Re: Pre-season. : Sat Jan 20, 2024 6:43 pm  

mwindass wrote:

Bennison, Hurrell and a few other first teamers in too. Worrying signs for the Saints

Personally think Sts are creaking and aren’t the force they was…signings are a bit lowkey and Wellens isn’t a good coach imo…they beat us in the cup then puts Knowles at hooker for the league match and Smith totally out coaches him.The fact that Holbrook turned down wire speaks volumes as I think he will be back at Sts.

Re: Pre-season. : Sat Jan 20, 2024 7:17 pm  

The games afoot wrote:

Personally think Sts are creaking and aren’t the force they was…signings are a bit lowkey and Wellens isn’t a good coach imo…they beat us in the cup then puts Knowles at hooker for the league match and Smith totally out coaches him.The fact that Holbrook turned down wire speaks volumes as I think he will be back at Sts.

They'll still be top 3 but they have an aging squad. Be interesting to see if Wellens can manage this transition.

Re: Pre-season. : Sat Jan 20, 2024 7:21 pm  

Yeah I think Saints will still be around the top but unless some other teams get hit with a bad run of injuries then they'll go another year without winning anything again.

Re: Pre-season. : Sat Jan 20, 2024 10:45 pm  

The games afoot wrote:

Personally think Sts are creaking and aren’t the force they was…signings are a bit lowkey and Wellens isn’t a good coach imo…they beat us in the cup then puts Knowles at hooker for the league match and Smith totally out coaches him.The fact that Holbrook turned down wire speaks volumes as I think he will be back at Sts.

They was a moment of Tompkins brilliance from another grand final

They'd have beaten Wigan imo

Catalan froze in the final saints big final experience wouldn't of made the same mistake

Re: Pre-season. : Sun Jan 21, 2024 12:17 am  

Hasbag wrote:

Yeah I think Saints will still be around the top but unless some other teams get hit with a bad run of injuries then they'll go another year without winning anything again.

Looks like all the trophies will be going to the Wigan borough once again, That includes Leigh as well of course.

Re: Pre-season. : Sun Jan 21, 2024 7:09 am  

Saints will be fine, they still have a great squad and the best academy, they lose players they bring some more through, we need to get to that stage and I don't think we are far off in terms of production line.

Really looking forward to toady and seeing the new guys, not expecting huge things as it will most first game.

Good article with Pearson, club looking in a decent position, looking to get a couple more people on the board to boost financed, hopefully get one or two on board in the next year or two, don't think it would take alot of investment to get us competing again.

Re: Pre-season. : Sun Jan 21, 2024 8:48 am  

Dave K. wrote:

Saints will be fine, they still have a great squad and the best academy, they lose players they bring some more through, we need to get to that stage and I don't think we are far off in terms of production line.

Really looking forward to toady and seeing the new guys, not expecting huge things as it will most first game.

Good article with Pearson, club looking in a decent position, looking to get a couple more people on the board to boost financed, hopefully get one or two on board in the next year or two, don't think it would take alot of investment to get us competing again.

The quality of youngsters is the big issue tho

We have to go back as far as Richard Horne to have the same quality as welsby

In terms of numbers playing the game we should be higher than saints

But the standard of player isn't great last 10 years through our youth

Re: Pre-season. : Sun Jan 21, 2024 8:51 am  

As for the game I saw the handicap betting us -24 which i thought was printing money until I saw the Doncaster team

Plenty of ex super league players will be no mugs be a good first hit out

Re: Pre-season. : Sun Jan 21, 2024 8:53 am  

Thetalentboy wrote:

The quality of youngsters is the big issue tho

We have to go back as far as Richard Horne to have the same quality as welsby

In terms of numbers playing the game we should be higher than saints

But the standard of player isn't great last 10 years through our youth

We know, you say this everyweek , no one disagrees with you, so not sure why the need to say this over and over again.

You can see why half this forum has you on ignore.

Re: Pre-season. : Sun Jan 21, 2024 9:07 am  

Dave K. wrote:

We know, you say this everyweek , no one disagrees with you, so not sure why the need to say this over and over again.

You can see why half this forum has you on ignore.

Good some are morons like the person yesterday trying to say he'd rather have a injury prone josh bowden over a always fit LMS ......