General malaise whilst still being the joint most successful club over the last ten years. I’d hate to see the malaise if we’d had the same last ten years as Saints or Wire, who have made big name signings.

My point was that when we had a poor start to the season the pitchforks were out and everybody had an opinion. Usually when the club does something good, most of those go quiet.

I’ve commented on here that if Lenagan was either unwilling or unable to show some ambition with our signings then I hope he’d actively be looking for offers to come in from people who were (if they exist). My biggest fear about how things looked to be heading was that Ian Lenagan would have his legacy tainted because he should eventually sell this club and be chaired shoulder high around the DW field for what he’s done for this club.

As it looks to be turning out, he is able and is willing to put what looks an unbelievably exciting team out on the field for us next year and continue his work of the past decade and a bit. It’s now over to our support to repay him and turn out.

Hear, hear.

Plenty bums are squeaking over the lump. Let them have their hub cap again this year.

Wire for the Cup.
Wigan for the GF win.

Brilliant recruitment for 2020 from IL and KR.
Powerful pack, classy half backs and pacey backs.
When the season ticket pack arrives it should make good reading.

I wouldn’t even try and compare man for man for next year because it’s so uncertain who’ll be at St Helens. Ultimately Saints were a shambles pre Holbrook and he may not be at Saints next year (I do think he’ll stay though). If he goes the house of cards comes crashing down, especially when us signing George Burgess leads to Thompson going to Souths to replace him.

Burgess could prove a shrewd signing in more ways then one.

Great news about Burgess, I take back my thoughts on Lenagan being tighter than a drum. It’s exaftly what we need in the pack, a proper prop and a ginormous one at that.

I can’t think of anything else to say, other than;

WHAT A SIGNING

Do we now qualify for the free garlic bread?

3 Pages of utter tripe tided up.

Stop replying to people who are obviously on a wind-up - Jesus. I'm sick to death of threads getting derailed because people can't help themselves.

This. 100%.

George Burgess is one of, for me, the biggest and best signings we’ve made in a long time. Him alongside Flower, Smithies, Partington, Farrell and Greenwood in the pack plus Hastings and French in the halves is a proposal that leaves us dreaming of what will be.

Admittedly I’ve been a huge critic this season, and with good reason. But this team for 2020 is one to behold.