Quote ="Zig"I would agree with that Stu. If I was a Saints fan(obviously I am not otherwise I would have one eye, three ears and two noses - only joking), I would have concerns about your front row. Many Saints fans are commenting that the club is well stacked in that department with Knowles, Matautia and a bunch of young lads being capable of filling the void. That’s where we were for most of the last decade and, although we had some decent backs they got no room to operate in as our forwards were more than often second best. Relying on the two previously mentioned players plus kids is a recipe for disaster. The problem is that there are few federation trained props around who possess the necessary quality (Wigan has been busy snapping them up) and therefore replacing the likes of Walmsley is going to be very difficult. Losing Welsby would put you on the same trajectory that we experienced when Tomkins left and it will become a mighty struggle to climb the hill.'"
I think you are overstating issues in the Saints pack.
Walmsley
Clark
Lees
Sironen
Batchelor
Bell
Knowles
Sione
Delaney
Mbye
We then have Wingfield, Eseh (apparently), Paasi to come back in mid-season hopefully before moving on to younger prospects. We also have back row options (including Whitley) which means Sironen could play prop if needed which he is more than capable of doing.
I know people keep saying Knowles and Sione aren't props, but that doesn't change the fact that they are actually excellent props!
We probably need one more prop but I'm not concerned to be honest, I'm more concerned about us signing a strike outside back.
