interesting thought to be had around squad depth and competition for places. A while ago we had Foster, Gardner, Meli, Makinson, Wheeler, Jones, Shenton, Swift competing for the wing and centre spots.

No we pretty much have Makinson, Meli, Jones, Shenton and Swift i.e. hardly any competition for spots and the starting 4 are pretty much guaranteed to play. Any coincidence that Makinson has under performed more significantly since Foster went to Hull?

Ditto here.

Jamie is a top lad! He can be a little vain but he's great with the kids signing autographs and even having a pass about with them down a brook.

Only in terms of the points they accumulated in their Saints careers, not them as players

As a huge JL fan I'd never contemplate such a thing.

He's a lovely lad, tweeted him last year when he said he was bored, he replied, came down and did a kicking session with Brook U16s, gave them his boots and coat, sent his grandad the week after with a training top for the man of the match as he was having a hernia op. Friendly, unassuming, brilliant with the lads.