As a character Foster is obviously a bit on the vain side, but I've seen absolutely no evidence whatsoever of this arrogance with respect to his game.

My brother has known him since he was a kid and he has always had an air of arrogance about him and was always told off about it as it winds up the opposition and friends alike. The little hop and skip he does as he is returning the ball etc.

I think its part of his personality and perhaps without it he might not be the player he is.

One person's arrogance is another person's confidence.

Yeah thats what they said about Gadaffi.

And Alex Murphy.

As a player Murphy had plenty to be confident about

And in terms of his kicking, so has Jamie Foster. That's all he has ever spoken about in terms of his playing abilities: his kicking. He's bloody good at it and there isn't a damn thing wrong with someone admitting that they have a talent. Had everything else worked out on Saturday, we would now be saying how wonderful that kick was from the halfway line. Man that was spectacular. When did we last have a kicker who could do that?

And he's not just a kicker, as seems to be levelled at him frequently. It's a natural skill to be able to find the try line with such regularity. Ainscough, formerly of Wigan, has it but has frailties which negate most if not all of the positives of his try scoring ability.

Foster, IMO, doesn't have these frailties - natural finisher, outstanding goalkicker, solid enough elsewhere. Top player.

apologies if someone else has mentioned this (can't be bothered to read 11 pages of replies, sorry).....over the last 3-4 games I've seen Gaskell play I've noticed he's a bit of a "one-trick-pony"....he attacks the line, throws the dummy and goes alone...everyone's sussed him now and he needs to mix it up a bit IMO

This! All of this! Foster will become a point scoring legend for us, injuries permitting.

Leon Pryce?

Poppycock.

Saints wasted 40 minutes, playing too conservativley. The injuries didn't undo you, your 1st half performance did.

Leeds had better field position, made more metres, more clean breaks but had 1 try to show for it. Had saints played in the first half it's likely you'd have been going in ahead. Add in your first 20 in the 2nd, you'd have already had leeds beaten by the time shenton went off.

I don't see the injuries as unlucky, more punishing a poor 1st 40 minutes. You can't expect to only play for 20 minutes and win.