He wont really be missed, wheeler, lomax and eastmond are faster

A couple of cheap options i'd be looking at are.....

Nick Youngquest - Gateshead - full back, wing, centre

Ryan Boyle - Castleford - prop

Mark Bryant - Celtic Crusaders - prop

But aren't two of those overseas players?

Yes. We have one overseas place left.

I wasent saying i want all three.

no more average overseas players, any overseas players should be full internationals only, or SOO players, like lyon, albert, tony p, soliola.

Unfortunately we have no chance of signing anyone of the calibre.

The likes of Youngquest would be a good eition for 1 season. Sam Moa at Hull is another example.

why? we have lots of room under salary cap and can and have attracted the very best imports before

Cayless offskis www.saintsrlfc.com/news/2059

Cayless offskis www.saintsrlfc.com/news/2059

All honest trundlers/toilers at best and would be a sacrifice of youth develoment should any be signed.

I have taken Gafa over Soliola

Thats 70 pages of no signings we have though

How do you know that we have loads of room under the salary cap? - you a confidente of the chairman or what.....

You've taken it off Gafa ?

We're operating at full cap level.

At the start of the year we were told we weren't and now we're told we are.

Upgrade in the kids contracts could well be the case?

Understandably they'll be on more money, but in the last few years we've released some pretty big earners in Sculthorpe, Fozzard, Talau and now Cayless, Long and Gilmour. Add to that squad players like Tyrer and Smith and others who I may have forgotten too. For me it doesn't add up. I'm not saying we've got £300k left on the cap or a crazy figure like that, but I just don't see how we're upto the limit this year or next. If the club said they were making cutbacks due to the stadium, then fair enough.

I don't think we were expecting to play so many of the kids so many times and with that have to pay them more once they go beyond a certain amount of appearances, I believe Tom Armstrong was an example of that at the start of the season when we apparently had to stop playing him in the first team lest we had to renegotiate his contract.

Of course that could all be bull

As proven when he played against Quins...

Jammer has had an upgrade apparently, so I imagine a few more may have also.

It wasent bull. It was the truth. Tom was entitled to a new contract which Saints did not want to give him. They regotiated that he wouldent get a new deal after the 5 games.

He is unhappy and is considering leaving in the off season to take up full time education.

OUTS

Sean Long - Hull FC
Lee Gilmour - Huddersfield Giants
Jason Cayless - Released

INS

Scott Moore - Huddersfield Giants (Loan return)
Sia Soliola - Sydney Roosters
Nick Fozzard - Hull KR

PROMOTIONS

Warren Thompson - Reserves
Lee Gaskell - Reserves

What's Thompson and Gaskell like?

I cabn't comment on him myself, but a few Wiganers have raved on about Gaskell's performance against them in the Under 18's a few weeks back. Apparently he's one to watch. I think he's a Stand Off.