Re: Flanagan Confirmed : Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:28 am  

slideby wrote:

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

A bit like Chris Thorman & Keith Mason?

Re: Flanagan Confirmed : Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:28 am  

Is he better than Ashurst

Re: Flanagan Confirmed : Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:31 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Keith Mason?

To be fair, Keith's a decent prop. I wouldn't mind him back at Saints.

Re: Flanagan Confirmed : Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:34 am  

Offside Monkey wrote:

To be fair, Keith's a decent prop. I wouldn't mind him back at Saints.

But it's took him a long time, when did he come back from Aus?

Re: Flanagan Confirmed : Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:35 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

No he's not got Gilmours pace.

My concern is more the size of him, he is very small for his position. Hopefully he punches above his weight.

He could turn out to be a great signing, it's very hard to tell at the moment. I'd be a lot more confident if he was being picked over there every week, but he wouldn't be coming if that was the case.

Re: Flanagan Confirmed : Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:36 am  

Mark_Flash_Flan Mark Flanagan
Ive signed at St.Helens in the UK for nxt year, looking forward to finishin off the season with the Tigers then heading home to a great club

Taken from his twitter page.

Re: Flanagan Confirmed : Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:43 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

But it's took him a long time, when did he come back from Aus?

2004 and he had a good season for Saints. I remeber thinking he should have got the Lance Todd against you guys. Had a bad time with injuries though in 2005 and found himself out of favour by the time Anderson took over. Had an unsuccessful loan period at cas, before (re)finding his feet at Hudds.

Re: Flanagan Confirmed : Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:50 am  

This signing has confused me. We need a prop and not a backrower. We are oozing backrowers. Unless the plan is to play TP at prop, this signing makes no sense at all.

Re: Flanagan Confirmed : Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:54 am  

This must almost seal TP at Prop. Unless we are buying without consulting the coach, about his plans for the team.

It could be a very strong 17, it just depends on how we go with having back rowers develop into props

Re: Flanagan Confirmed : Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:55 am  

Strange that Saints have signed another backrower but I rate him. Obviously very hardworking like people have said but he has a fair bit of skill about him as well.