Obviously you're entitled to your opinion but that is ridiculous. Your moving 5 or 6 players to brand new positions.



Leon to FB

Wello to LF

Roby to 6

Flannery to ??

?? to take Roby's spot on the bench



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Is Leon a better FB than Wellens? No

Is Wello a better LF than Flannery? No

Is Roby a better 6 than Pryce? No

Does Roby have more potential at 6 than Wheeler? No



Not to mention the abundance of backrowers that would leave us with putting Leon at FB.



Wellens

Clough

Wilkin

Flannery

Puletua

Dixon

Ashurst

Wello is still our best fullback but is defo getting near the point that we need to be looking for a new fullback.



IMO this will prob be his last season at fullback as he's just getting to slow which is a shame as he's been top player and still youngish.



I think leon is the ideal man to take over wello as he has everything needed to be top class fullback. With leon being fullback he wouldn't be shut out of the game by teams like he was last year as he'd have more room and would drift in and out of the game which would suite him.



If we could bring a good ball playing 6 in or if wheeler steps up to the mark I'm pretty sure our attack would improve a hell of a lot.



I'd start 2010 with wello at fullback and just see how it goes.

From a neitral point of view (if you're interested), I think this would be your strongest team next year:



Wellens

Lomax

Gidley

Pryce

Meli

Wheeler

Eastmond

Graham

Cunningham

Fozzard

Soliola

Wilkin

Flannery



Puletua

Roby

Faasavalu (sp?)

Clough



That bench has the potential to rip any team apart imo. Forwards are obviously your strong point, but with the youngsters you have cmoing through you can expect big things. I think to be successful you'll have to put Pryce at 6 for some games as a whole season with 2 inexperienced halves could be a bad move. Still can't see you finishing outside top 2.

Wellens

Gardner

Gidley

Soliola

Meli

Pryce

Eastmond

Graham

Cunningham

Fozzard

Flannery

Puletua

Wilkin



AND



Lomax

Armstrong

Wheeler

Dean

Foster

Moore

Ellis

Fasaavalu

Roby

Hargreaves

Ashurst

Dixon

Clough



No place for Magennis or Emmit Im afraid.



How ever will we cope?

Any major injuries to the first team 17 and I think Saints will struggle.

No major signings from Wigan and you'll struggle.



Leeds again easily imo.

Here was my post on the Wigan board

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And with all due respect Saints can't get near that strength in depth.

And I doubt any other team in Superleague can either.





1) Cameron Phelps---------- Josh Vievers

2) Amos Roberts--------------Sean Ainscough

3) Martin Gleeson-------------Darrell Goulding

4) George Carmont-----------Ian Thornley

5) Pat Richards----------------Stefan Marsh

6) Sam Tomkins---------------Karl Pryce

7) Thomas Leuluai-------------Paul Deacon

8- Paul Prescott----------------Stuart Fielden

9) Micky McIlorum-------------Mark Riddell

10 Feka Paleaaesina-----------Andy Coley

11) Lee Mossup-----------------Harrison Hansen

12) Phil Bailey-------------------Joel Tomkins

13) Liam Farrell ----------------Sean O'Loughlin



14 Joe Mellor--------------------Sam Gee

15 Eamon O'Carroll------------ Ben Davies

16 Neil Holland------------------Chris Tuson

17 Stuart Howarth--------------Josh Charnley

i dont know any of of the 14 -17. The pack i will give you is ok in cover but as for the rest its not that great

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Wellens----Lomax

Meli----Armstrong

Gidley----Bradbury

Wheeler----Dean

Gardner----Foster

Pryce----Gaskell

Eastmond----Ellis

Graham----Hargreaves

Cunningham----Moore

Fozzard----Emmitt

Wilkin----Ashurst

Soliola----Dixon

Flannery----McGenniss



Roby---Johnson

Faasavalu----Frodsham

Puletua----Yates

Clough

Another big load of balls and a season of nowt awaits.

We had a ton of major injuries last season and struggled ... to second place and the Grand Final. (Dammit Meli!)