Re: Wellens is staying : Fri Jun 28, 2013 4:24 pm  

St pete wrote:

Hard to say without seeing the young lad play.

Brierley looked good on TV last night. For what it's worth he was the MoM.

Re: Wellens is staying : Fri Jun 28, 2013 5:43 pm  

I can see why Brown wants an experienced head in the team, but surely Roby or Wilkin now count as experienced heads. Manu / Sia / Laffranchi.

How many old heads do we need.

If you look at who is leaving, for as much as I like and respect Wellens, from a purely sporting sense I would have kept TP one more year.

Re: Wellens is staying : Fri Jun 28, 2013 7:51 pm  

Wellens is pathetic. Should have been sent off for his childish tantrum when he was sin binned.

Re: Wellens is staying : Fri Jun 28, 2013 8:02 pm  

have you really given him another contract?

crikey

Re: Wellens is staying : Fri Jun 28, 2013 8:52 pm  

wakey_saint wrote:

I thought it applied to all players who have had a testimonial with the club, and they got upto £50k per year of their salary exempt from the cap (could be wrong that was just the way I understood it)

At Warrington we have a few players who have been with us for 10 years. Super Ben, Lee, Woody.
But you only get the 50% discount on one of them, I would imagine that at Warrington Super Ben would have the biggest wage of those mentioned and we would apply the 'discount' to him.

At Saints I would imagine Roby or Wilkin would be the biggest earners (But has James done his 10 years yet?)

Re: Wellens is staying : Fri Jun 28, 2013 9:21 pm  

Fatbelly wrote:

At Saints I would imagine Roby or Wilkin would be the biggest earners (But has James done his 10 years yet?)

He is presently organising his testimonial.

Yes, only one player per club can have a 50% reduction and ours is on Wello. Wilkin and Gardner both qualify also should Wello leave, which he certainly should do IMO.

Re: Wellens is staying : Fri Jun 28, 2013 9:32 pm  

What's the story here then? You all seem pretty downcast wellens may be staying but I thought he was a saints legend?

I've not seen much of him play in the last couple of years are his performances in that much of a decline?

Re: Wellens is staying : Fri Jun 28, 2013 9:40 pm  

FlexWheeler wrote:

What's the story here then? You all seem pretty downcast wellens may be staying but I thought he was a saints legend?

I've not seen much of him play in the last couple of years are his performances in that much of a decline?

Wellens is a club legend but he has been past it for a year or two now. Lomax has proved himself as an excellent FB and Wellens is simply not good enough to play at 6 or any other position that isn't full back.

Re: Wellens is staying : Fri Jun 28, 2013 9:43 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

I can see why Brown wants an experienced head in the team, but surely Roby or Wilkin now count as experienced heads. Manu / Sia / Laffranchi.

How many old heads do we need.

If you look at who is leaving, for as much as I like and respect Wellens, from a purely sporting sense I would have kept TP one more year.

IMO it needs a massive clear out and wello, TP, Perry,Laffranchi, Meli, Ade, Howarth are all players we CAN get shut of because they off contract.

The front row is so slow, weak and lacks any aggression that its embarrassing. Laffranchi and TP are shattered off the pre game warm up.

This is our chance to have a good revamp but we won't.

Re: Wellens is staying : Fri Jun 28, 2013 9:51 pm  

Supreme Saint wrote:

Wellens is a club legend but he has been past it for a year or two now. Lomax has proved himself as an excellent FB and Wellens is simply not good enough to play at 6 or any other position that isn't full back.

I see, it seems that sentiment is holding you back abit then. If saints got rid of some of the dead wood, signed a decent halfback and freshened the pack up you'd be right back in the mix of the top 4. Are the players needed available though? Alot of teams are having this problem now. The NRL is a financial powerhouse now, have you noticed we don't get anywhere near the quantity or quality of players coming over that we had even just 6 years ago. In fact we are actually seeing many of the top english players going the other way. I wonder if this could be a factor in saints decision making.