How's the negotiations with Benji Marshall going?

Hull are after an NRL half back in Prince!!!

Is he still up to it? If so, we should be chasing him and send Hohaia back as a makeweight.

I've also mentioned we should be trying to coax Ben Hornby into doing one more season.



Chatting with Dux over the weekend, he mentioned he thought that Liam Finn, the Featherstone 7, would be worth a punt.

Just a thought. I reckon we need a competent organising and kicking halfback. He doesn't need to be flashy at all - someone to do what Deacon did for Wigan in 2010 would be spot on. From what I've seen of Finn he ticks those boxes, although I'd prefer to see Gaskell developed into a top stand off.

Its not a bad shout, though.

Danny Brough, who is trupmted as a "real" scrum half, was picked up from a lower league club, wasn't he?

Besides, even in the Oldham challegne cup game, the opposition still had a bvetter kicking game than us.

Assuming he hasn't got a stellar job outside of league, someone like Finn shouldn't take that much persueding to come to saints, would he?

Great to see them investing in a youth policy

How much did we invest in youth when we were winning with



Long - Wigan

Sculthorpe - Oldham

Darren Albert - Oz

Martyn - Leigh

Lyon - Oz

Sean hoppe - Oz

Fozzard - Wire

Cunningham - Saints

Wellens - Saints

Newlove - Featherstone or was it bradford





etc



you get the point, youth production is fine, but it does not gaurantee success, it may gaurantee being at the top table for a sustained period as that strong underbelly keeps those in the first team pushing for places and gives us that support when injuries hit. But Youth is not the be all and end all. I'm a Gaskell fan, but I would not be against Prince coming over. However the deal Hull are looking at would not be something I would want Saints to do given his injury record.



I don't think he has been playing alot so it's a bit of a gamble to spend such a huge portion of the cap on someone who will be 33 for 3 years. Not many half backs I can recall playing at 36. If it was a 1 or a 2 year deal then who knows, but even that carries a risk if he is injury prone.



We got Perry when he was playing SOO and people bash the club for that, so if we signed a 33 year old who is not playing SOO or even playing because of injury, I can only imagine the comments.

Life imitates fiction.



Prince to Hull looking on the cards?



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Obviously Hull is just like North Queensland.

looks like an off the cuff kinda player! hope this is true www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeUbxfydvhs

looks like an off the cuff kinda player! hope this is true www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeUbxfydvhs

He is a class act, there's no doubt about it, but the NRL will be his destination if he left RU.

Pfff... Just look at the skills on this guy instead: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvB7gyb2KmU What a player... (And I'm now starting a completely preposterous and utterly unfounded rumour that he's signing for Saints next season, so here goes) I've heard it from an absolutely watertight source that Lionel Messi is bored earning gazillions playing football in the sun and culture of Barcelona and wants to come and play RL in the north west of England instead!!! And a member of the Saints board told me that we're red hot favourites to sign him after offering him a nice semi in Eccleston and all the splits and babbies' 'eds he can eat. Wow! What an exciting back line we'll have next year, eh?

Pfff... Just look at the skills on this guy instead: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvB7gyb2KmU What a player... (And I'm now starting a completely preposterous and utterly unfounded rumour that he's signing for Saints next season, so here goes) I've heard it from an absolutely watertight source that Lionel Messi is bored earning gazillions playing football in the sun and culture of Barcelona and wants to come and play RL in the north west of England instead!!! And a member of the Saints board told me that we're red hot favourites to sign him after offering him a nice semi in Eccleston and all the splits and babbies' 'eds he can eat. Wow! What an exciting back line we'll have next year, eh?

great to see another poster not finding out his facts!!





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