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Re: Wasn't meant to be X13 : Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:07 pm  
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Here's my "never worked out/was a bit rubbish/didn't live up to the hype" XIII

Brett Mullins
John Gallagher
Kevin Iro
Craig Innes
John Basnett
Dean Clark
Andy Gregory
David Young
Richard Gunn
Sam Backo
Andy Goodway
Steve Ward
Trent Merrin


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Re: Wasn't meant to be X13 : Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:29 pm  
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Here's my "never worked out/was a bit rubbish/didn't live up to the hype" XIII

Brett Mullins
John Gallagher
Kevin Iro
Craig Innes
John Basnett
Dean Clark
Andy Gregory
David Young
Richard Gunn
Sam Backo
Andy Goodway
Steve Ward
Trent Merrin

Iro maybe although I'd say we got what he always was which was brilliant when he was interested.
But Craig Innes? No. Never.
He developed into an outstanding player at Leeds.
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Re: Wasn't meant to be X13 : Wed Mar 10, 2021 2:20 pm  
How about All black RU player Mark Brooke Cowden
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Re: Wasn't meant to be X13 : Wed Mar 10, 2021 2:25 pm  
Brooke Cowden definitely.

On Innes I was struggling a bit for centres - he was a lovely player to watch. I always thought Iro was much better at Wigan than at Leeds where he seems not that bothered.
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Re: Wasn't meant to be X13 : Wed Mar 10, 2021 3:38 pm  
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On Innes I was struggling a bit for centres - he was a lovely player to watch .

Could put Adrian Vowles in there. He wasn't bad, just fizzled out and left quite quickly. Or Nathan McAvoy just for a laugh although his was a decidedly odd brief encounter.
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Re: Wasn't meant to be X13 : Wed Mar 10, 2021 3:51 pm  
TBH a number of the signings were at the tail end f their career so the expectation shouldn't have been as high:
From Wigan - Wane, Connolly, Stephenson, Hanley, Gregory, Goodway, Connolly, Goulding,

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Re: Wasn't meant to be X13 : Wed Mar 10, 2021 4:16 pm  
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TBH a number of the signings were at the tail end f their career so the expectation shouldn't have been as high:
From Wigan - Wane, Connolly, Stephenson, Hanley, Gregory, Goodway, Connolly, Goulding,

Any others


Thought you got very good value from Hanley and Connolly. Less so the others.

Quite a few were signed past their best. David Hulme, Mick Worrall etc.
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Re: Wasn't meant to be X13 : Wed Mar 10, 2021 4:35 pm  
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Thought you got very good value from Hanley and Connolly. Less so the others.

Quite a few were signed past their best. David Hulme, Mick Worrall etc.


Add Divorty to that list as well.
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Re: Wasn't meant to be X13 : Wed Mar 10, 2021 5:03 pm  
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Thought you got very good value from Hanley and Connolly. Less so the others.

Quite a few were signed past their best. David Hulme, Mick Worrall etc.

Context is everything though. Hulme came into a ****show and without his influence I reckon we could have got relegated. Certainly from what I can remember of that disastrous season performances picked up after he was signed. Worrall yes, not sure what Doug expected there.
Putting Hanley or Goulding in this sort of team is totally unwarranted though.
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Re: Wasn't meant to be X13 : Wed Mar 10, 2021 6:39 pm  
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Iro maybe although I'd say we got what he always was which was brilliant when he was interested.
But Craig Innes? No. Never.
He developed into an outstanding player at Leeds.
agree with that blackmore could be similar to iro both seemed to need to be upset to play stronger , innes was a wingers centre till he was leaving then scored a lot more , basnett was like we got sent his twin brother that had never played bit like getting lawford instead of lawless
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