Just who made the call to let him go? Bloody fools.

He'd have been so much better than Katy Perry has been. Quality he was today.

Never mind him, there is also Paul Johnson of Wakefield, we could have probably kept the two of them for the salary Perry is on.

I would like to think that if Wakey get demoted at the end of this season that Saints offer Paul Johnson a contract. He is just what we need a hard working prop.

Nobody. Cas offered him more money and a place in the starting 17. He left for those reasons. But we could have done with him and Paul Johnson this season. However, would we be saying that if Perry hadn't been a biscuit but instead had blasted his way through defences? Or if Clough had practised his tackle technique more and not given himself three months off? I doubt it.

I was told that he had offered to stay at Saints on half the money Cas were offering (which isn't that much anyway) and Saints told him they did want him.

Doesn't look a smart call now but to be fair hindsight is a wonderful thing.

Hells bells, reason in one of your posts!

For once I fully agree with you.

I must be ill.

However, according to the BBC Jake has got knee ligament damage; poor lad.

Shame for the lad he was definately on a mission last night , put some lovely hits on, and I enjoyed the wink he gave when he got away with "helping" the ball squeeze out of O Loughlins hands

If ANYONE had asked you last year whether you'd rather have Jake Emmitt and Paul Johnson or Josh Perry, I think we all know what the answer would have been.

Would that have made you a "bloody fool"? No.

Isn't hindsight marvellous.

Why not keep him AND sign Perry? That's what Warrington would do.

both would have been much more valuable to the squad than Ashurst/Dixon with or without hindsight

But we had in theory TP, Jammer, LMS, Perry and Clough in the way of Emmitt playing prop. If Cas were offering him a decent first team salary then there's not much we could have done. I suspect Ashurt and Dicko will still be on "squad man" wages.

i suppose thats fair, but i suspect he'd have stayed at Saints for reasonable money, same with Johnson, and i'd always rather have 7 props in my squad than 7 back rowers