To bring in Aussie test prop Josh Perry? Fair swap in my book.

Quite correct! it is funny how the rules are only supposed to be for one club! but they are allowed to flout them freely?

I think that any young home developed player who signs for another club at the end of a contract the club should pay a compensation fee to be decided by the RFL, some clubs may think twice if such as LMS was rated highly and commanded say £150,000? then again I remember many friends? lol on this board not welcoming LMS and saying how they had youngsters in the reserves much better!

Because for Saints to move on we need better than Bryn Hargreaves. There is a reason he ended up at Bradford and it wasent for the weather.

Saints have a young prop called Carl Forster who will make it, injured at the minute funnily enough but it's short term.

Thought I read that Forster is out for another 12 weeks.

I think it shows that frodsham has no future at saints, we've Massine injury problems and still not been called back.

He's not even had a look in at Widnes. Shame.

whatever happened to the great white hope?

he was always rubbish - never showed anything that would suggest he could play at SL level.

You keep harping on about this, seemingly forgetting that Eastmond signed his deal 12 months prior to the decisions on who to let go.

stop ruining her fun by using facts!

Maybe she means saints was planning ahead for his next contract?

IMO bryn has been no big loss even with the injuries we've got. If we had full team fit I doubt he'd even get a look in. Perry, LMS, TP, Graham and clough would be ahead of him in the front row and Sia, wilkin, flannery and clough ahead of him in the back row.

I just wished we somehow could have kept Jake emmitt. He was starting to look the part last year and if he progressed as he was could maybe replaced jammer when he goes the NRL.

Thank you. That is exactly what I meant. I do believe the Chairman also referred to the matter of financing Kyle Eastmond's (never to be) new contract as well.

Only looking after my special girl

When you think about it, it's a tough job trying to tie players down on new deals and bringing new players to the club. They have to plan 3/4 years in advance.

I think that's what maybe happened when the likes of bryn and emmitt left. I'd say they prob wanted 3/4 year deals but with eastmond, Pryce, jammer, flannery and ade coming off contract at the same time we just couldn't risk it.

Also, I think sir mac wanted to free some cap space for the 2012 season as we are moving to our new stadium and he'll want as he's says " a team to grace our new stadium"

But if you remove Graham and Puletua for 2012, I'd say Hargreaves would be pretty handy as your 4th choice prop. And he'll still be around for a bit when Perry retires.

Don't get me wrong and I'm not for one min slagging bryn off but he's just your average run of the mill hard working forward.

If we were be foolish to not sign any replacements.....