Re: The Shenton enigma. : Thu May 24, 2012 3:09 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Why is everyone making Gidley out to be some form of god? He was no better than Shenton for most of his stay with us and his final year was absolutely appalling, he was anonymous throughout.

This just proves you watch Coronation Street or something when matches are being played.

Ade Gardner fell over the line many times as a direct result of Gidley putting him there.

"Not as good as Lyon" doesn't make a player 'bad'

Re: The Shenton enigma. : Thu May 24, 2012 3:17 pm  

ROBINSON wrote:

Newlove. Christ I really don't see why everyone is so up his backside.

He was OK when he was about 18 and at Featherstone. Played for GB and lived off that for the rest of his career. In later life he was tubby, not particularly quick, couldn't tackle and was lazy.

That kind of makes it sound like you're the one watching Corry when the matches are played.
Unless that's a fishing expedition....

Re: The Shenton enigma. : Thu May 24, 2012 3:34 pm  

Offside Monkey wrote:

That kind of makes it sound like you're the one watching Corry when the matches are played.
Unless that's a fishing expedition....

Nope not at all. I think my analysis of newlove is spot on.

Why? Don't you?

Re: The Shenton enigma. : Thu May 24, 2012 3:41 pm  

ROBINSON wrote:

Nope not at all. I think my analysis of newlove is spot on.

Why? Don't you?

He was no George Carmont that's for sure.

Re: The Shenton enigma. : Thu May 24, 2012 3:43 pm  

FearTheVee wrote:

He was no George Carmont that's for sure.

Correct.

Re: The Shenton enigma. : Thu May 24, 2012 3:45 pm  

ROBINSON wrote:

Correct.

Snigger.

Re: The Shenton enigma. : Thu May 24, 2012 3:51 pm  

FearTheVee wrote:

Snigger.

Oh you were being sarcastic were you? (As if I didn't know that)

Put your glasses on and get real.

Re: The Shenton enigma. : Thu May 24, 2012 4:03 pm  

ROBINSON wrote:

Oh you were being sarcastic were you? (As if I didn't know that)

Put your glasses on and get real.

Oh dear God, please... Oh my poor aching sides....



Oh, oh, oh.... Please, please, please do the "McIllorum is better than Roby" one as well... or "it's better to rent a stadium than own one"... or "it's great being a 7-toed, 3-headed inbred mutant with a pie fetish and ridiculous opinions"... that one really cracks me up...

"Carmont better than Newlove"....



Ow, ow, ow... I think I need surgery now....

Re: The Shenton enigma. : Thu May 24, 2012 4:06 pm  

"Tony Kay was a better centre than Kevin Iro, Dean Bell and Tuigamala combined"

See? I can do it too!!!

Re: The Shenton enigma. : Thu May 24, 2012 4:47 pm  

ROBINSON wrote:

Put your glasses on and get real.

Newlove scored 36 tries in 27 matches in 1996 when we won the title. That's probably about as many tries as Carmont has scored in his entire Wigan career.

And before you mention centre play, have a think about how may tries Anthony Sullivan scored alongside Newlove. I remember Newlove putting him in for 5 walk ins in one game alone.

p.s. how old are you? Serious question as I can only imagine you didn't watch Newlove destroy players throughout the 90s in a way that Carmont never has.

Cue response about reeling people in, although I fear this was actually your genuine opinion.