Re: Rumours thread. : Mon Apr 19, 2010 11:21 am  

2011

1. wellens (past his best but still a fantastic player)
2. gardner (never rated him but he does the job with a few mistakes)
3. gidley (world class) shenton (would be a great signing but i dont see it happening)
4. wheeler (good young promosing player, offers loads in attack and both in defence and never let us down)
5. meli (carnt stand him, yes hes good WITH BALL IN HAND, but getting the ball in his hands is tough work)
6. pryce (been great this year)
7. eastmond (world class)
8. graham (world class)
9. roby (world class)
10. perry (if he does sign this would be great as he is a very good player) puletua (if we dont get perry)
11. soliola (we need strengh and size in the SR)
12. wilkin (great defensive player and does more than his fair share in attack)
13. flannary (good defensive, nothing in attack but overall a good player) clough (if flannary leaves)

14. moore (already and enlgand HK and shows good signs)
15. fa'asavalu (big strong player for impact when puletua comes off)
16. hargreaves (nothing special but hes a work horse and never lets you down)
17. clough (if not starting) ashurst (i think he is ready for the challenge)

Re: Rumours thread. : Mon Apr 19, 2010 12:09 pm  

adamfairclough wrote:

2011

1. wellens (past his best but still a fantastic player)
2. gardner (never rated him but he does the job with a few mistakes)
3. gidley (world class) shenton (would be a great signing but i dont see it happening)
4. wheeler (good young promosing player, offers loads in attack and both in defence and never let us down)
5. meli (carnt stand him, yes hes good WITH BALL IN HAND, but getting the ball in his hands is tough work)
10. perry (if he does sign this would be great as he is a very good player)

Wellens is a fantastic servant, he's not a great player anymore.

Ade is a decent winger given the overall standard in Super League, having zero trouble against the two Super Wingers Wigan were meant to have. Meli is also a good player until the second Saturday in October, but seeing as though we probably won't be there he might be worth keeping.

Gidley is retiring isn't he? Shenton is probably going to sign for Wigan. We need a new fullback (Or to trust Lomax if they think he's up to it, two new centres and a big prop.

Re: Rumours thread. : Mon Apr 19, 2010 12:23 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Wellens is a fantastic servant, he's not a great player anymore.

Ade is a decent winger given the overall standard in Super League, having zero trouble against the two Super Wingers Wigan were meant to have. Meli is also a good player until the second Saturday in October, but seeing as though we probably won't be there he might be worth keeping.

Gidley is retiring isn't he? Shenton is probably going to sign for Wigan. We need a new fullback (Or to trust Lomax if they think he's up to it, two new centres and a big prop.

Your right Ade's a far better player than both Pat and Amos, as demonstrated by Ade's superior stats this season.

Re: Rumours thread. : Mon Apr 19, 2010 1:17 pm  

LovesToSpooge wrote:

Your right Ade's a far better player than both Pat and Amos,

That's not actually what he said.

Re: Rumours thread. : Mon Apr 19, 2010 1:52 pm  

LovesToSpooge wrote:

Your right Ade's a far better player than both Pat and Amos, as demonstrated by Ade's superior stats this season.

If you read his post again I think you'll find that he said Ade had no problem with either of your wingers, which he didn't. He dealt with them very well.

Re: Rumours thread. : Mon Apr 19, 2010 1:58 pm  

if it came to replacing any of the wingers i feel that lomax would be a straight swap for them

Re: Rumours thread. : Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:38 pm  

We have no need to recruit wingers from outside the club. Two out of Foster, Armstrong & Lomax are good enough for me. I mean, it's nice to have an Anthony Sullivan or Darren Albert on the flank - but not if the net cost is running with one prop or back row less.

Re: Rumours thread. : Tue Apr 20, 2010 7:29 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Nothing wrong with any of them as squad players. We have several areas where are far weaker to be worrying about the back row. Fullback, wings, centres and props are all very weak areas for us.

I agree, the is nothing wrong with them being squad players but they ain't. Flannery and wilkin will be on good wage, I'd say a lot more than what squad players get.

Re: Rumours thread. : Wed Apr 21, 2010 12:30 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Wilkin is in the same mould as O'Loughlin. They don't make 60 or 70 metre runs, but they put in 40+ tackles per game, read the game very well and I dare say are usually one of the coaches first names on the teem sheet.

The same applies to the likes of Flannery at Saints and Bailey at Wigan.

I'm sure some spectators don't really understand the game of rugby League.

Can't disagree with you there.

Re: Rumours thread. : Wed Apr 21, 2010 12:31 pm  

St pete wrote:

The problem with having wilkin, flannery, clough, dixon and ashurst is none are good with the ball. They all tackle well and work hard but same type of player.

I've only managed to see Saints on Sky this year and even I can tell Ashurst has a great pair of hands.