Re: Squad 2013 : Wed Sep 05, 2012 9:37 pm  

Gerry Mander wrote:

Leeds are now in the hunt.

Looks like a Griffin/Hill scenario

Saints cant lose out on potentially another gem!

Re: Squad 2013 : Thu Sep 06, 2012 6:18 am  

Walmsley is in the bag but will be loaned back to Batley next year.

[Frosties.]

Re: Squad 2013 : Thu Sep 06, 2012 9:04 am  

Gerry Mander wrote:

Leeds are now in the hunt.

Looks like a Griffin/Hill scenario

Was with Gary Hetherington last Friday at Restaurant Bar and Grill in Leeds City Centre.

Re: Squad 2013 : Thu Sep 06, 2012 9:14 am  

Frosties. wrote:

Was with Gary Hetherington last Friday at Restaurant Bar and Grill in Leeds City Centre.

So we have blown it again! Great stuff

Re: Squad 2013 : Thu Sep 06, 2012 9:15 am  

Frosties. wrote:

Was with Gary Hetherington last Friday at Restaurant Bar and Grill in Leeds City Centre.

What did he have?

Re: Squad 2013 : Thu Sep 06, 2012 9:25 am  

on_the_charge wrote:

1. Wellens
2. Makinson
3. Turner
4. New Signing
5. Meli
6. Hohaia
7. New Signing
8. Perry
9. Roby
10. Puletua
11. Manu
12. Wilkin
13. Laffranchi
14. Lomax
15. Soliola
16. LMS
17. Clough
18. Flanagan
19. Gardner
20. Magennis
21. Wheeler
22. Foster
23. Gaskell
24. Dixon
25. Josh Jones

Hopefully we can also find a hard as nails prop to complement the squad. A strike centre is what we have been lacking since Willie Talau and Paul Newlove. A organising Scrum Half is vital.

We have a left centre,a natural in josh jones in fact he is the first we've had since talau. we need an experienced halfback to get him some quality bal ....

Re: Squad 2013 : Thu Sep 06, 2012 10:12 am  

No1 Saint wrote:

We have a left centre,a natural in josh jones in fact he is the first we've had since talau. we need an experienced halfback to get him some quality bal ....

Fair point about Josh Jones! And as I said before a experienced organiser at half back is a must. What some people fail to understand is that this squad needs change and wont be a instant fix under Nathan Brown in year 1 of his tenure. It will probably take him the full 3 years to get us anywhere near to winning Challenge Cup Finals nevermind Grand Finals.

Re: Squad 2013 : Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:01 am  

TheVee wrote:

Walmsley is in the bag but will be loaned back to Batley next year.

Why on earth would we do that? He's already 21 isn't he? Which would mean he was 23 with absolutely no Super League experience when he returned. Seems a rather silly way to do things.

Re: Squad 2013 : Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:46 am  

Saddened! wrote:

Why on earth would we do that? He's already 21 isn't he? Which would mean he was 23 with absolutely no Super League experience when he returned. Seems a rather silly way to do things.

So is
Not replacing your left centre for 4 years.
Buying diddy men to play prop.
Giving your starlets new contracts and send them to another club or back to the physio table.
Buying a utility player with no kicking game to play at 6.
To drop your only HB with a kicking game.
To keep a pedestrian FB at FB.
To believe that a back up hooker is your star scrum half.
To keep retaining journeymen on the basis that nothing better is out there.
Giving 4 year contracts to post testimonial butty shop owners and international utility players.

Welcome to the Saints recruitment and retention strategy.

Re: Squad 2013 : Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:50 am  

Saddened! wrote:

Why on earth would we do that? He's already 21 isn't he? Which would mean he was 23 with absolutely no Super League experience when he returned. Seems a rather silly way to do things.

Leeds did that with Hardacker/Featherstone the second they needed him they recalled him and didn't send him back. I guess it is to keep Batley happy so they do not charge to big a fee (if at all). He probably needs a few months of training before going in the first team. I would guess that you will see him between rounds 10 and 18 next year assuming he does sign.

I suspect that Brown will have a shack up regardless of the player movements. I would suspect that Greenwood, Forster, Gaskell and Ashe will get runs next year. I would not say that Percival is out of the question for a game or two. He is not physically up to Super League yet but neither was Scott Moore when Milward played him against Wigan aged 16. I just feel it is the sort of thing a coach like Brown would do.