Looks like Roy's finished work for the weekend and has hit happy hour.

You do love a name don't you. If I could be bothered I'd look up your reaction to asotasi signing for wire, no doubt it was proof of their ambition while little old saints just won the title and lls on the cheap.

Love it Roy, made me giggle that.

Hats off to (Roy) Haggerty.

The real Roy looked very tanned tonight

Anyway back to Peyroux from all the comments ive seen from NZ Warriors they all seem to think he had potential who puts 100 percent in every game and who's a great player to have around the place for morale etc... The majority believe he should of had more game time.

I like the look of green at Hull KR. If we going down the low budget style signings that we seem to be Id go for green. He's big, aggressive and would be a good addition to our props.

Back on thread lots of talk about peyroux not playing for the first team.

You could say the same of the mighty quin, just sayin!

Credit to Saints in terms of finding players who seem to thrive in the current system who are not big names. If anything, when they've coughed up for bigger names these past few years like Lance and Josh Perry it hasn't quite worked out.

At Saints it seems that it's sold to these lads that they have the perfect platform to 'become' a big name.

I do miss the days when we'd go out and buy a Newlove or Shorpe but I do enjoy watching a Saints team were half the 17 (and sometimes more) have come through the ranks and are from the local area.

You won't enjoy it so much if we're fourth or fifth next season.

Do you think we're done in terms of (major) signings for next year, or are you just worried that's the case?

No, He's just an idiotic, Trolling Warrington Supporter.

Unless someone says otherwise I'd think we're done. In all this moaning, take it light heartedly, I'm not tipping us for relegation just yet. I'm sure McManus is being really responsible and we'll have stability and be solid, challenging for the top 4 each year. Just feels like we'll be short on trophies as we definitely lack the X-Factor players other clubs have. It seems like the other clubs are striving for success and thinking big and see the marquee player exemption as a benefit. Whereas we are planning for long term sustainability and okay is enough. Why on earth did we support the marquee player exemption when it's as clear as day that the club would never, ever use it? (Other than for saving a bit of cap room on the highest paid current player).

Warrington in particular could be out and out better than us next season, I know people on here mock them but they've added a lot of quality to that squad next season and they aren't far off us now. Wigan are another side almost as good as us now and if Tomkins is back to his usual self and they add a prop it's not hard to see them improving on this year. That would put us as the fourth best side as Leeds are also recruiting really well (Retaining Watkins, signing Cutherbertson and Galloway answers the question about an ageing Peacock). We don't seem to have any real star individuals at the moment. We have Roby and Walmsley yes, but they are not dangerous strike players that win games, they are grinders who help lay the platform. I worry about our pack minus Masoe, where will his impact come from? It won't be from Tasi, who is our version of Tautai. Wigan will have Tomkins, Wire possibly Sandow, Ratchford, Lineham and Eastmond, Leeds have Watkins, Hardaker, Moon, Hall and Burrow who still decimates us. Who in our side sparks panic in the opposition when they get the ball in the opposition half?

I think the club more than ever before seems to be focussed on the bringing and developing the talent from within the club rather than recruiting from elsewhere.

I love a big new exciting signing but I think we've really produced a golden generation of youngsters who will be the backbone of the club for next 10 years, and it's more important to keep hold of them.

I think that Savelio is gonna be awesome for us next year. Greenwood is getting better and better. Thompson and Richards will be looking to push on. Charnock's going to get more minutes and he looks a good lad.

We're hardly an ageing side mate.

But that is a big risk. The club made those same noises a while back. People spoke of Lomax and Gaskell as our halves for the next 10 years and said we didn't need to sign anyone. Players like Lomax, Tyrer, Wheeler have all been ushered in as future greats and fallen way short. There is a balance with squad development. You need to recruit proven quality AND promote the best young players. Peyroux, Dawson, Tasi are not good enough.

Why not blow the marquee exemption on a big name to bring in the crowds, promote the sport and give the youngsters a boost?