Quote Mark_P1973="Mark_P1973"The numbers you quoted as out of contract was ridiculous for any club, let alone one as big as Saints
i know you wouldnt want to keep them all as you stated and would be happy to see some go, but i seem to think it was 4 or 5, you would def keep, a similar number to let go, and the rest i'm assuming you would have been happy to stay. In the SC world, a team cant have world beaters in every position and as with Wigan you need a Willie Isa, Abbas Miski type player, who does a good job but you know they are team players, and unlikely to be on massive money
It seems like Saints, especially in regards to the new rule for out of contract players have taken their eye off the ball'"
Plenty of talk around the unprofessional way we have gone about some if not all of these 'negotiations'. It's no secret the amount of work Wigan do around this in comparison and whilst they aren't reinventing the wheel it obviously has an impact, particularly on impressionable young players and their families. Hopefully some lessons learned.
There are some whispers around Sambou maybe having second thoughts but the fact they haven't been chosen in the squad for West Hull is telling. I've seen and heard some hilarious flipping of opinions on Vaughan from both sides since Monday, I think he's going to have a good eventually. May lack size currently but can easily see him being a useful, grafting back rower in the Isa mould as you mention above. His attitude and fitness are first class.
