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Quote: St pete "Do you think replacing James graham with a average NRL backrow was good recruitment?'"


If nobody better was on the market at the time that didn't come with a transfer fee, then quite possibly. I think he's been a good signing though probably not the bullocking prop we need.

Quote: St pete "Do you think signing a NRL fullback in lance hohaia to play at stand off is good recruitment?'"


Nope - desperation signing but understandable given that we were suddenly faced with no #6 or #7 for this season at the start of last (a position that you can rightly argue was down to bad judgement on Saints part with Pryce and Eastmond's contracts). He was simply the best player on the market that had ever worn a #6 on his back at the time. You can argue that Saints had little choice but to gamble on him. A gamble that has spectacularly failed so far....

Quote: St pete "Do you think never replacing centres is good recruitment? We've played with one centre since willie talau went, we've had wheeler, flannery, jones, Meli all cover there and non have made any real impact!'"


Replacing them with what? Who's been on the market without a transfer fee involved since Talua left that was any better than other players we had at the club at the time? Shenton - signed him. That's more or less it...

Quote: St pete "When McManus publicly told us we will have a team to grace the new stadium, did you think the 3 we brought in graced the stadium?

Also, the retention is shocking'"


We're not discussing the quality of decision making in recruitment, much of which has indeed not been great (but I think still understandable given circumstances at the time). We're discussing the preposterous allegations of a "lack of ambition" on Saints' behalf. Again - you can with some justification make an argument over the quality of some of Saints' recruitment. There is no way whatsover you can question the ambition of it.

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Quote: Northampton_Saint "We're not discussing the quality of decision making in recruitment, much of which has indeed not been great (but I think still understandable given circumstances at the time). We're discussing the preposterous allegations of a "lack of ambition" on Saints' behalf. Again - you can with some justification make an argument over the quality of some of Saints' recruitment. There is no way whatsover you can question the ambition of it.'"


I've got problem with our retention/recruitment for few years now and IMO the lack of and in some cases poor recruitment has cist us grand final wins.

I think the club has lost some ambition, no matter what sport it is, teams need to build on success and not just sit back and stay satisfied, we should have been looking to replace scully, long, KC, gidley etc nearer the time and not waiting until they was finished and start panicking.

When you consider we lost eastmond, graham, Moore and pryce last year who was big big earners and replaced them with hohaia, Laffranchi and flanaghan then IMO that shows signs of lack of ambition and also signs of doing it on the cheap.

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From what I can remember, the money behind our board eclipses the money SJM brings to the Warrington table. We have some very rich men on the board.

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Quote: Carlos Alberto "From what I can remember, the money behind our board eclipses the money SJM brings to the Warrington table. We have some very rich men on the board.'"



I think they are more prepared to splash the cash on players more than our board.

When was the last time we paid for a player?

Love Warrington or hate them, they ate a club with ambition.

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Quote: St pete "we should have been looking to replace scully, long, KC, gidley etc nearer the time and not waiting until they was finished and start panicking.'"


[iWith who?[/i

Warrington's remarkable salary-cap handling apart, it is utterly impossible for any SL club to have big-money players on the field and similar quality younger replacements in the reserves as well. Where are Leeds' ready-made replacements for Sinfield, Webb, McGuire, Burrow, Peacock in their squad now all lined up to spring seamlessly into action when they're all gone in a few seasons? Where are Wigan's replacements for Leuluai, Carmont, Richards, Lima, Finch, Fielden right now? Are Leeds' and Wigans' recruitment rubbish as well? Don't talk such unutterable nonsense.

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Quote: St pete "Love Warrington or hate them, they ate a club with ambition.'"


No, they are a club with money... Money we simply [ido not have[/i right now. We've lost 4 million quid in the last 2 years FFS...... Would you be happier if we sold LP, ground-shared permanently at Naughton Park and used the cash to start competing with Warrington's transfer fees?

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Quote: Northampton_Saint "No, they are a club with money... Money we simply [ido not have[/i right now. Would you be happy if we sold LP, ground-shared permanently at Naughton Park and used the cash to start competing with Warrington's transfer fees?'"



Read the post that I replied to!

He stated we had a very rich board, I stated that their board are prepared to pay transfer fees.

If that not correct?

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Quote: Carlos Alberto "From what I can remember, the money behind our board eclipses the money SJM brings to the Warrington table. We have some very rich men on the board.'"


It doesn't matter how rich they are - they are clearly not as inclined as Wire's lot to put their hands in their pockets for transfer fees for whatever reason. I hardly think we can criticise them for that fact. That isn't about Saints' ambition as a club - it is about how a few rich individuals on the board decide they want to spend their spare cash.

