SaintsFan wrote:
He got a first team call up for one away match but never played.
I think the choice of a two year contract for Meli lends some credence to the suggestion that the club has opted for so-called big name players over the young talent. Although to be fair Meli only has a big name for opposition teams really given his propensity to hand them a try or two at a crucial moment. I would have much preferred to have Bradbury stick around so that he could have had a go at first team level in the coming season.
I'm disappointed that Saints are letting so many young players go. Especially in our backline. We are going to feel it this time next season.
I think Armstrong being dual registered with Leigh could really bring him on (hopefully), so that's one young centre, Foster's technically a centre by choice, Wheeler is a good choice at centre when fit and there's the young lad Tommy Makinson as well, so if Badbury was behind all of those then he wasn't going to get much of a look in at centre.
Hopefully we'll fill our centre position with one of those, or a marquee signing, but I hope Badbury does kick on at Oldham and win a SL contract. Now that the quota's tightening there should be more scope for guys like this that don't make it at their first club. Good luck to him.
Regarding the resigning of |Meli and Flanders, as I said at the time, they were pretty uninspiring news flashes, but not awful moves squad wise.
Obviously now I wish that we'd let one of them go because I'd like to sign Monaghan. If only we could of predicted he'd be available