Joe Greenwood : Tue Jul 22, 2014 9:33 am  

Facebook reckons Joe Greenwood has signed an extension.

Re: Joe Greenwood : Tue Jul 22, 2014 9:37 am  

Yep. Confirmed by Saints as a three year deal.

Yep. Confirmed by Saints as a three year deal.

Re: Joe Greenwood : Tue Jul 22, 2014 9:38 am  

Happy with this.

Re: Joe Greenwood : Tue Jul 22, 2014 9:54 am  

Good news.

Savelio and Jones next please.

Re: Joe Greenwood : Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:04 am  

good news. with the expected departures at the end of the year im sure he will be more of a regular next season too

Re: Joe Greenwood : Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:30 am  

Magic Superbeetle wrote:

Good news.

Savelio and Jones next please.

What are we going to do with Savelio?
Obvious talent, but used VERY sparingly this season. Is that down to the problems he had last year with illness? Is it down to fitness problems?

If he gats over these issues (whatever they are), could he be the "new" prop that so many are demanding for next season?


Back to Greenwood, good news I say. Sav apart, he's certainly the hardest to handle of our young forwards.

Re: Joe Greenwood : Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:35 am  

Offside Monkey wrote:

What are we going to do with Savelio?
Obvious talent, but used VERY sparingly this season. Is that down to the problems he had last year with illness? Is it down to fitness problems?

If he gats over these issues (whatever they are), could he be the "new" prop that so many are demanding for next season?

You've got to remember he made his debut this year so unless he burst onto the scene like a young Paul Sculthorpe or Keiron Cunningham he was never going to play more than half a dozen 1st team games.

I imagine like Percival this season, he will feature more next season with a full pre season behind him.

Oh and good news on Greenwood. He's definitely improved this season to last season, although he's still very much a work in progress. Of all the younger players he's probably the smartest in terms of knowing which line to hit and the timing of when to hit the line.

Re: Joe Greenwood : Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:39 am  

Offside Monkey wrote:

What are we going to do with Savelio?
Obvious talent, but used VERY sparingly this season. Is that down to the problems he had last year with illness? Is it down to fitness problems?

If he gats over these issues (whatever they are), could he be the "new" prop that so many are demanding for next season?


Back to Greenwood, good news I say. Sav apart, he's certainly the hardest to handle of our young forwards.

Personally, I don't think the aim is to bring Savelio through as a prop - however, we are pretty bad at bringing through barn storming second rowers as a country (just look at the current second row options for england!) and were airing on the side of caution. I expect well see more of him next year, with a couple of appearances in the second row, and then mostly in the second row the year after.

It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if the aim was to replace Vea with Savelio, with Richards, Thompson and Ghostmont stepping in to boofs role next year

Re: Joe Greenwood : Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:49 am  

Magic Superbeetle wrote:

Personally, I don't think the aim is to bring Savelio through as a prop - however, we are pretty bad at bringing through barn storming second rowers as a country (just look at the current second row options for england!) and were airing on the side of caution. I expect well see more of him next year, with a couple of appearances in the second row, and then mostly in the second row the year after.

It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if the aim was to replace Vea with Savelio, with Richards, Thompson and Ghostmont stepping in to boofs role next year

Some have questioned his lateral mobility, though, which could be a major reason to move him to prop.

Re: Joe Greenwood : Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:23 am  

Offside Monkey wrote:

Some have questioned his lateral mobility, though, which could be a major reason to move him to prop.

Aye, he looks a prop to me.