Agreed don't think Amor is much if any of an upgrade on Singleton. He is a back end rotation for Saints a job Singleton did well back when Kylie and JP were in situ doing the bulk but has shown he is not a main guy. Amor comes to us i feel he suffers the same fate.

I presume if we are after Amor he must be cheeper than Singleton.I can't say I've ever been a fan but he been selected regularly for a a good Saints side.How many minutes per match as he been averaging this year?

Probably around 20-30 minutes a game - generally came on towards the middle of the second half and saw out the game (occasionally coming back off for the last 5-10 minutes if it was close for one of Walmsley/Thompson). Minutes probably isn’t a fair judge of Amor’s year though, as Thompson’s minutes in particular really clocked up, and Walmsley and Lees both getting a good share.

Not sure how cheap Amor would be either, signed his last contract after winning Saints player of the year and was being tipped for England etc I imagine he’s on a decent wedge. There’s talk in Saints of him and Paulo going to free up space for a marquee.

I think Amor would be a good signing, proven quality at a top 4 side, and better than most of what we have.

Amor is a better player than Singleton

Proven no longer wanted at a top 4 side, more like. Neither will he be backing up the likes of Walmsley and Thompson. In fact, worryingly, he might not be backing anyone up. He could be starting...

This is the problem: our ambition is to sign a squad prop, not the Walmsley or Thompson.

Would Amor help turn us into a title winning side? He might help the mix of experience to bring on the younger lads but... how much of that do you need?

Better than Singleton probably yes, different than Singleton but not a signing I would be excited about. Partly depends on how Holroyd and maybe Dupree are shaping up.

probably so but not by much.

While Amor is no world beater, this is still a squad game, and if we get him for the right money and the fact that he doesn't take up an overseas spot might make him a good bit of business.

Hooker is key for me, as Dwyer has his specific role as injecting pace and speed, but he isn't controlling and to me falls off too many tackled. Not having a proper defensive hooker has made the job of our middles far harder in the last couple of years in my view.

Amor, hope not, if we need a prop forward let’s sign one who gets into the first 13, a prop who starts the game, not a squad player. We have enough squad players, all they do is slow up the development of the youngsters, this season we need to see some of these young kids playing first team rugby and let’s see how they are developing, further signings of squad players will only slow down their progress. If the kids are good enough let’s start introducing them into the team.

I agree. We probably do need a prop to be fair somebody aggressive who the ooposition look out for. Amor most definately isnt that man. We would be better nudging the kids up the pecking order.

End of the day though its all runours. When club have something to say they will.

I would sooner we sign Battye from London if we are looking at the likes of Amor.
Another Ava type prop is what`s needed as I feel Crosby will be similar to Amor and we need grunt to compete with other teams.

Am I right in thinking pre-season starts monday?

Not for Konrad Hurrell or Rhyse Martin

Tui outstanding for Tonga so far.