Zig wrote:Where have all the Saints posters gone? Why are they not posting/discussing at present? It may have something to do with being sore losers?
It's the off season mate, not much reason to be going on oppo boards. First time I've logged into RLFans for a few weeks and that was only to read reaction to the IMG gradings.
Fwiw I am gutted about Eseh, thought he'd be a really good signing and I was nowhere near as down on Saints' recruitment compared to yours as others when I thought we'd be signing Eseh and a centre. Can't really say the same now, does feel like there's a bit of malaise around the fan base.
Personally, I think we'll be fine for next year and will compete well and either of us could win the big one. It's subjective but I still think our first choice pack is the best in the league, and is well up there even if we suffer 2-3 big absences. I am however a bit worried about where we go from there, as there doesn't seem to be any kind of succession recruitment to get us ready for what is likely a huge transition period over the next few years. Missing out on Eseh kind of feels like a confirmation of that. Likewise, whilst I am very happy with Clark, he is another short term stop gap that's just gonna tide us over for the next 2-3 seasons.
I have faith though, even when we were dogshit for a couple of years, we still winded up competing and being in and around the semis consistently and I trust the club to know what it's doing.
Enjoy the off season. Kind of feels similar to our off season in 2017. Of course, difference being you won this year and we missed out in 2017, but that's probably the most buzzed I've ever been for an off season as you could sense something special was brewing. No doubt feels like that for you guys now too. Be interesting to see if you can make it count on the board of honours like we eventually did