Who's the top try scorer this year?

Excellent news. Gives us depth in the backline, and we retain one of our top metre makers. There isn't much on the market at the moment anyway, and I hear we're still after couple of new signings to go along with these.

I'm sure that Brown will be giving a youngster a chance from time to time at full back next season regardless of this news.

Stop asking awkward questions that the doom mongers really don't want to answer.

And you, stop that, you are being sensible.

Who is this Wello fella regarded as a bad signing, we have a Paul Wellens who has won Founder Member Player of the Year.......Runner Up For Player of the Year........Top Try Scorer this Season.......................................... can't be the same bloke.

You're a scout then are you? Because unless you are, you have no idea what is 'on the market' at the moment and so are not in a position to say whether any of these signings are better than what is out there. I bet you had no idea that Josh Jones even existed, except perhaps as a name in the u20s section on the Saints website and yet here he is, full season in the bag and although still defensively very dodgy he is shaping up well in attack.

Who was the top try scorer last year?

To be fair they did also think Makinson was young player of the year...

This announcement demonstrates how far the club has descended since 2006 and reflects how finances have been directed towards the stadium rather than player budgets.

Do you honestly believe that? I can understand the desire to insult me, I've made the point a few times too many and can appreciate it may get annoying, but really? Wello has scored a lot of tries this season, but he could do that until he's 40 at least, he knows where the breaks are made and will be there to fall over the line off someone else's work, but he contributes nothing to the attacking line and it's like we attack with 12 because he's just not a threat. He doesn't have any of the attributes a modern fullback should have and taking the sentimentality and the name away, there is very little left. I'd argue he's now amongst the weakest fullbacks in Super League defensively now, simply because he's never where he should be. He doesn't miss as many tackles because he doesn't get to the tackle, he doesn't drop bombs as much because he's never there so other players catch them or they bounce.

Watch the play offs and the start of next season and see where Wello is when the opposition are scoring. Most of the time he's just not quite there.

Happy for Clough.

I seem to remember Makinson playing fullback against Wigan on Good Friday and having a mare, and his failure to deal with any kicks that Warrington threw at him the other week was a real worry. LIke it or not, Hohiaia and Lomax are our going to be playing 6&7 and how you can judge that the untried Gaskell or Swift would be a better option is beyond me.

Like I say, until a better player comes along, and who knows, they might do, then the retention of Wellens for another year (it's hardly like he's signed a long term deal, by the way) is the sensible solid option that gives us the best VFM.