Quote: Carlos Alberto "Read the post that I replied to!

He stated we had a very rich board, I stated that their board are prepared to pay transfer fees.

If that not correct?'"


As above.

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Quote: Northampton_Saint "[iWith who?[/i

Warrington's remarkable salary-cap handling apart, it is utterly impossible for any SL club to have big-money players on the field and similar quality younger replacements in the reserves as well. Where are Leeds' ready-made replacements for Sinfield, Webb, McGuire, Burrow, Peacock in their squad now all lined up to spring seamlessly into action when they're all gone in a few seasons? Where are Wigan's replacements for Leuluai, Carmont, Richards, Lima, Finch, Fielden right now? Are Leeds' and Wigans' recruitment rubbish as well? Don't talk such unutterable nonsense.'"



I'm not going to look thru every transfer and signing in the last 5 years, I'm not as boring as you icon_wink.gif

But don't try and tell me the hasn't been a centre available since willie talau left, dont tell me the has been no halves available in the last 3 years Since longy left etc

Why did McManus come out and tell us saints fans that we will have a team to grace the stadium?

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Quote: Northampton_Saint "It doesn't matter how rich they are - they are clearly not as inclined as Wire's lot to put their hands in their pockets for transfer fees for whatever reason. I hardly think we can criticise them for that fact. That isn't about Saints' ambition as a club - it is about how a few rich individuals on the board decide they want to spend their spare cash.

As above.'"



Isn't that pretty much what I said?

I've just said that the Warrington boards are prepared to pay transfer fees and we are not, I'm pretty sure that indicates that have more ambition as a club.

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Quote: St pete "I'm not going to look thru every transfer and signing in the last 5 years, I'm not as boring as you icon_wink.gif

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Quote: Northampton_Saint "did[/i exist: every team in the league is constantly as desperate for centres and halves as we are - why do we have a God-given right to be able to sign them over everyone else every time?

Correct he did say that to sell season tickets, what's his gimmick next year because I don't think Turner and Manu will be signings that sell season tickets.

He wanted to sell season tickets?
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Quote: St pete "I'm pretty sure that indicates that have more ambition as a club.'"


No - I'm pretty sure it just indicates that they have more individuals involved with the club willing to spend their own money on signing players than we do. That does not equate to more ambition "as a club". I am not fully au fait with the relative board makeups of Saints and Wire and all of their personal circumstances, but I'm willing to bet that the rich geezers funding Wire's transfer fees are a lot more closely involved in the ownership and day-to-day running of the club than our bulgey-pocketted types are.

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Quote: Northampton_Saint "No - I'm pretty sure it just indicates that they have more individuals involved with the club willing to spend their own money on signing players than we do. That does not equate to more ambition "as a club". I am not fully au fait with the relative board makeups of Saints and Wire and all of their personal circumstances, but I'm willing to bet that the rich geezers funding Wire's transfer fees are a lot more closely involved in the ownership and day-to-day running of the club than our bulgey-pocketted types are.'"


You don't think the wolves have more ambition than us?

They signed king, Atkins when we was looking for a centre.

They signed Joel Monaghan when we've needs wingers.

They signed myler when we needed a scrumhalf.

They beat us to the signing of carvell.

They beat us to the signing of Trent Waterhouse.

They beat us to the signing of Hill.

They beat us to the signing of Ratchford.

Just a few names of players that WAS available when we required them and we was in the mix for most.

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Over the last couple of years our board has stumped up significant amounts of cash to fund the building of the stadium and the absorption of the club's debts. Before next season they'll be stumping up more to put up the cladding that everyone's been clamouring for. I suspect you'll see that once these extraordinary expenses are out of the way and the stadium is bringing in steady money that we'll start competing in the transfer market where fees are involved.

I'll also say that we shouldn't underestimate just how difficult the recruitment situation must have been after losing Eastmond and Graham at the same time, which left us needing to replace two of our best players. The problem was particularly tricky, as both players were British, but neither could realistically be replaced from within the British game. Given that we've been forced to fill up our non-fed quota by replacing those players from overseas, we've been sorely restricted in our options for strengthening the rest of the squad.

Having said all that, we clearly didn't manage this difficult situation terribly well. The Hohaia signing has been a real balls up, and I suspect that if Simmons had known how far Gaskell was going to come on in the months following the signing he may not have bothered with it. Laffranci is a good player, but one who probably isn't being used in the best possible way.

It's not ideal, but I think we need to acknowledge the rough luck the club has had. Everyone is crying out for a big rough prop and a halfback with a kicking game. If Kyle and Jammer hadn't have left (and by all accounts we did everything we could to keep them) we'd have both of those things and two free quota spaces to play with.

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