Well maybe he should do something about it then. All he does is get the ball and stand still clueless til he gets tackled or hospital pass it to someone. I've got little sympathy for someone taking well over £100k a year from saints and delivering nothing on the pitch

Me neither mate.

Take the 6 shirt from him then and tell him to play or be left out! I have little sympathy for him losing his place, but there were better ways to go about it ... At least so he didn't go to the press and talk about him playing there!

We finally got rid of the silly sia having the 4 shirt thing now we have a 6 whose not playing stand off!

Which was exactly what many people said about Pryce, he could be great or he could be totally anonymous. Turner doesn't have the highs or lows of Pryce, but they can be equally frustrating, and are likely to go through their careers without ever really fulfilling the promise that they have.

A lot depends on how preseason has gone. If he's been doing a lot of work there it could make a big difference. Plus he'll be more settled at Saints now

Perhaps that should be re-appraised?

I think a lot of it comes down to what people actually want from a 6.

perhaps


did come as a bit of a surprise though!

the fact it was from a daily star journo didnt exactly help me to believe it either

I just hope it's not a different halfback pairing every few weeks and also swapping centres about.

I want a all rounder. A player that can pass and take the line on. Those two things is just the basic requirements for a stand off really.

It wasn't it was St Helens Star's dedicated Saints reporter with a direct quote.

Tommy Martyn

I liked Tea Repati was one of my fave stand offs, I'd love that style of 6 now but a scully would do

A Scully would do. lol.

He was ok i suppose

Tea Party was as popular as Hohaia in his first season!

Scully or Martyn are still arguably the best 6's on the saints Payroll.

Now T Party, he was playing when I started to go on a regular basis. In those days I had no clue who was playing were.

Was Bishop before or after him????

Scully is the same age as peacock ... Maybe we should do a Wigan and just play the staff

His knee was still bad, he could hardly run in that first season. His second season he was the best 6 in the world.

Yup was an amazing transformation, I was gutted when he left. Hooper is probably the closest we have come to a like for like replacement for him.

That try when he tore the pies apart and slipped that pass out to cooper.

Ropati was the best 6 I've seen at saints in that one season. He's was so strong upper body. I actually modelled myself on his style if play as a youngster.

He could play there if needed, but I don't see Turner as a stand-off personally. I just don't agree with going into the season with one real kicking option, and I don't want to see us force Lomax or Wilkin into taking on that extra responsibility. That's the big thing IMO.

Either way, I'm yet to hear anything to suggest that our back line will be different to what most expect/expected.

I'm still mystified about this after reading through the thread. Btw, the comparison to Leon Pryce is completely fanciful atm!

Btw, I was at the Batley game last week and Lee Briers was there watching us. Is he on the first team coaching staff at the wolfs now? Is Brown just trying to make them lot guess for that first game?

Anyway, it's nice to have something (FINALLY) to debate properly!

I have been reading the comments on the last 8 pages.

I think this would/could be a stroke of genius be Mr.Brown. Think about the balance of the team, in particular the backs:-

1. Lomax
2. Makinson
3. Percival
4. Jones
5. Swift
6. Turner
7. Walsh

(Use Hiho as utility bench player)

Young with pace and power, plus our new forwards makes me feel very optimistic for the New Season. We have strengthened everyone else is either the same or weaker.

Come on you Saints for 2014.

I`m looking forward to attending the Auckland 9s Mid Feb, has that had much advertising in the UK or is it even televised?