Re: Saints sign World Class Centre : Fri Sep 27, 2013 4:25 pm  

I got mislead by the provocative thread title expecting some major signing from the NRL.

I am extremely underwhelmed by the facts and annoyed over my gullibility .

Re: Saints sign World Class Centre : Fri Sep 27, 2013 6:06 pm  

So is there no one who rates him then?

Re: Saints sign World Class Centre : Fri Sep 27, 2013 6:26 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

So is there no one who rates him then?

Nathan Brown does it seems.

Re: Saints sign World Class Centre : Fri Sep 27, 2013 9:21 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

Nathan Brown does it seems.

that's worrying

Re: Saints sign World Class Centre : Fri Sep 27, 2013 9:54 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Interesting. I thought he was a winger?

If he can play centre, it's possibly a better move given we have only had one since Wild Bill Talau departed.

Can anyone explain his lack of appearances at Huddersfield, particularly under Brown? I know they've got some good backs, but even Gary Wheeler has managed more than 5 appearances in his career. Has he been injured? Has he been naughty? Or did they just not rate him?

He wasn't expected to feature in his first season and was injured for most of his second season. At the start of this year he was probably next man up after McGilvary & Murphy, so ahead of Luke George in the pecking order, however after he signed for Saints mid season Baloo went with Blackmore as back up winger, giving experience to the lad who was staying.

Matty is a physical winger, runs the ball back strongly and takes a lot of carries to relieve the forwards. a solid squad man not a superstar, but all teams need a few of them.

Re: Saints sign World Class Centre : Fri Sep 27, 2013 10:12 pm  

nitsua wrote:

Get Jamie Lyon back!!! Manly Eagles are into the NRL Final. Just won 30 v 14 against Rabbitohs.

p.s. I have £10 at 9/2 to win the GF.

Thanks for the spoiler!

Re: Saints sign World Class Centre : Fri Sep 27, 2013 11:20 pm  

The Chief wrote:

If he is coming to offer us depth as a squad player, fair enough, but if hes been signed as a replacement for Meli, our salary cap must be skewed big time.

The fact the announcement was basically a footnote after announcing the new contracts for the academy lads shows what role this player will have at Saints.

Re: Saints sign World Class Centre : Sat Sep 28, 2013 7:32 am  

GiantDee wrote:

He wasn't expected to feature in his first season and was injured for most of his second season. At the start of this year he was probably next man up after McGilvary & Murphy, so ahead of Luke George in the pecking order, however after he signed for Saints mid season Baloo went with Blackmore as back up winger, giving experience to the lad who was staying.

Matty is a physical winger, runs the ball back strongly and takes a lot of carries to relieve the forwards. a solid squad man not a superstar, but all teams need a few of them.

Re: Saints sign World Class Centre : Sat Sep 28, 2013 9:38 am  

Saddened! wrote:

So is there no one who rates him then?

Difficult to judge a player who none of us have really seen much of.

If he's come in as a cheap back up for injuries I don't think it's that bad a signing. If he's 1st choice I'd be more concerned. I'd let Gardner go now and keep a lookout for a potential half back from the world cup.

Re: Saints sign Matty Dawson : Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:39 pm  

I called this a good few month back as well as the Beaumont signing.