Re: Lance Hohaia : Tue Apr 12, 2011 9:03 pm  

Ande wrote:

That would be a travesty. Biggest waste of talent Saints could make.

IMO

He has an excellent tackling technique,safe under the high ball and has the speed and eye for a gap to link up with the backs in attack.For me he was wasted in the centre and has come into his own since moving to scrum half,but long term i can only see him at full back when Wello finishes.

Re: Lance Hohaia : Wed Apr 13, 2011 7:25 am  

bewareshadows wrote:

If Pryce wanted to sign for Saints I think he would have already same as Graham. IMHO

I think Saints are playing it cool, the more time he spends on the physio's table, the lower his next contract becomes. And re-signing him now before he proves his fitness cold be a disaster. Remeber the golden rule, "he who holds the gold, makes the rule". Right now, the club are holding all of the gold.

Re: Lance Hohaia : Wed Apr 13, 2011 7:40 am  

SomersetSaint wrote:

I think Saints are playing it cool, the more time he spends on the physio's table, the lower his next contract becomes. And re-signing him now before he proves his fitness cold be a disaster. Remeber the golden rule, "he who holds the gold, makes the rule". Right now, the club are holding all of the gold.

AND they've got a guy coming in who could do exactly his job if needed, which will keep his demands in check.

FWIW, my automatic reaction to Hohaia signing was that Leon was a gonner.

Re: Lance Hohaia : Wed Apr 13, 2011 8:16 am  

St pete wrote:

Wilkin . . . . has failed as a 2nd row for the last 4 years.

Utter, utter nonsense.

You watch a vastly different game of RL to me. I see a player who tackles himself to a standstill, busts tackles, scores tries and creates.

There are very few back rowers in SL better than Jon Wilkin IMO.

Would you say Ben Westwood failed for Wire in the second row last year? Would seem strange given he was their player of the year. Per game played in 2010 Wilkin carried the ball more, tackled more, bust more tackles, made more clean breaks, missed fewer tackles, scored more tries and created more.

Might be worth watching some games with your eyes open and actually acknowledging the enormous amount of good work Wilkin does for Saints.

Re: Lance Hohaia : Wed Apr 13, 2011 8:31 am  

Just a thought on a replacement for Graham. I've been reading the Lance thread on the Leeds pages, which is almost as long as this one. There is an experienced prop from Leeds who maybe up for grabs for next year. And an England Captain to boot.

If we offer early maybe we could tempt Peacock. He's older than Graham but could be worth a punt although injured at the moment.

But he would not be the first aged prop who has been a hit at Saints. (Anderson)

Re: Lance Hohaia : Wed Apr 13, 2011 8:36 am  

Oh yeh and the younger burgess is looking for the NRL, he maybe worth a steal.

Re: Lance Hohaia : Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:13 am  

bewareshadows wrote:

Just a thought on a replacement for Graham. I've been reading the Lance thread on the Leeds pages, which is almost as long as this one. There is an experienced prop from Leeds who maybe up for grabs for next year. And an England Captain to boot.

If we offer early maybe we could tempt Peacock. He's older than Graham but could be worth a punt although injured at the moment.

But he would not be the first aged prop who has been a hit at Saints. (Anderson)

Anderson spent a lot of time in his early years injured which allowed him to continue longer. Peacock is pretty much shot physically after being overused in the last few years.

Re: Lance Hohaia : Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:35 am  

Billinge_Lump wrote:

Anderson spent a lot of time in his early years injured which allowed him to continue longer. Peacock is pretty much shot physically after being overused in the last few years.

If Peacock became available every club in super league would be after his signature.

Re: Lance Hohaia : Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:36 am  

Peacock hates Saints so I can't see him signing for us.

Re: Lance Hohaia : Wed Apr 13, 2011 11:16 am  

Lance Hohaia - what a signing for you Saints.