Eastern Wildcat wrote:
Read on Vastman mate.
I said he was what we need positionally wise.
I also said probably out of our price bracket and on a further post I also said that if he came back to SL whichever club he came to may have to offload players to accommodate him.
Also for the record I compared him on the zero tackle website to Andrew Fifita and their salaries were similar. How accurate it is Im not sure.
James Graham is not joining us because he simply wouldn't demean himself.
As a club we do alright recruitment wise but we are still painfully unfashionable and no amount of money would get certain players to join us - why? Because they don't need to. There would be a cue a mile long for Grahams signature, whether he's worth it I'm not sure.
As for him releasing a player from Saints, again no for the reasons given. Amor and Walmesly who I assume you mean are both playing well and even if Saints got rid they would both join a top 5 team - maybe Salford or Widnes or even Cas at a pinch but not us. The JK link is also tenuous to say the least, Moore and Bibey were JK signings with Brough being his best signing - it was actually Steve Ferres who bought in much of the talent.
Finally the last player we got from Saints is still here and at this exact moment I can't remember his name and that says it all. Allgood and Ferguson are a big step up for us but Simon is a loss as is Moore. Talking of those two one came to us as a basket case and still is and the other was a fringe player at Catalan, those are the sort of players we will be looking at. We have a reputaion for spotting the best of the rest and turning them into somebodies and that for now is how we must continue. It's sad and a bit hurtfull but that is where we are and even a re-brand won't alter that for now.
he was 31 when he played for England the other week!
