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Good move for all concerned IMO.

You do have to wonder what is going on at Saints.

We've now got Jammer and Perry left if Emmitt going is true, and all the rumours so far have been thats a very light pack. LMS coming in makes it 3, but we should have kept the likes of Hargreaves and Emmitt.

Other sides in SL just seem better at squad management than we do. The likes of Leeds, Warrington and Wigan go into pretty much every season with a bigger squad than we do with more established players.

We are fine in the props department. We dont need to carry deadwood like hargreaves. We have Jammer, Perry, LMS, Tony P, Emmmit and Paul Clough who the club are looking to play more games at prop next season.

Maybe if we hadn't made an £800,000 loss,or do we all just ignore the financial realities at our peril?

So are we saying the club is spending less than the salary cap level on players?

What about Fozzard are we not keeping him?

Hasnt Foz gone Cas or Salford?
We should of kept hargreaves IMO he's there in the squad if we need him.
young and can be taught and trained.

I havn't heard anything about Foz going to anywhere but i dont understand why we let Bryn go, he's young? as we have a youth policy and i dont think he was a bad player at all

Hargreaves is surplus to requirements. He belongs to a category of solid, not-particularly fast/big/skilful/aggressive forwards of whom we have a large number at Saints. And he's not even the best in that category (Clough is). So I'm sure that his role can be filled by another, cheaper, identikit from the Academy.

Seems to have hit his level, and has not moved on. They can't stay here forever.

Signed for Castleford according to the League Express

Graham
Roby
Perry
Soliola
Wilkin
Flannery

Moore
LMS
Puletua
Clough

with Ashurst/Magennis/Dixon/Frodsham etc waiting in the wings.

Hardly threadbare.

I agree with the fact that Bryn can be replaced with another academy player which probabily work out cheaper for us in wages but whats this iv heard about Emmit going? has he hit target and cant progress in his career anymore or something?

Quite right hear but if we have injury problems like this year that still isnt enough

I know you like a moan mate, but what are you talking about?
Our pack will be the best around next year;

Graham
Roby
Josh Perry
Soliola
Flannery
Wilkin

Clough
Puletua
LMS
Emmitt
Magennis
Ashurst
Dixon

Leeds are an ageing side, McManus on the whole releases players at the right time to allow upgrades for the senior pros to be retained and for the youngsters to flourish.
The squad strength is excellent, long term injuries have hampered us this season and questions posed re our conditioning.
Possibly finishing second above Leeds, Wire etc not bad for a weak squad hammered with injuries.

Im a little more comfortable with the LMS signing now that I know he is replacing Bryn. I think thats a good bit of business.

isn't scarsbrook in coming?

Its a freakin awesome pack, if you swap clough for flannery the average age is under 25!

I repeat isnt Scarsbrook [ the England/ britain prop in coming ?

Which is why everyone's teams include "LMS".

No, he's off to Wigan. We're getting Warren Jowitt and Phil Cantilon.

my apologies thought that was London Midland Scottish rail