Magennis to retire : Wed Dec 12, 2012 6:07 pm  

Due to injury Shaun is about to retire from injury and the club will promote a youngster to replace him Unlucky Shaun once a Saint always a Saint http://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/sport/sai ... 0104267._/

Due to injury Shaun is about to retire from injury and the club will promote a youngster to replace him Unlucky Shaun once a Saint always a Saint http://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/sport/sai ... 0104267._/

Re: Magennis to retire : Wed Dec 12, 2012 6:19 pm  

Rommel wrote: Due to injury Shaun is about to retire from injury and the club will promote a youngster to replace him Unlucky Shaun once a Saint always a Saint http://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/sport/sai ... 0104267._/ Was it his knees that finally did it for him?

Rommel wrote: Due to injury Shaun is about to retire from injury and the club will promote a youngster to replace him Unlucky Shaun once a Saint always a Saint http://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/sport/sai ... 0104267._/ Was it his knees that finally did it for him?

Re: Magennis to retire : Wed Dec 12, 2012 10:00 pm  

Shocking news for Shaun - all the best in the future.

However, it makes the decision to let Andrew Dixon go all the more stupid.

Re: Magennis to retire : Wed Dec 12, 2012 11:09 pm  

rammsteinbloke wrote:

Shocking news for Shaun - all the best in the future.

However, it makes the decision to let Andrew Dixon go all the more stupid.

WHY! He was let go because he wasn't going to be good enough, so it is still the correct decision. It will allow another Junior to come into the team and show us all his potential.

Regarding Shaun, it is terrible news for any player to have their career cut short through injury, but at 23 it is all the more sad. Best of luck for the future.

Re: Magennis to retire : Wed Dec 12, 2012 11:11 pm  

Very sad for the kid. He probably was never going to make the grade at Saints but he could have had a very nice career lower down the ladder nevertheless. You can only wish him the best for the future.

Re: Magennis to retire : Thu Dec 13, 2012 7:37 am  

Good luck to him with whatever he goes on to do.

Re: Magennis to retire : Thu Dec 13, 2012 10:58 am  

I always thought Magennis had good potential and looked to have a good enough pair of hands to develop into a quality 13 in the future rather than a prop.

Always sad to see a player have to retire through injury, but even worse at such a young age. Good luck to Shaun in whatever he goes on to do

Re: Magennis to retire : Thu Dec 13, 2012 11:41 am  

Alwsys sad when a player has to retire early, good luck to him.

Also seems strange that Keith Mason was on the market too and was snapped up by Cas. Ok not a world beater but could have come in and done a job, likelihood was he would offered us more than Perry too.

Don't understand our recruitment in recent years.

Re: Magennis to retire : Thu Dec 13, 2012 11:50 am  

The Chief wrote:

Alwsys sad when a player has to retire early, good luck to him.

Also seems strange that Keith Mason was on the market too and was snapped up by Cas. Ok not a world beater but could have come in and done a job, likelihood was he would offered us more than Perry too.

Don't understand our recruitment in recent years.

I think we're okay for numbers in the forwards. I agree that Mason would offer more than Perry, but I doubt we can afford the luxury of having them both, and we're stuck with Perry for the time being at least.

As for Shaun Magennis, best of luck to him in whatever he goes on to do. It's cruel for him to have to finish when he was only just getting going.

Re: Magennis to retire : Thu Dec 13, 2012 12:10 pm  

Dux wrote:

I think we're okay for numbers in the forwards. I agree that Mason would offer more than Perry, but I doubt we can afford the luxury of having them both, and we're stuck with Perry for the time being at least.

As for Shaun Magennis, best of luck to him in whatever he goes on to do. It's cruel for him to have to finish when he was only just getting going.

I think Joe Greenwood steps into the squad place left by Magennis. I don't think this weakens our squad. He hardly played (if at all) after his ban.