Re: one for the future........ : Mon Jun 20, 2011 6:12 pm  

this lad cant sign for a pro contrat to he is 16 so by then is might go were the best money is or who is the best team at the time so saints could train this lad up till he is 16 then he signs for wigan

Re: one for the future........ : Mon Jun 20, 2011 6:16 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

I don't know what the fook you are on but there was no sarcasm anywhere at all in my post.

You are relating a child throwing paint in a reception class to whether a rugby player has the ability to make it as a top player (indeed, better than some of the best players in the country at present), or in your example that it relates to their genetic potential as a cricketer. That is stretching the bounds of logic to its very limits.

For every Johnny Lomax and Sam Tomkins there is a Jonathon Thurston, who even at the age of 18 was rejected by almost every club for to play for free. This is a player who was at one point considered the best in the world, but didn't even come close to achieving his genetic potential until his early twenties.

I did hear that his reception teacher said he was belting at throwing paintballs though, maybe we should have seen it coming.

Re: one for the future........ : Mon Jun 20, 2011 6:17 pm  

1984saints wrote:

this lad cant sign for a pro contrat to he is 16 so by then is might go were the best money is or who is the best team at the time so saints could train this lad up till he is 16 then he signs for wigan

Yeah. Saints could also sign this guy up at 16, he goes on to help win/get to Grand Finals and Challenge Cups, gets a man of steel award and then buggers off to the NRL! That doesn't mean Saints shouldn't track and sign up talented players.

Re: one for the future........ : Mon Jun 20, 2011 6:18 pm  

1984saints wrote:

this lad cant sign for a pro contrat to he is 16 so by then is might go were the best money is or who is the best team at the time so saints could train this lad up till he is 16 then he signs for wigan

believe me mate whatever any other team offer we will improve on...................

Re: one for the future........ : Mon Jun 20, 2011 6:18 pm  

Smurf wrote:

You are relating a child throwing paint in a reception class to whether a rugby player has the ability to make it as a top player (indeed, better than some of the best players in the country at present), or in your example that it relates to their genetic potential as a cricketer. That is stretching the bounds of logic to its very limits.

You can't read.

I was giving an example of natural talent.

Re: one for the future........ : Mon Jun 20, 2011 6:23 pm  

i was a very promising saints colts half back until i had my career ending injury, and believe me i watch this lad and i se my idol in the modern game....................the new AJM............

Re: one for the future........ : Mon Jun 20, 2011 6:32 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

You can't read.

I was giving an example of natural talent.

What?

SaintsFan wrote:

He not only lobbed the ball, but did it with absolute confidence, incredible accuracy and exactly the power required. I tested him by asking him to put a splat on the halfway fold. He did so perfectly. This little lad was 4 years old. He had fantastic hand-eye coordination and I fed this back to his teacher. He had a natural gift and could go on to make it in a sport involving the skills he had to offer - cricket, for example

Smurf wrote:

You are relating a child throwing paint in a reception class to whether a rugby player has the ability to make it as a top player (indeed, better than some of the best players in the country at present), or in your example that it relates to their genetic potential as a cricketer. That is stretching the bounds of logic to its very limits

You related a four year old child throwing paint to whether he can 'go on to make it' in a sport. I read that as that is what was written.

Are all 'teachers' so condescending, by the way?

Re: one for the future........ : Mon Jun 20, 2011 6:35 pm  

Viking Warrior wrote:

believe me mate whatever any other team offer we will improve on...................

who is we saints or widnes

Re: one for the future........ : Mon Jun 20, 2011 6:51 pm  

Smurf wrote:

You related a four year old child throwing paint to whether he can 'go on to make it' in a sport. I read that as that is what was written.

You haven't even understood the bits you've put in bold! I so clearly mentioned natural talent. Do you know what that is?

Are all 'teachers' so condescending, by the way?

They are when dealing with people who are being silly, yes.

Re: one for the future........ : Mon Jun 20, 2011 6:57 pm  

Ellery Hanleys son scored four tries for Shevvy Sharks last weekend.

The OP should know that a player can not sign for a club properly until he is 16 years of age. It will be 1st July before the clubs can officially sign the next batch of academy payers.

Certain players from clubs U16 scholarship will be on the move shortly to other clubs.