Is he any good tho

My mate days he's decent player and could go very well in super league.

Certainly an improvement on Perry or Laffranchi

I don't think we are after a all match player.

I was very impressed with Walker and I can see him being our all match player. Also we make 2nd rowers by the boatful who can tackle all day long, but have less impact going forwards.

I can see this guy being the replacement for TP, rather than Perry.

I still reckon we need one more prop, although Brown maybe happy with the boys coming through.

Props : Walker, LMS, Walmsley, Clough, Thompson, Mose. That's 6 props. You would say 2 are impact props in Walmsley and Mose. But then you balance that out with Sia who can play 80 mins. Then the pack looks pretty full.

I think the lack of Perry being effective over the 3 years has to be accounted for. You could put almost any prop in there and get an improvement. If the guy can only do 20mins, or do you mean 20mins a half??

If Saints pull this off and Walsh then they should be applauded!

Excellent signings and if we can get Hopkins then we go into SL with the biggest pack of forwards and a young exciting backline.

i've read all the posts on here and agree with you - we should excercise extreme caution that we don't end up with 2 Perry's.

He's big and he looks like he gives no quarter - which is a valuable thing for us.
Perry never really brought his enforcer game, the likes of Laffranchi and Clough are hard working, but not agressive. Puletua is so laid back he's horizontal and even Sia seems to have a calm and friendly demeanour. Having an extra hitman about would be areal boost.

The lack of minutes isn't a massive problem as long as he's effective when he's on the pitch, assuming we get one more prop. Note, however, that he's always wearing a subs shirt. We're all convinced LMS is better off the bench, if this guy was as well, then that would leave us with Walmsley starting (which wouldn't be the end of the world).
I think of Thompson and Walker as back rows. Combine them with Sia, Manu, Flash, Greenwood, Jones and the likelyhood we'll shoehorn in Wilkin somewhere means we'll probablyonly be taking 4 props in the match day squad, rather than the 5 that's commanly seen now.

Short bursts of action shouldn't be a problem as long as there are others who can put in longer stretches.

Maurie only played short spells really but had 3 other very effective props in the 17 with him which allowed that.

That was the difference with Feka at Wigan, at the time he should have been the 4th Impact prop but was in fact their main man but couldn't back it up with enough minutes.

From the videos I would be more than happy to see him at Saints playing with LMS, Walmsley, Clough etc

I think he will do well at saints a other big monster , that hits and tackles hard and by the looks of it he don't care who it is

Can you amagine him hitting rat boy , we can all wish

Would make my day if he put in a big boomer on Ryan Bailey.

He could be the impact player we've been missing since Fa'asavalu. As always with Saints though, I'll believe it when it's official.

...which, at the rate this Walsh deal is taking, could be sometime in 2017.

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