Thats a big talk up of the lad,he has struck me as a capable player but can't say the little i have seen of him i have thought of the possibility he could become world class however, i admit you see him week to week so have a more educated opinion. I do hope it comes to fruition, we have been starved of top centres for too long.

i would agree about Percival, looks decent when i've seen him but nothing special, certainly no better than Wardle, Sarginson etc.



but who am i to argue with a saints fan on the subject?

were those 110 minutes against the 2 teams at the bottom of the table?

Isn't that what Macnamara does????

Not really jools he didn't pick any player from the champions for the 4 nations did he?

Usually picks from Leeds Wigan and wire

What..? Haha

Percival is a lovely, lovely centre. He's so effortlessly good and his role, finding that natural line outside his man to disrupt the defence and his hand in close quarters are outstanding.



You may find that Saints fans won't argue his qualities till we're blue in the face, just because we are so enamoured with his talents and so convinced of his class. We don't care if others wont admit/realise/recognise it.



I'd love to snap up Wardle to play the other side, though.

I, like may, we're impressed with Sarginson's showing in the internationals, but I'm afraid the total schooling that Chris Bridge gave him t'other week will taint my rating of him for a good while.

At the end of the day, a young player at Saints/Wigan/Wire/Leeds will always be in front of any other player in his position regardless of age/form/ simply because of the club they play for....this ideal that a player MUST be better cos he plays in a better team is laughable. Wardle is class but won't get ahead of the likes of Sarginson and even Percival ( who to me isn't even anywhere near his top potential yet but plays for Saints) despite having been solid and performing well for 3 or 4 years.



Jerry McGillvary has been and still is one of the most powerful, explosive, exciting, fastest wingers in Super League for years but will never ever be mentioned as an international while the top clubs have English guys playing (again - no matter how well they are actually doing !!).

I agree, cant believe we picked players from that massive club Hull Fc on the wing!



The players selected from Wigan and Leeds on the wings have been selected because they have been the best wingers! McGilvary will never be in the same class as Charnley (130 tries in 120 games before this season) or Hall. Burgess got selected in the squad last season after such a brilliant rookie season which he got to a Grand Final and played in a WCC in Aus (in which the Roosters saw fit to sign him up)

"Saints players always get picked."



I'm sure we had none selected last year.

McGillvray will get in when he signs for Saints