I thought I would share a few snippets from last nights forum where Flanagan, Roby, Ian Pickavance and James Graham were on the panel.
Longy seems to be going down a storm, Roby says he is the ultimate professional and has introduced some new drills and is an excellent coach. Flanagan says he thought Brown was a great coach but some of the things Longy has done is over and above the level Brown was at.
Graham was asked the inevitable question about his future and answered diplomatically as you would expect. Basically you can never say never, part of him wants to come back here but part of him wants to finish his career with the Bulldogs. He also admitted that at 33 when his contract runs out, that Saints may not even want him then and cited Thompson and Richards as two who may be our next superstar forwards.
It was nice that he referred to Saints as "we" a few times and it's clear he still thinks a lot of us but also that he is very happy and settled in Australia.
Other than that, there were the usual funny tales and the usual answers to the normal questions. Nothing too earth shattering but it seems that Burns is settling in well and Walsh is well on course with his rehab.
The final thing of note is that Roby was noticeably bigger and said himself that he has put 2 kilos of muscle on. It's also apparent just how much the players respect Cunningham.
All in all we seem a very happy camp.