this pleases me

Great news, we'll have some pack next year.

"I'm really looking forward to joining St.Helens,” he said, “and in particular playing alongside fellow prop James Graham.

So hopefully, we can put the rumours of Perry being a direct replacement for Graham to bed now???

what a pack we'll have next year. puletua and fassavalu as cover too.

Brilliant news.

imangine if crocker had signed for fc!!!...then it wud be 2 games of mega-biff for perry...

Excellent.

Hooray!
Perry, graham, Tony P and Faas is quite the [iawesome foursome[/i.

Faas wont be here next year.

Where's he going? Union?

Eye, thats the "rumour"

in Big Mac we trust....

great signing

There was also a rumour we were negotiating with LMS. Is this just a rumour or an actual "rumour" (as you put it).

Now that would be class

Graham
Perry
LMS
Puletua

Havent heard anything about LMS to be honest, I think that may just be a rumour.

never mind. if Faas does go and Fozzard leaves I'm sure they'll get another prop. We've ridden our luck relying on Graham being fit for too long.

Saints are going to turn into a poor version of the old Bradford side!

Great forwards. You will batter teams upfront. You need to sort out the backs though.

Shenton's the other strong rumour - he's definatley a better player than Scott Naylor.

Delighted. He is exactly what we have needed since Baloo retired, if we keep Faasavalu then our pack will be very difficult to face. Especially considering the sufficient beef in Soliola and Clough in the second row for the teams with a big pack, and the likes of Wilkin and (if he gets his wish of a new contract) Flannery to add a little flare.

A pacey centre and we are looking like a top team again all of a sudden.

Our 17 for next season is taking shape nicely,with plenty of options in each position as well.

Wellens (Lomax)
Gardner (Lomax, Armstrong)
Shenton*(Wheeler, Dean)
Soliola (Wheeler, Dean)
Meli (Lomax, Armstrong)
Pryce (Wheeler)
Eastmond (Wheeler, Ellis, Gaskell)
Graham (Emmitt)
Roby
Perry (Emmitt)
Puletua (Ashurst, Dixon)
Clough/Flannery (Ashurst,Dixon)
Wilkin (Ashurst, Dixon, Magennis)

Moore
Hargreaves
Fa'asavalu/New prop
Flannery/Clough

Good times.

Whilst I can appreciate everything he has to offer, there is just something about Shenton that makes me think he isnt the right player for the job.

Im sure he would be more than capable of holding his own, but he doesnt fill me with excitement. I guess thats the problem.

I know what you mean. I think it would be better to give some of these younger backs a chance rather than plant someone in there and guaranteeing him a shirt. The strength in depth at this moment in time is so good that it's going to be even more difficult for them to get a chance, especially if Flannery stays on too. Rather have too many than not enough though I suppose.

Good halves, great frontrow, reasonable backrow, but weak bench and poor backs.