I prefer Horne to FB, he is more effective there,
but at 6 , our attack appears looks slow and predictable.

What ooc NRL props do you rate? Justin Poore???

The stats don't lie

Replacing all these players with equal or better ability will be very hard

Exactly. If we offer Manu more than we can afford, the squad will suffer in other areas. We might lose Moa and O'Meley next year, and O'Carroll will probably spend half of it injured. We need props - and good ones, at that.

I agree, Manu is isconsistent and whilst hes had a good run without injuries who knows what round the corner for him as he gets older. Id like him for another couple of years but its not the end of the world if he goes. We may actually sign a better player, you just never know

Your right, his performance on the pitch when he draws in 3/4 defenders at a time tells the rest of the story...

I don't disagree with this, hence the last offer is on the table.

I am sure that Pearson and McRae have worked this out. For example, If we offer Manu 100k, then we have 140k to spend on 2 props (with O'Meley and Moa's wage). If we have to go to 110k, then we have 130k to spend on 2 props. Made up figures obviously but I'm sure they have budgeted for every scenario to ensure that we can afford to strengthen other areas

Again, this proves that he's a very good attacking player, not that he's our best.

Out of interest who do you consider is our best attacking player ?

Absolutely not, he's terrible.

Maybe

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The week of the derby I was out & about and bumped into Bomber and wished him & the team luck for the game and had a really enjoyable chat with him. We chatted bout all sorts and asked my thoughts as a fan on what I feel in how things are going I said anything is better than the previous regime etc. One thing he did say was they are trying everything they can to get the best team they can but it's difficult and unfortunately there will be some disappointed players and fans alike due to salary cap restrictions.

This maybe one of the disappointments however I have seen enough this season to see that AP, PG & SM will provide us with a team we can be proud of & bring success.

We have to have faith in them I'm sure they won't let us down

I may be wrong but don't Saints have a policy of only giving out 1 year contracts to over 30s?

here, here to that , players come and go and if players leave of their own accord/go home then i'm sure AP & SM will sign players that are equal or better to the ones that have left/leaving