I didn't miss them off on purpose but i can't see how two players can cover for the loss of form of maybe five players + 2 big losses in Long and Gilmour?

Also what sort of role will Moore get next season? Cunningham isn't gonna get dropped and Roby is the future of British RL isn't he? He’s a very talented player but if he’s not playing regular first team football don’t expect him to show the kind of form he has done this season.

Soliola will be a massive plus but i can't see why you'd play such a powerful centre in the 2nd row? He's got to be your main centre for the foreseeable future hasn't he?

Soliola will make you some yards if he’s played in the pack but he’d be much more of a threat and weapon for you lot out wide.

I can’t for the life of me work out why it is you didn’t sign Fox this season? You could have created a lethal partnership with him and Soliola and given yourself the pace you so desperately need.

There are some massive question marks hanging over your squad for next season- Can Cunnigham & Eastmond stay injury free? Can Pryce and Gildley get back to their past best? How will Fozzard add to your team? Can Eastmond fill the boots of Long?

And will Graham and Potter continue to pretend that they get along?

They can disguise it as much as they want but there are some serious questions that are going to be asked of Saints.

I’ll say it again that teams will go to Knowsley road with a renewed sense of optimism that they can beat turn them over. How will Saints react to this?

You can say Leeds will walk SL all you want, but the title is decided by a couple of one off games and its not beyond, Wigan, Saints and Wire to beat them in a semi or final. The leagues best team doesn't nessearily win the GF.

I've said in another thread that I don't think Leeds are all they think they are. Saints were crap in the final and Leeds only put them away through a very dodgy video ref decision.

They are certainly not beyond the reach of several clubs who'll be snapping at their heels next season. Now that we've got Maguire, I'm very hopeful that we'll be one of them.

Write Saints off at your peril. That said, next season could finally see Leeds and Saints come back into the pack so to speak.

Stains fall won't be huge (if and when it happens), but they have definitely 'declined' from their devastating best of 2/3 years ago. I think that Wire will be a massive threat next season, sadly.

And then the RFL will be happy - not that other teams have caught them up but they have come back to the pack. Maybe explains the lack of sell outs at all the big games this season.

What I find interesting is some Saints fans belief that decline can't happen to them! They only need take a look at ourselves for an example of how an all-conquering team has a finite lifespan. For a more recent and alarming fall from grace take a look at the Bulls. Just a few short years have seen them go from near unbeatable to not even making the playoffs. There are even parallels with regards to the rumoured finances of both clubs. Of course that could never happen to Saints.....could it?

Saints will be up there again next year, no doubt about that in my mind.

They'll be in one of the final eliminators at the very least.