His dad put his grans address as he didnt want him to have anything to do with Wigan (he told me that as they lived opposite me in Appley Bridge)He also said he would never play for Wigan

What did he say?

I think the fact that it was good news about Wigan RL is what annoyed a lot of Saints fans.

Something like “I was brought up in Wigan, went to school in Wigan and I have my house in Wigan”.

I think Stu was hoping it would go something like-

Reporter “so how does it feel to be a Wigan player, considering you used to play for St Helens?”

Thompson “I’m only here coz I forgot put my nans address down, COYS” before breaking out in to when the Saints go marching in and exiting the training ground on a one way trip to the TWS.

Thompson basically said what you’d expect any new player to say when starting at a new club.

Ha ha. I did allude to the fact he was trying to curry favour with fans in my earlier post. I just thought that bearing in mind how long he was at Saints and that he is still best mates with the likes of Makinson etc that he would have referenced something like "I still have some great mates at Saints and enjoyed my time there however I am a professional and now play for Wigan etc etc"

Matty Smith said similar when he signed back for Saints after his spell at Wigan. Even if Welsby went to the NRL and then signed for Wigan I would understand those comments more. He is a Wigan lad and his family are genuinely Wigan fans. I was just a bit surprised.

Having said that to be fair to Thompson he probably would've signed for Wigan and they wanted him but it was his Dad that wouldn't let him. He was best mates with Gildart at the time and wanted to sign with him.

All fun and games anyway. The game needs stories and pantomime villains, so it’s all good.

Sold out already and another date added

Me and Angela have got tickets to Richard Ashcroft's homecoming gig at Robin Park Arena. I can't wait for next July.

Can’t be more than 10,000 I reckon.

Won’t come close to the magic of Haigh Hall but he remains a phenomenal performer & prolific song writer.

Expect some strong support acts and a surprise guest.

Roll on July.

I've seen somewhere that it's 11,500 each day.

He’s not best mates with Makinson etc at all. His friendship group is completely outside of the St Helens players. Just because he goes for the odd coffee with them doesn’t make them best mates.

Thought your source would have told you that.

You really are an utter b**l end

Shall we ignore the fact that he was with them at the 2022 GF after we had beaten Leeds, celebrating with them and wearing Saints gear? Or the fact that he goes fishing with Makinson?

I have a coffee with work colleagues but they aren’t my best mates. I wouldn’t go fishing all day with them because they aren’t my mates. Makes you think doesn’t it.

Nice to see your Mum letting you log on her computer again though. I presume she was out.