I think he's already beaten Wheeler's

We obviously thought we could solve the problem. Tbh, it might be best for all to just write this year off for the guy, get everything right for next year, and then give him a shot ...

I imagine that's been said about him few times in the past

Don't doubt it - but next year, if he doesn't play/ prove he's over it, whose gonna take him? It's not even like he's wheeler and he's proven if you get him out there he can perform - he's an unknown quantity from the start.

Tbh, this is what I expected after it was announced. Then he got put beside Amor and Masoe for the preseason stuff and built him up, and I thought he might be pushing for a spot.

On the plus side, it gives Richards and co. chance to over take him in priority

What were your expectations of Beaumont based on? He'd only played a handful of games in 6 years for Hull KR, so even their fans have no idea if he's any good.

A daft signing. I'd love to know who had the brain wave and decided it was worth doing.

I had no expectations on how he played. As I said, I had no expectations of him getting close to the squad when it was first announced (it was certainly a head scratcher) - I expected him to be another body (for times like the Easter period) and to play not much more.

Then he got put on the same level as Amor and Masoe during the pre season media events - and brought my expectation up to the level of him being able to fight his way into the team - after all his physical stats (big and heavy!) are as impressive as the other 2 - so maybe we had seen something that others misses due to his injury record - and that we thought we knew how to solve why these injuries kept occurring.

Of course what happened is were yet to see him! That said, given our overall recruitment this year, I'm more than happy to take this one as a duff!

What is up with Beaumont and what did Brown say?

Quote Carlos Alberto="Carlos Alberto"What is up with Beaumont and what did Brown say?'" Quote Carlos Alberto="Nathan Browns interview" Brown revealed that new signing Richard Beaumont is struggling with a groin problem and it's hard to predict when he will make his bow. "Things aren't going as well as he would like and we would like," he added. "We will keep working away and get to the bottom of it. Ideally he would be playing now; it is the time of the year everyone plays. "He had a good year last year and have really big hopes for him. At the end of the day its abut him getting better and then getting playing, There is no time frame on him at the moment. '" www.saintsrlfc.com/news/page/3944

Quote Carlos Alberto="Carlos Alberto"What is up with Beaumont and what did Brown say?'" Quote Carlos Alberto="Nathan Browns interview" Brown revealed that new signing Richard Beaumont is struggling with a groin problem and it's hard to predict when he will make his bow. "Things aren't going as well as he would like and we would like," he added. "We will keep working away and get to the bottom of it. Ideally he would be playing now; it is the time of the year everyone plays. "He had a good year last year and have really big hopes for him. At the end of the day its abut him getting better and then getting playing, There is no time frame on him at the moment. '" www.saintsrlfc.com/news/page/3944

I,m assuming LMS, Amor and Percival will be playing in the Wigan game that will enable us to rest 3 players ready for the Widnes game.

I'd happily take losses at Cas and Widnes for wins wins v Wigan and Leeds

Shame about Beaumont, but I was thinking the other day about how disastrous Soliola's first season was with us. Its a distant memory these days.