Quote NickyKiss="NickyKiss"Was waiting for that
Bad timing but I’ll stick to my guns. Anyone and everyone played well against that Wigan side yesterday. Whitley is an ok player, no more and no less. He’s not as good as Mautautia other than he’ll probably be available more.'"
But I don’t think Saints need him to be. Sironen and Batchelor will be Saints first choice backrowers no doubt and are arguably already. The problem Saints have is that they are both 80 minute players, but Mata’utia is too good to be left out of the side, so it seems to mess with our substitutions each week.
I imagine Whitley will come in and be competing with Bell and Wingfield for a bench spot each week whilst stepping up and covering any injuries which might occur. We don’t seem capable of developing backrowers (seems a real weak spot on our youth development) so have had to bring in some depth.
Whitley will presumably be on a smaller contract than Mata’utia too, and with the new marquee rules being announced, it’s possible (aka at the discretion of how much Coleman wants to spend) that it frees up space for some other major signings.
