Totally agree Andrew with you view of the game. I also have to agree with Northampton Saints. To many of our younger players come into the first team drilled to death but lacking that flair and opportunism like a Tommy Martin or Shaun Edwards. There are of course exceptions Sam T is one that sticks out a mile but I struggle to think of many more. Saints have brought through Lomax and Gaskell from the Academy while promising players they lack that X factor.

The fact that Wigan have signed Mattie Smith (god bless him) is a sign of the times when he was firstly rejected by the saints, and has never really set the world on fire when at Widnes and Salford shows how poor the market place is in rugby league at the moment. For me the better option for Wigan would have been bringing through the young Wigan half back on loan at Widnes. He does look like a real prospect! I am sure saints would be interested him in if Wigan wanted to offload ala Sean Long

I've already said players are fitter and more professional now you utter, utter tool. Read the posts and respond reasonably to the points actually being made and not ones you invent in your imbecilic tiny little mind in future with your trademark unwarranted partisan abuse added in for extra knuckle-scraping points on the way. Little bit of advice for you there. My posts are both informative and entertaining. Gravy all the way.

"Hur, hur, hurrrrrr... Me fink Saints better than inbred fingies over hill, innit like? Hurrr... hurr... hurrrrr....."

See? I can do you-style posts easily if I want to too... I don't as I have a brain...

Or alternatively, do what you do - voice an opinion and assert that it's a fact.

Or should that be 'FACT!' (I'd imagine that shouting from the safety of a keyboard is more your style).

Game over.