 pm  

Guerrier wrote:

You need a new Full Back.

we've got a worldcup winning fullback coming, sadly we probably wont play him there

Re: Team for Next Season : Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:12 pm  

The front row is excellent IMO, lomax will have the experience of playing at least one full season. Hohaia is Off form but that could be just temporary. Most of the team is very young, the future could be bright!

Re: Team for Next Season : Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:20 pm  

Rughead wrote:

Wellens
Gardner
Shenton
Meli
Foster
Hohaia
Lomax
Perry
Roby
Puletua
Laffranchi
Soliola
Wilkin

Moore/Flanagan
Flannery
LMS
Clough

No kicking game. Wilkin probably has the best long kicking game in that side, which is a poor indication.

Re: Team for Next Season : Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:21 pm  

Saints_fan_6 wrote:

The front row is excellent IMO, lomax will have the experience of playing at least one full season. Hohaia is Off form but that could be just temporary. Most of the team is very young, the future could be bright!

The front row is suicidally weak. We only have 3 props in a squad (Minimum is 5 IMO) and one of those is a complete and utter tampon.

Re: Team for Next Season : Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:22 pm  

I'll be honest, I'm very very worried about next season and also very concerned with whoever is doing our recruitment. In fact it looks a real mess.

We've lost eastmond, Graham and pryce who are very important to saints and we've replaced them with hohaia ( fullback ), laffranchi ( backrow ) and Flanagan ( backrow) so effectively we've not replaced any out going players in the correct positions.

We've got a winger playing centre (Meli), a fullback playing scrumhalf ( lomax ). None of this makes sense at all.

Re: Team for Next Season : Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:26 pm  

St pete wrote:

I'll be honest, I'm very very worried about next season and also very concerned with whoever is doing our recruitment. In fact it looks a real mess.

We've lost eastmond, Graham and pryce who are very important to saints and we've replaced them with hohaia ( fullback ), laffranchi ( backrow ) and Flanagan ( backrow) so effectively we've not replaced any out going players in the correct positions.

We've got a winger playing centre (Meli), a fullback playing scrumhalf ( lomax ). None of this makes sense at all.

Glad it's not just me who thinks this. Lomax maybe a little unfair though, I think he has spent the majority of his time playing the game at 6 , sadly he doesnt have much of a kicking game.

Re: Team for Next Season : Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:27 pm  

Meli at centre has been a major success. So has Lomax in the halves. It's not an issue.

What Saints need is a FULLBACK and TWO PROPS.

Re: Team for Next Season : Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:50 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Meli at centre has been a major success. So has Lomax in the halves. It's not an issue.

What Saints need is a FULLBACK and TWO PROPS.

Or just play hiho at fullback and get 2 props and a halfback. That would give us a much better balance

Re: Team for Next Season : Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:53 pm  

No1 Saint wrote:

Or just play hiho at fullback and get 2 props and a halfback. That would give us a much better balance

Hohaia cannot catch. It's a minor issue given Wello can't run, but still.

We don't need a halfback with Gaskell and Lomax there, there aren't going to be any better ones available now are there.

Re: Team for Next Season : Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:55 pm  

St pete wrote:

I'll be honest, I'm very very worried about next season and also very concerned with whoever is doing our recruitment. In fact it looks a real mess.

We've lost eastmond, Graham and pryce who are very important to saints and we've replaced them with hohaia ( fullback ), laffranchi ( backrow ) and Flanagan ( backrow) so effectively we've not replaced any out going players in the correct positions.

We've got a winger playing centre (Meli), a fullback playing scrumhalf ( lomax ). None of this makes sense at all.

You say the three players are very important but can you honestly say Graham aside that they have had any real contribution to our play this season? Would we have been worse without Kyle / Leon for the time they have been on the pitch?

Add in the players we have signed to the players we have been able to use most of this year (less Graham) and are we really significantly worse off?

I do think we need another two at least to push the top two but its hard to say we are definitely going to be worse next year considering that two of the three leaving have done practically nothing of significance (so far at least)