Quote: Wires71 "Decent back up, yes.
Which clubs do you think he could stake a starting place in? How many of those clubs have SL Title ambitions?'"
Admittedly it's those clubs at the lower end of Super League who may not hold realistic title aspirations.
My points were that it was said "We were improved by a journeyman player" and this was a sign of how poor we are in attitude to other clubs I disagree, I think it is a postive that we have a back up of the quality of Russell. I'd say any squad in Superleague would potentially be improved by Russell, any that for a number albeit on the small side and non title challengers, the 17 could be improved by Russell.
To support this I think he is better that Saints third choice wingers Bennison and Ritson, and Wigans (who is widely regarded as the team to beat) have a young academy graduate as their back up who has had some injuries, granted they could shuffle their 17 and a number of their players can play wing.
Our issues are not with our wingers this season as others have pointed out.