I just hope we're able to get Savelio on a longer contract. If he stays we've still got plenty of options and shouldn't really miss Jones (although it is a shame that he's going - he's a good player and will only get better). We'd be able to offload Flanagan without replacing him, too, IMO. If Savelio goes as well, though, then it starts to look a little thinner.

As I posted a long long time ago that he was going Exeter. The deal they offered blew ours out the water and nobody can blame jones for taking that kind of money as its a short career.

I think we will see Jones back at the club within 2 years anyway.

Has anyone heard anything re Savelio signing a new deal?

No, which one worries tells you the story.

Totally agree!!

He's a good lad, Dawson. Same with Flanagan. You can't have a squad of superstars with a salary cap....Does my head in when people slag them off and want the club to offload them, why???? They've got a brilliant attitude, they feel privileged to play for a team like Saints (thus putting 100% in on every opportunity) and they don't cost much. It's a squad game. Every team suffers with lots of injuries cos it's a tough game, so the quality of your squad matters massively. So keeping these lads signed up is great business.

Shame Jones had to go, but the deal is a no brainer if the stuff on here has been quoted correctly.

I'd be more concerned about players like Jones leaving to Union than I would be about superstars, if it happened on a regular basis.

I think jones Is a big loss. He fills both centre and Backrow very well. I hope we actully repłace him. In fact I hope we repłace all the players going out or the squad will lack quality depth player like the pre Brown times when we filled the team with to many youth players that just wasn't good enough.