A great signing for you. He is a true leader on and off the pitch (probably your next Captain). A great organiser. Rarely gets injured so unlike Walsh he will actually play most of the games. He has won two GF and one Challenge Cup (Lance Todd winner) and turned the test series England's way last year. He is not the Matty you let go all those years ago.

A most underrated player who will not let you down IMO. I hope he does well at Saints because he is one of the game's good guys. Personally I'm gutted that Wigan have let him go but understand that Saints have offered him an unbelievable deal, so fair play.

Cheers mate.

Quite a few Saints fans unhappy with this but I wished we'd kept him all those years ago instead of backing the wrong horse in Eastmond.

Mediocrity personified. An average kicking game which looks good when he kicks early in the set. Doesn't make breaks, doesn't create tries & is too slow to support a break. A poor tackler. He might be a nice guy but so was my Granddad.

He has been signed purely to inject pace into the back line. Or slow it down to allow Owens to keep up with play.

Wigan just announced the signing of Escare from Catalans

Plus another prodigal son, Forythe a young lad who left for the greener grass of Bath RU. It's amazing how players that leave Wigan are soon pining to be back. It must be the quality of the pies. I don't doubt that Charnley and Sargison will return to the fold in another season or two.

Wigan did well winning those titles with 12 men on the pitch.


He does create tries, and he gets his team in great attacking positions with his kicking game and organisational play.

He'll prove a very good signing for us.

You were saying?

Welcome to the saints forum where every man and his dog claim to be in the know when the truth is none of them. They just regurgate rumours they hear from the pub and eventually one comes true and that gives them some credibility as people forget about the other 99 rumours from their "source" that never came true

As for smith , I'm quite happy about it.

Regards

King James

I'm not over the moon with the Smith signing tbh but I'm willing to give him a chance.

I just think he's everything we don't need unless we bring a attacking 6 in who can make things happen but from KC comments it looks like Smith and fages for 2017.

Smith is a decent player and I've known him from his blackbrook days and always followed him but he's just steady and I feel we need a good attacking halfback like Walsh (pre injury) was. Smith won't open up defences or take the line on and that's been our big big problem.

I've got a feeling we have more no thrills one up basic rugby is coming our way again next year.

I feel for percy, Tommy, swifty and Morgan as they won't get and ball

Eh? Check the date of my post! As smith confirmed today, he signed for us one month ago. So at the time of my post we hadn't signed him and were looking at other options. So what I was "saying" at the time was correct.

Matty Smith played the most exciting rugby in the league when he was at salford. They played great off the cuff rugby.

Im not happy with the length of deal but id take him over Soward and Carney any day of the week.

Agreed. He looked really good at Salford and I'm clinging to the hope that working with Long again can get the best out of him.

Agreed. Brown was over the line until Widnes moved the goalposts last minute. Smith was never on the cards at that time.

I'm still puzzled why KC said Smith was 'not on the club's radar' when the cat was let out the bag in August?!