Our recruitment has been very very poor over the last 3yrs for whatever reason. We can't allow players like long, gilmour, talau, scully, fozz(when he 1st went) and few others leave without bringing players in.

I had few heated debates last year on this subject when people was telling me we didn't need to sign players as our youngsters are so good. As I said back then that half these kids won't make it at top level. That's just how it pans out.

Potter has taken over the worst saints squad we've had in super league. Our goal now has gone from winning the grand final and challenge cup to making the top 4 and a good cup run.

I also think potter has run out of which little idea he had. We are nit Catalan and can't play the way they did because we don't have a good pack and players like mogg, greensheilds, stacey jones who can make things happen like he had at dragons.

but here's the rub. We may not win a trophy for a few years, and i dont mind that(i do mind the the current style of play), but our club has no debt at all and a fully financed, soon to come brand new stadium.
The reasons for our recruitment have been stated and debated to death. We have some fabulous youngsters coming through, and they will soon form the back bone of the next decade of sucess for our great club. Short term pain for long term gain.

Trust me mate, these youngsters won't be the backbone of the next great saints team. It just won't happen. Teams have to be very lucky for this to happen like the when utd had there great team come through and Leeds had that luck also.

I'm willing to bet you that only eastmond, wheeler and maybe lomax will make super league level at saints.

The likes of ashurst, dixon, dean, emmitt and the rest will not.

If this is what sir mac has hoped would happen, then that is one hell of a gamble and pretty poor buisnes from a so called buisnesman.

Pretty much anyone that knows anything about Rugby knows the vast majority of youngsters fall short of whats required at the top level. At Saints we we ar no different but I think money has tied are hands a little while were still in KR. Hopefully a move to the new stadium and the increased revenue streams from that will start to change things. Saying all that if Eastmond,Moore,Wheeler,Lomax and maybe Magennis all make it through to become proper first team regulars that would be imo a spectacular success.

We could have Jammer, Robes, Moore, Eastmond, Wheeler and lomax, all of these have or definitely could make it, 4 of them are internationals already consisting of a prop, 2 hookers, 7, 6, full back, if that isnt a great backbone of a side i dont know what is!

What's "so called" about making himself a multi millionaire?

You're right though, no sensible businessman would throw cash down the drain at Saints for ungrateful and unrealistic fans like you to see a strong team in a new stadium

Is he staying now?

The point im making, we seem to be taking a gamble on our kids being able to replace the likes of longy, scully, gilmour and who ever have left over the last 3 years. That to me is pretty big gamble IMO.

That is not good for the club on or off the field. A team not performing or making finals = less revenue.

If the new stadium is the reason for not recruiting over the last 3yrs then fair enough.

Not for me, no.

Bradford sounded dire, even worse than us. There is no way we go from not being able to score more than 20 since June and nilling someone by 36 points without the opposition being non-existent.

Once I've seen them at home against an opposition better than Bradford are at present then I'll review. Jury's out until then.

Never know could just be the result you need.

It could be but the jury's out for me for a while yet.