Re: Next Year's Squad! : Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:10 pm  

BackrowSaint wrote:

I was told we was linked to an Australian outside back a while ago, but we've not got any spots left so can't see it now.

I've heard saints are taking turns next year at playing in our vacant centre spot.

Re: Next Year's Squad! : Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:15 pm  

Lets face it, non of you lot can say with any certainty whether we're at quota or not.

Saints HAVE to have room for another signing and given how quiet the club is, I feel they've got irons in the fire still. We're heavily linked with all the players signing or resigning for other clubs, Hill, Griffin, Grix etc so perhaps we're throwing bids in left right and centre. Hopefully we'll hit a target soon enough.

Don't want Cooper though, he's too old and not good enough.

Re: Next Year's Squad! : Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:18 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Lets face it, non of you lot can say with any certainty whether we're at quota or not.

Saints HAVE to have room for another signing and given how quiet the club is, I feel they've got irons in the fire still. We're heavily linked with all the players signing or resigning for other clubs, Hill, Griffin, Grix etc so perhaps we're throwing bids in left right and centre. Hopefully we'll hit a target soon enough.

Don't want Cooper though, he's too old and not good enough.

I doubt we will sign anyone else.

Cooper is getting on but he's still a very good player.

Re: Next Year's Squad! : Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:23 pm  

St pete wrote:

I doubt we will sign anyone else.

Cooper is getting on but he's still a very good player.

We will sign someone else. If Pryce goes we'll have enough cap room for a top international player, any upgrades for da youff will be negated by the likes of Frodsham and Armstrong departing.

I reckon Mac's going to throw a mega signing in just to make us feel better. Jamie Lyon esque. SBW would be my bet. He's clearly bored in Union.

Re: Next Year's Squad! : Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:26 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

We will sign someone else. If Pryce goes we'll have enough cap room for a top international player, any upgrades for da youff will be negated by the likes of Frodsham and Armstrong departing.

I reckon Mac's going to throw a mega signing in just to make us feel better. Jamie Lyon esque. SBW would be my bet. He's clearly bored in Union.

We defo 100% have no quota spots left. Unless we pay a transfer fee for a player then our squad is done for 2012.

Re: Next Year's Squad! : Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:52 pm  

St pete wrote:

We defo 100% have no quota spots left. Unless we pay a transfer fee for a player then our squad is done for 2012.

You can't say that. Graham, Eastmond and Pryce (Please stay Leon if you're reading this) and that's three of the clubs highest earners gone. Add in Hohaia and Laffranchi, neither of which were highly covetted by NRL or SL clubs and you've got at least 1 players worth of cap room. I'm not aware of any of our first team youth players getting new deals, so we can assume any that have will take the salaries of the likes of Frodsham and Armstrong who don't look to be getting new deals. It would be madness for the club to sit on that much cap room.

There are still a few Super League players that have not yet announced their futures. Griffin is one, although Leeds appear favourites. There are Ragiun and Mounis from Catalans, both high quality players. There is Ewan Dowes, a reasonable SL prop and certain an improvement to our current bench. There is also Steffan Ratchford who is rumoured to be joining Warrington, but they haven't announced that one yet. I fail to see how Warrington can be in a position to be offering more than we could as they are a couple of senior players ahead of us anwyay.

Re: Next Year's Squad! : Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:53 pm  

St pete wrote:

I doubt we will sign anyone else.

Cooper is getting on but he's still a very good player.

Cooper would be the best centre playing in Superleague. Even better than George Carmont who has been superb again this year.

Re: Next Year's Squad! : Tue Jul 12, 2011 7:09 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Cooper would be the best centre playing in Superleague. Even better than George Carmont who has been superb again this year.

How old is Cooper? Although its a while since i've watched NRL, I remember him being a pretty special player.

Carmont is a good centre who's maintained excellent form, Cooper would be a step up from there, unless age has caught up with him.

Re: Next Year's Squad! : Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:54 pm  

Now that flannery has re signed...


Wellens
Makinson
Shenton
Meli
Foster

Hohaia
Lomax

Perry
Roby
TP
Soliola
Wilkin
Lafranchi

Moore
LMS
Clough
Flannery

Backup

Wheeler
Armstrong
Ashe
Ashurst
Dixon
Forster
Hand
Hale
Magennis

Re: Next Year's Squad! : Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:06 pm  

Mid table central.