[url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbulls/10324965.Foster_keen_to_pen_new_Bradford_Bulls_deal/Interesting interview with Foster in the Bradford press[/url. He is keen to stay with the Bulls beyond this season.

It's particularly interesting to note what he says about the fans and about the team spirit. Quite revealing, all in all.

I hope he continues to do well there. He is certainly looking like his old self again. Francis Cummings obviously believes in him.

With a kicking game like Fosters he was always going to be in demand at one club or another. Although I can't argue about letting him go. He lost his confidence at Saints from mistakes he made in the game.

If he is doing better underless of a spotlight in Bradford good for him, but I would not swap him for Lomax at FB.

I would also put Meli and Makinson ahead of him, so he would only get back into a Saints side for me if Meli retired and we did not get someone else in of good enough quality to replace him.

Player bigs up club he's after a new contract from shocker. You really are gullible if you read anything at all into that article. There welcome to Foster he isnt as good as what we have at the club now. I wish him all the luck with his future career whether that be Rugby or hairdressing



At some point it will dawn on you that we cant just keep every player who makes it through the system and has a couple of good games.

Foster would be 6th choice winger at Saints so it was in everyone's best interests that he left. Even from today, the pace shown by Percival and Swift showed them up to be more dangerous than Foster. Added to Meli, Makinson and Gardner and there was never room for him. Good luck to him at Bradford though.

Well, he had no need to mention Saints or Hull by name but obviously he wants another contract. However, Cummins is already offering him one so it's not like he has to impress anyone. However, it was the comment about the fans that I found more interesting.

As for being behind Gardner and Meli, that shows just how daft Saints are. Even watching the young guys out there today it is quite clear there are better options at the club than Gardner and Meli.

And Meli wouldn't have thought of that runaround that Foster played on Thursday night if you'd sat him in a room all day with 'runaround' written all over its walls.

I'm surprised the Man of Steel hasn't already been given to Foster after that. Meli will just have to console himself with being better at every other facet of wing play possible. I know the fact that Foster did a runaround makes all of this redundant of course.

Swift a better option on the wing than Gardner and Meli? What on earth gave you that impression from today?

To be fair is you insist on desperately looking for reasons as to why Foster should still be at Saints you've got to expect people to think your a bit of a loon. To the majority of us it was pretty plain to see he was 'limited'. He is a world class kick no doubt and he has decent ball handling but he was a pretty weak runner , didnt have a great deal of pace wasnt that elusive (I mean look at Percival's footwork!!) and looked iffy in defence. Now I'm not a Meli fan but that doesnt mean we should have kept Foster.

His comments on the fans are just what you'd expect and mentioning Saints and Hull is just done to endear him to their fans a bit more. Good on him if it secures his future. Look at Matty Smiths comments on joining Wigan as another example - a Saints lad who played for Saints and would still love to be at Saints I'm sure but there is no way in his first press conference or in a news article that he would say anything other than how amazing the Goons are.

P.S. Run arounds are pretty easy to do so nothing much to fuss about

Yes, I know how you feel. It's how the rest of us feel when you post!

I was a bit gutted when he left, he was one of my favourite players and I just didn't think he had a fair crack of the whip. Oh, how we could have used his kicking at times this season! Looking at our wingers now though, you can see why he was let go as he wasn't going to be selected much. Hope he does well at Bradford or wherever else he ends up though!

In a nutshell. It's a salary capped sport and he would have been a pointless retention IMO. We have plenty of other, better options in the backs.

Shame on you all for biting. No one in their right minds would consider it a mistake letting Foster go. Clear fishing expedition.

Are you saying saintsfan is trolling? In breach of the AUP?

It seems obvious, doesn't it?

Trouble with Foster was he used to tweet mildy arrogant tweets on twitter. Once he'd committed such a terrible cardinal sin as that his stay at St Helens was doomed. Nobody can expect to live through such a terrible scandal as tweeting mildly arrogant tweets in St Helens and expect to stay. Grown children were crying in their prams over it. I'm only surprised he managed to get out of the town without having his home and business fire bombed. To this day I feel personally scarred by his mildly arrogant tweets.

Hope Foster re-signs for us. He's been very decent indeed so far. He may not be the quickest but he's got a good rugby brain and decent core skills. I can see him moving to fullback or centre at some stage in his career.

If you've already got better than him then that's great for you. We certainly haven't (we only have 2 wingers in our squad).

As for his attitude he's done nothing but impress since he came to Bradford.

He was a centre in the junior teams I think.

Obviously. It had nothing whatsoever with him simply not being good enough to nail down a first team shirt .....

Yep, started out as a centre

Yeh, but you just wait until he does a mildly arrogant tweet and you see grown men wretching and vomiting out of their prams. It's a terrible sight that many in St Helens haven't yet got over.

There were worse rumours around the town though... some said that he was a young man who spent ... and I'm reticent to even post this.... spent time on his own personal grooming. Yes, there you go it's out in the open... it is said he took care to dress well, kept himself clean and on occasion wore cologne.

You've been warned I tell you, you've been warned.

His attitude was always good - lots of energy and enthusiasm. This combined with a decent rugby brain as you mention will see him crop up in the right place at the right time - mainly when scrambling or chasing back in defence.

He's not blessed with size and although of decent pace, its nothing to right home about.he does have skills though, and you'll see that he threatens most when he gets a team mate outside him. For this reason, I think if he's to be a genuine superleague success past his goal kicking, he needs to move from the wing to centre or (preferably for me) full back.

His biggest issue at Saints was that he signed his first major contract and in his head, he thought he'd made the big time. He failed to continue his development whilst other players pushing for his spot were motivated to continue to work hard. Eventually, they overtook him in the pecking order but he couldn't understand why. That's the top and bottom of it.