Smith looked to have broadened out a bit at the start of the season, he looked more like the shape needed for a hooker to me without losing that sharpness he has near the line
I'll bite. We're never going to replace Thompson like for like no matter what the circumstances, there's no one currently available who would come close that wouldn't cost a shit load of money.
I'll believe your tin pot club getting a new ground when I see it but understand this, you're a nothing club, you can only dream of signing players like Graham, producing the likes of Thompson and competing with us. And yes, I'm well aware you beat us, you're in esteemed company there.
Now get back to sitting in a shop doorway with your begging bowl.
In regards to another prop, rumours of Mulhern seem to have disappeared, if he had signed I would have thought it would be well out by now.
Andy Lynch played on until he was around 36 and he never got to the levels of Graham, in Superleague you don't get high intensity games every week which is a regular occurrence in the NRL. If Graham comes off the bench after those first tough 20 mins he will be fine, he has a great skill set like having a half back in the pack and defensively he's still at a high level.
Saints do seem to pull off a good domestic signing when players look as though they are finished, Baloo (Bradford) Fozzard (Hull KR) and Ward (Castleford) gave us good performances.
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be here within a month, on a two and a half year deal.
18 months would be a good deal, longer seems a bit too nostalgic to me. Generally speaking though I'd be happy to see him back.
Often last season Thompson and Walmsley would do 20-25 minutes then have nearly an hour off before coming back on at the end. Jammer would be perfectly capable of doing that, but clearly he's not going to be able to go 70+ minutes like Thompson did in the Grand Final. That's where Lees is going to have to step up.
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Gareth Walker reporting it'll be a deal for this season only. A final swansong for Graham before he goes back home to media commitments in Australia. It's a no risk deal for me, makes absolute sense for us given we've lost Thompson.
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He obviously wont be the player he was at his best but still capable of doing a job for us for the remainder of this season and maybe the next.
Re the 6 month thing, remember that it is more or less a full season that he’ll be here for. At his age that’s spot on. 18 months/2 seasons probably pushing it