Re: Mc clennan : Tue Oct 26, 2010 8:02 am  

Saddened! wrote:

BUT we will not win any trophies with the squad we have as we have no world class players

James Graham is clearly world class, at the very least.

Saddened! wrote:

and absolutely no strike players bar Kyle 'I'll be fit once a month' Eastmond who looks to be off to Union at the end of the season anyway.

You wouldn't call Pryce a strike player? Roby? Meli scored 21 tries in 20 games, would you not say that is a decent strike rate? Shenton made a decent fist of looking like a strike player against the World Champions last weekend.

We did pretty well to be the leagues top scorers in 2010 with no strike players and half the back division out injured.

Of course I could have avoided typing all the above by just saying "b*llocks as per usual" but I'm full of energy first thing in the morning.

Re: Mc clennan : Wed Oct 27, 2010 12:34 am  

Is anyone going to pay top dollar for Eastmond until he can show he won't be injured so much of the time? Great prospect though, and I hope he both stays fit and with Sts.

Re: Mc clennan : Wed Oct 27, 2010 7:30 am  

BrisbaneRhino wrote:

Is anyone going to pay top dollar for Eastmond until he can show he won't be injured so much of the time? Great prospect though, and I hope he both stays fit and with Sts.

Is a gamble, certainly.
People fussed (at the end of last season) when he only signed an extension to the end of 2011, but it was clearly intended to reveiw his first actual season at scrum half to make sure he was up the position, before making him sign another extension around now (without other suiters sniffing about).

In actual fact, he played the first half of the season and played it very well. Unfortunalty, that seems a long time ago and his string of crappy injuries are extremely frustrating. I can't imagine Big Mac sitting down to discuss further contracts.

There's no question of his ability, but until he can keep himself fit, he's going to remain reletively unproven. There's also going to be that doubt that he's just a bit soft with injuries that the likes of slimey sam would play on with.

Re: Mc clennan : Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:20 am  

Offside Monkey wrote:

There's also going to be that doubt that he's just a bit soft with injuries that the likes of slimey sam would play on with.

To be fair, Sam left the pitch with a hip knock last weekend - something Kyle was ridiculed for a couple of months ago.

Didn't make Sam soft, just made him injured.

Re: Mc clennan : Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:26 am  

FearTheVee wrote:

To be fair, Sam left the pitch with a hip knock last weekend - something Kyle was ridiculed for a couple of months ago.

Didn't make Sam soft, just made him injured.

And the logical side of most would agree (no such thing as a soft super league player etc), but you can't tell me that I'm the only one than has allowed that thought to creep into their minds?

Re: Mcclellan : Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:35 am  

Fear haVe wrote:

Reverse our and Leeds position and I guarantee you'd be saying:

"Re-signing a load of old players who fell well short this season whilst Leeds sign Perry, LMS and Shenton and Wigan sign their Melbourne trio, then leaving recruitment til the last minute when most of the top Aussies are signed up.

McManus is losing the plot and our slide into mediocrity continues."

Your spot on he would be saying that.

Re: Mcclellan : Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:39 am  

Saddened! wrote:

It is for long term stability.

BUT we will not win any trophies with the squad we have as we have no world class players .

I would count Graham and Roby as World class.

In fact if the Wire were to buy three English players I would want Graham, Roby and McGuire. Because all three are World Class.

Re: Mcclellan : Mon Nov 01, 2010 9:49 am  

Fatbelly wrote:

I would count Graham and Roby as World class.

In fact if the Wire were to buy three English players I would want Graham, Roby and McGuire. Because all three are World Class.

McGuire isnt World Class in my opinion, first class Super League player but isnt a patch on other Stand Offs around the World.

Re: Mc clennan : Fri Nov 05, 2010 7:44 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

They've already appointed McDermott.

But Hetherington is flying over to Aus to sign up some top dollar NRL talent. Shame our top dog hasn't got that kind of vision.

Joel Monaghan it is then