Who out the current squad is Out Of Contract next year?
Jammer going to retire? Who Knows?
Zeb going to retire. Deffo
Amor - i think is OOC
Ashworth - I think is OOC
Anyone else?
Who out the current squad is Out Of Contract next year?
Jammer going to retire? Who Knows?
Zeb going to retire. Deffo
Amor - i think is OOC
Ashworth - I think is OOC
Anyone else?
I think Peyroux is OOC, for me Amor and Peyroux should get another year. Thompson covers for the loss of Tai and we just want a replacement for Jammer.
Isn't LMS out of contract too?
The ones I am more concerned about are Lees and Knowles next year.
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Done bit of digging:
Lees end 2021
Knowles End 2021
Amor 2020
Dom 2020
Louie 2020
Paulo 2021
Smith 2022
Percy 2024
Bentley 2021
Amor and Peyroux are at the end of there Career we Should be Looking at Younger Players.
Coote 2021
Roby 2021
Naiqama 2021
Tommy 2022
Some big names of contract next year !!!!!
If you consider Amor , Peyroux , and LMS together , consider Taia's replacement is 30+ , plus Paulo 30+
then it makes a case for not retaining all of them.
Whether you release all three in another matter.
I would be looking at younger players and to release two of them.
Peyroux is a quota spot and I still don't see what he gave over keeping Josh Jones.
Bentley, Knowles and Coote are the top 3 - get them tied down ASAP. Bentley and Knowles for 4 years and Coote for 2/3.
Wouldn't be unhappy if we offered Amor and LMS new deals either.
Paulo, Ashworth and Peyroux are expendable for me, especially if it means keeping Bentley and Knowles.
I’m not sure we ever really had the chance to keep Jones.
I like Peyroux but there is a strong case to be made for letting him go to make room for Bentley. My only concern with Bentley is that he only signed a 1-year extension. Hopefully that’s just because he wanted to see whether he’d get a run in the first team before committing long term, and not because he has an NRL gig lined up for afterwards.
Paulo is no more than squad fodder so can be easily replaced from within by a youngster whenever his contract is up.
I’d give Amor another year because a) we’re already going to have to replace Thompson/Graham this year, and b) I don’t think we’ll pick up a better 3rd/4th choice prop.
LMS I’d keep if he wants to carry on.
Why release Amor,LMS or Peyroux when it both clear all are playing good rugby and clearly still have a lot to offer? Its not like theres a wealth of better alternatives.
We dont live in 1992 anymore when 31/32 etc was considered old. Times have changed and its barmy to release players proving their worth on a dated ideological assumption that anyone over 30 must be binned off. Especially when Graham and Taia are already going.
The key here surely is to move on Paulo which I’d guess frees up a lot of cap space. Ashworth is totally expandable as well so Id let him walk as well.
Completely agree. As long they're playing good rugby then give them another season. Roby is 34 and still playing well, Taia 35/36. I'm sure Amor and Peyroux could play another few seasons and I'm sure LMS could do another too. Amor for me as arguably been in the top 5 props in SL since the restart.
It's when they're not contributing and not playing enough games due to injury I'd worry.
Were as good as any team at promoting youngsters so I'm not concerned were blocking younger player. If there was someone on the market that was a better fit then it makes sense but in the current market I'm not sure there is.
Originally Posted by Despondent Dave
I think the concern is that if they all hit 34 /35 together and we need to replace 6 or 7 first teamers in the 1 summer
We are better off drip feeding the replacements in over a 2/3 year period so we don't huge amount of disruption in the one summer
It's a tough balancing act and it is always difficult to judge when to change a winning team with one eye on the future
If Graham Taia Paulo and ashworth leave this summer maybe get 2 older pros and 2 younger guys to replace them
We seem to be OK with our backrowers depth but not so at prop, so I would keep Amor because Lees is not capable of "bending" that opposition defensive line with any consistency at the moment.
The above two pence worth from "under the radar" is pretty bang on in my opinion.
Has Graham said 100& he is retiring. He looks like he has another year in him to me.
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Don’t think anything has been confirmed. There was a lot of talk that he had broadcasting roles back in Australia lined up for 2021 so he wouldn’t stay past the end of the season. Certainly worth another year if he wants one, I would hope the club are aware of his plans though so they can recruit/budget accordingly.
Forwards win games. The backs decide by how much.
Yes, I agree. You would have thought that if he does have broadcasting work lined up in Aus then it wouldn't be the end of the world for him or the broadcaster to put that on hold for a year. I think I remember hearing that his daughter is pre-school age, and that might figure more heavily in his thinking. But if we could get him to do another year, playing in front of the Saints crowd, that would be great.
A problem arises if the broadcaster has lined up a specific role for him, and they have to then give it to someone else. That might be on a temporary basis because they're leaving it open for Graham - but what if the temporary person excels and is well-liked? Unless Graham has a formal contract, they might not think they need him. He's got to think about his post-playing career. an extra 12 months at Saints, or a 3/5-year media contract that gets his foot onto that career ladder.
Can’t see Amor wanting to move away from the NW to be honest. House in Orrell, family here. Would have to be a belting offer for him to move there.
James Graham has just confirmed he will retire at the end of the season.
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