Re: Flanagan Confirmed : Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:58 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Where does that leave Ashurst and Dixon who will both be 22 at the start of the season? I think they will be too old to go out on dual reg.

I suppose they could go out on loan though, or will they be released?

Season long loan to a SL club is what they need, i reckon. Give them some proper game time. Flanaghan's arrival is certainly an obsticle for them.

This is a slightly underwhelming signing, for me, but given his age he could turn into a real success. I remeber being very impressed with him in that derby in the rain, when Kyle slid over for the winner late on.

I'm wondering whether we're struggling to secure another prop, though and instead boosting the back row instead, thus using less props from the kick off.

[Frosties.]

Re: Flanagan Confirmed : Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:00 am  

with your remaining OOC players being Ade Gardner, Leon Pryce, Gareth Frodsham, Tom Armstrong. Do you think that any of them will be in Saints shirts next season?

Re: Flanagan Confirmed : Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:01 am  

this will turn out to be an exceptional signing. the nrl exposure will have done wonders for him and i can see him having a BIG season

Re: Flanagan Confirmed : Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:03 am  

Frosties. wrote:

with your remaining OOC players being Ade Gardner, Leon Pryce, Gareth Frodsham, Tom Armstrong. Do you think that any of them will be in Saints shirts next season?

The general concensus is that pryce will be gone, but it will be a massive loss if true. I think Armstrong has great potential, but in the period when he returned from his dual reg at Leigh, we rarely picked him.

Re: Flanagan Confirmed : Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:03 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

No he's not got Gilmours pace.
He is more of a Flannery, very solid defender, not spectacular. Bryn Hargreaves type but as a back rower. That should keep Ski happy.

I was thinking more of his versatility than pace, but to compare him to Bryn Hargreaves even as a back rower is harsh, and he's probably got better foot work than Flannery.

Re: Flanagan Confirmed : Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:12 am  

At least he's a body. I just hope we're not paying him as a big nrl signing. We still need a prop however.

Re: Flanagan Confirmed : Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:14 am  

I thinks it's pretty obvious that Puletua will play prop just he is doing currently as a 13.

Puletua
Roby
Perry
Laffranchi
Soliola
Wilkin

Moore
Flanagan
Clough
LMS

When fit you won't find many better packs in SL. It's once again the backs that worry me.

Re: Flanagan Confirmed : Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:19 am  

Saddened! wrote:

At least he's a body. I just hope we're not paying him as a big nrl signing. We still need a prop however.

He's probably only going to make our bench if we've got a full squad, so you'd hope they haven't paid over the odds.
Assuming they've only paid what he's worth, then if we signed a worthy squad prop (Davis from Wigan looked interesting in a Cas shirt on Sat) and kept Leon, I'd be highly delighted with next year's squad. I don't know if we'll manage that though.

Quite a damning sign for Ashurst and Dixon, though.

Re: Flanagan Confirmed : Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:20 am  

I don't want to do the lad down he may be a good player and the time in the NRL may have done him good BUT..

He isn't the position we are short of we need a Daddy Prop!

Re: Flanagan Confirmed : Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:27 am  

In theory, we could almost play a second rower in every position 1-13 next season!

Have we not got 4 back rowers in the u18's that fancy a crack at the remaining 4 bench spots?