Quote: NickyKiss "In truth Roby has had a pretty quiet time of things against a Wigan side that has clearly targeted him in the past 2-3 seasons but he looked back to his very best towards the back end of last year.
I agree on Laffranchi, awful player in his time at Saints but Soliola and Manu are big losses and it's far from certain a player like Vea can plug that gap. There seems an air of confidence over St Helens way and why not but I see a real weakness in that back row and it's an area I think Wigan especially can exploit. Vea is unproven, LMS has always been rocks or diamonds, Wilkin is solid enough and Young Thompson, whilst a cracking young talent will get far more attention this year.
The quality in the rest of the side is high though and I see you going close to all the trophies.'"
I think most Saints fans have been saying we'd like an extra forward in an ideal world but I think we'll be OK.
You're right about LMS, he's one of the most inconsistent and frustrating players I've ever seen. What I would say is that most of his poor games have come at prop and his better games have been in the back row. It's expected he won't play much at prop this year so hopefully we'll see the best of him for larger chunks of the season.
