One more year according to Saints email I just got.

Thoughts?

Glad he is staying, solid and we need proven players instead of going out and panic buying someone.

Good. We need his experience and graft. And he can score tries too.

Good move.

Noooooooooooooooooooooo, please god nooooooooooooo.

Please let it be April 1st

It looks like we are struggling to bring any more players in for next year. Like I've said on another thread, he's a solid enough player so if we can't replace him then keep him.

What would you suggest as an alternative? We can't sign any NRL players and I don't see any better back rowers coming through our youth system or being available domestically. He's a solid and versatile player who brings significant experience to an increasingly youthful squad.

Correct.
Solid if unspectacular, but a workhorse. Just like Phil Bailey was, and Harrison Hansen is at Wigan. And I'm sick of arguing with some Wigan fans as to Hansens value to our team. It's immense.

Hansen is an excellent player. He never stops.

I do not understand why the myth of Flannery being solid exists. I know last years grand final was a painful experience but surely someone else, apart from myself, gave it a second watch. He is a weak link who will let us down in the big games with his flat footed defending. At least if we played a young player instead of him there would be the possibility that one day the young lad would justify his position in the team.

I can hear the cries of laughter coming from Wigan already. A sad sign of the clubs ambitions if ever there was one.

What has Harrison Hanson ever done to you!!! Leave the poor lad alone.

I remember you comparing Flannery to Bailey before just before Wigan shipped him off to Salford and winning their first Championship in a decade. A fair comparison indeed.

With the increased salary cap on the way down under, this is a sure sign that the chances of signing talented NRL players has finally diminished. No disrespect to Flanno but signing a solid but unspectacular Aussie on a 1 year extension means there is no one of any standing interested in coming over here to ply their trade.

It's a decent decision assuming he's on a very cheap deal. I must admit though I don't appreciate the tone of the club's email one bit. We're not pushing the boat out with regards to recruitment at all and all the 'breaking news, Saints resign State of Origin forward' nonsense is a bit too sugar coated for my liking. He's not a major signing and he's only being kept on because he's exempt from the quota. If they're paying him as a SOO player then they need to find a new job.

Still leaves us with more than enough room for at least one new player if not two or a major lack of squad depth for next season.

Outs:
Eastmond
Graham
Pryce
Frodsham
Armstrong
Gardner

Ins:
Hohaia
Laffranchi

Compare with Warrington:
Outs:
King
Anderson

Ins:
Waterhouse
Hill
Ratchford

where have you read they are leaving, I know Pryce hasnt been offered a contract until he is fit , but the others?

They're in no position to laugh - Ben Cross!!