Billinge_Lump wrote:
Huddersfield have never had the ability to beat the top teams regularly or in high pressure games. I'm not sure whether it's the calibre of player they have though, I wouldn't take any of their main creators in Brown, Robinson or Brough.
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Pretty much agree with this.
Look at Huddersfield and you see a team of good players, but no out and out stars.
The one area i think they are better than Saints is on the Wing, were both wingers have pace but also work well infield.
What encourages me with regard to Brown coming to Saints is that many of their players were seen as cast off journeymen players from other clubs, yet are now seen as very good players.
Greg Eden couldnt get a game at Castleford, yet looks like having enormous potential at fullback.
Mcgilvary was knocking about at championship level for Batley and Barrow
Scott Grix classic journeyman played for Doncaster,Halifax, leigh & widnes in the lower leagues before signing for Wakefield
Kevin Brown, once promising Wigan youngster who was discarded by them after struggling with form. found his feet at Huddersfield.
Danny Brough an enfant terrible, former york player who was then passed like a ticking bomb from Hull to castleford, and to Wakefield before finally settling at Huddersfield.
Luke Robinson another highly praised Wigan youngster who was discarded after allegedly upsetting some of the senior players there. Spent the next few years playing at Salford and a brief period at Castleford before making his mark at Huddersfield.
Keith Mason former wakefield player who went down under to try his luck, made a couple of appearances out there before being signed by Saints, whereupon he became a figure of ridicule by some of the fans. Very brief stint at Castleford before making a decent name for himself at Huddersfield.
There are a lot more i can go through, but i think people should be able to get the jist of things that Huddersfield are largely composed of decent players but few if any genuine stars. Its therefore no wonder that they have tended to come up short against the big guns.
Brown at Saints with a team that does possess some genuine big guns or potential big guns, should be able to get a lot more out of the side. Hopefully he will also be able to identify some promising but discarded talent elsewhere that we could then pick up cheaply and mold into good SL players. This is particularly true of the three quarters.
but this one has some substance. 
