Quote: Offside Monkey "Eastmond still has 12 more months of his contract left, so I'm right in thinking other league clubs can't officially sign him up until a date towards the end of next season, right? And that they'd also owe us a transfer fee if he moved, because of his age?'"
I'm not sure what transfer fee we'd get from Union. Probably nothing. And what if he commits to Sale early? We could be in the same situation as Wigan were with Ashton, who they had to drop because he couldn't be bothered. THAT would be a clamity.
Quote: Offside Monkey "Only SH? Something in my head tells me that Wheeler could do a decent job at 7 for us. We also don't know if the board have a signing lined up if Eastmond did leave?'"
They'd HAVE TO have a signing lined up, because we would be buggered otherwise. Which highlights the lunacy of this situation because whomever we have lined up will KNOW it's a seller's market and whatever we save on Eastmond will only be gobbled up by him and his agent. I've not seen anything in Wheeler that suggests to me he is a natural SH. Regardless of who gets the job, it'll mean months - perhaps a year - of getting used to each other before we see the real fruits. Hardly the Sugarcandy "Golden Generation" mountain McManus promised tho. The keystone player of his plan is threatening to collapse.
Quote: Offside Monkey "Scott Moore? I wouldn't feel disgruntled if I were him. It would have been nigh on impossible to break into the team in front of Cunningham and Robes. The loan period has done him wonders and although he may now habour affection towards huddersfield, I don't think he'll have any resentment towards Saints.'"
Then we'd better hope he doesn't harbour any grudges. Because if he does we'll be in street for sure.