SaintsFan wrote:
Unless he has chosen not to re-sign or unless we have been put off by his injuries, I can't see why people keep thinking Hohaia has been signed to replace Leon Pryce? The player we KNOW we have lost is Kyle Eastmond. We have now signed a replacement for him.
I think people are already assuming Jonny Lomax WILL be our number 7 next season which means Hohaia will play at 6, leaving Pryce in the dark.
At this stage we don't know what the plans are in terms of Leon Pryce and Jonny Lomax for that matter (and Lee Gaskell). Pryce has said he'd like to stay but he will sign the best deal on the table for him, whether that be at Saints, Bradford or elsewhere. Pryce hasn't played a competitive game since last July, so I've no doubt Saints will assess Pryce's future later in the year when he's put a run of games together when he returns from injury.
We may have Hohaia at 7, Pryce at 6 next season. We may have Lomax at 7, Hohaia at 6 next season. At this stage we don't know. What we do know is Hohaia can play a number of roles and Simmons has brought him in to play in the halves. Obviously he's seen as a replacement for Eastmond.