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I guess it depends on who is the best out there.

If Hastings walks as he is perfectly entitled to do then we have a problem as we need a new halfback, even more so when it also looks likely Tommy will be retiring too.

It is highly likely Harry Smith will be stepping up to take in the 7 shirt, and as a young lad taking on such a key role he would clearly need a strong experienced partner. Very difficult to expect 2 junior players to step into that mantle.

Ideally we will have Smith at 7, Hastings at 6 next year then we are ok.

It’s looking likely that we are going to replace Hastings. According the the Sun we have registered an interest in Marshall. I don’t really have a problem with that at the moment. After a bit of a downturn in form the last few seasons he seems to have done a Danny McGuire type reinvention of his play going from a strike running ball carrying half to one who sits back in the pocket and controls a game a bit more.

I’d also hope we had registered interest in others who may be available too. It would be poor strategy from the club if we had all our eggs in the Marshall basket.

I was surprised to see him dropped recently as he had been playing well this year but looks like Madge prefers Brooks and Reynolds.

If he is the best that is available who fits the mould then fair enough it is clear however he would be a stop gap signing.

I don’t think many are calling Saints for signing Graham for the rest of this year. The negative posts were concerned with rumours it would be on an 18 month or ever 30 month basis but that has been cleared up with him confirming it will be for the remainder of 2020.

Statistics: Posted by jonh — Tue Jun 23, 2020 11:12 am — Replies 136 — Views 10727

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