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Yep that was the rumour a few weeks ago before Lewis hit the straps

No. He said it wasnt Ritson. He said it was a SL player

Might be that young winger at our dear neighbours quare-quare.

He’s no Murphy but looks to have some decent potential.

With the comments from MC last week, it seems pretty clear that our player budget will be significantly lower for next season but, with most of the bigger earners on their way, hopefully, we will have some decent players coming in. A big prop and a half back have to be top of the list.

Let's finish the season in style, a win at Shudds would be a great way to round off a decent end to the season.

It's a shame to see so many players departing but, this is going to test the club and coach to the max.

Got more hope with W Poaching in charge than when Mr Chester did is so called 're build

Thanks, could be interesting to see if he makes it to England squad .

Not sure, but I think he qualifies for the Welsh national team.

Might be Wales, I'm not sure.

I thought Olpherts was going from Cas, but linked to Lds, could be him, but I think the only winger like grace in SL is Davies at Cats - hence TJ signing

Taking an ex Wigan player is very much a Saints thing, so you might be on the button there.

I think it's only in the last month or so that Lewis has really come to peoples attention, so a bit early for Saints I'd have thought.

Need tog et next year's recruitment spot on.

I would sign a centre, a full-back, a half back, two props, a second rower and a hooker at a minimum. Wingers we have cover in Kay, Taufau, Murphy and Kershaw. Need to try and offer Murphy a good deal and tie him down for the next 3 or 4 years. Fullback we've got Max and so need Shaul or someone else. Halfback is the one we need to get right the most. We have Lino and Gaskell who can cover but need a stand off who can start and organise. In losing Walker we've lost a bit of utility so hopefully there's a young half in the academy who can be back up in case of injury crisis. At centre we have Lyne, Croft, Hall. The jury is still out for Croft. He's spent a lot of time injured but has improved the last couple of games. Reece is solid. Gaskell can cover but I'd rather have another specialist centre so we have four which is plenty of cover. At prop we have lost Fifita and Arona. Currently we have Battye, Butler and Bowden. Battye is probably past his peak. Butler is a gamble. Bowden has been solid. We need two decent big props if we play Whitbread at 13 on top of Eseh and Shaw.
Second row we have Pitts, Ashurst and Tanginoa. Fairly solid. If Jay leaves then he will need replacing. I'd probably look at signing a second rower. Hooker we have Bowes and Hood. We should look at signing another so we've got depth but Bowes looks to be developing and could feature more next season.

In terms of young prospects that could potentially come through into the first team squad next year, who do we think? Oli Pratt looks like he could be ready to step up and maybe get a debut at some point from the little I've seen and I believe he can play centre/fullback/wing. This would give us a bit more depth at centre.

Anyone know if we've got any decent young halves in the academy that are expected to come through? It seems to be a position where we have rarely been successful in bringing players through. We've churned out wingers and currently seem to have some good young forwards but halfback has always seemed to allude us.

Tom Lineham.

Whitbread is a prop and has been arguably our best. No need to change that.

Pitts isn’t signed for 2023.

Gaskell isn’t a half and has found his position at centre (personally think he’s been better than Lyne at centre this season). PHe can cover full back and halfback but it would only be in emergency imo.

Croft has been very good last few games and I think has earned a deal. Coming back from a big injury and getting back confidence and fitness meant was always going to take time.

We have Lineham also as a winger option as it stands.

I do agree that we need 2 props (one must be an experienced enforcer).

A quality halfback is a must.

We need 1/2 second row. A loose forward. A utility back and back up half.

There are a few players who don’t seem to be getting the chances in Windrow and Pat O’Donnovan. Think next season will be their 2/3rd? Surely it’s now or never for this players.

After mention on here of the possible signing of Taylor I watched him closely against Cas.Big strong LF who is Salfords defensive linchpin and captain.Played nearly all the game and was very impressive in defence but didn't see much of the ball in attack so not sure about that side of his game.