Wellens is a club legend but he has been past it for a year or two now. Lomax has proved himself as an excellent FB and Wellens is simply not good enough to play at 6 or any other position that isn't full back.

I never said that and no, it wasn't me. Might well be if he tries to wrap the Wellens and Laffranchi contract extensions into some big long blurb about their ability, I just wouldn't be able to handle that.

Has the laffranchi extension been officially announced by anyone other than Boof himself?

Nope.

No, Saints media manager is no doubt hoping we beat Wigan, so he can slip it onto the website underneath the victorious match report, in the hope no one notices and those that do are so made up with the derby win that they don't react.

If that's his strategy then my sympathies go out to him!