Its bull. Cant see him moving to Halifax so he can play for Widnes.

tore us apart in the summer!

We won't have any players left according to all these rumours.

I've still got me old boots somewhere and I'll be off down the club first thing tomorrow morning.

Oh dear!

I hope your right, Webbo class IMO.

But Brannigan is a scrum half and you already have a scrum half in Black? We have tried in the past putting a stand off in a scrum halfs shoes and vice versa and there is no substitute for a man playing in his recognised role.

The point I was making is that you could move Gene to hooker or loose from SO which is where I thought he might play but you already have players in abundance in those positions too.. I can't see you not playing Gene so there is more of a problem than you recognise albeit a nice one.


We will soon have a nice Brannigan shaped hole ready for him to fill in his favoured role and everything!!!



lets hope if he does sign for you he doesn't jink his way through it next year!!

apologies.

my post was soleby based on the point that i thought Branigan was a stand off

if he is a Scrum Half then we already have Blacky for that job.

Dont worry he has plenty of experience playing SO in his younger days. Obviously being one of Blacky best mates helped in his decision.
If rumours are to be believe we may have 1 or 2 shock departures in those positions that we have plenty of players. All for the good of strengthening the team though. One of the players we are in talks with will be a real coup if it comes off and talks are prety advanced by all accounts.

ffs I hope Gleeson isn't a departure.

And if he were to go to Widnes to replace Smithy, that would be a real coup for them. (just to keep it on thread)

No need to apologise Faxy!!!
As one of our illustrious old coaches once said.. 'there isn't much difference between the job of a scrum half and a stand off'... that was the same year that we went down!!! so that should tell you something.

Aye,and Frank was ridiculed for it.Saints haven't had much of a problem alternating Long between 6 and 7 though.

Hes defo not going to Widnes. All seems to fit though Ellis leaving Barrow. We have like what, 17 hookers, they need a hooker and we need to strengthen in other areas. Maybe thats one of the departures that was mentioned in the press. If the signings come off though we will be more than happy. Our pack is going to rip up the division next season.