Re: Puletua to Parramatta : Sat Feb 09, 2013 11:04 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Yes, he'd be a typical Saints signing, another 32 year old antipodean.

oh lets call this your first (and last) warning of the season, do you really want a holiday before (and including) good friday?

Re: Puletua to Parramatta : Sun Feb 10, 2013 9:52 am  

Saint Simon wrote:

oh lets call this your first (and last) warning of the season, do you really want a holiday before (and including) good friday?

Lent starts on Wednesday and I have my be nice to Saints fans in that time.

But the point I was trying to make (I do accept it was a little sarcastically), that I don't think Saints should be looking at replacing one overseas aged player with another, especially one with such a bad injury record.

Re: Puletua to Parramatta : Sun Feb 10, 2013 12:04 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Lent starts on Wednesday and I have my be nice to Saints fans in that time.

But the point I was trying to make (I do accept it was a little sarcastically), that I don't think Saints should be looking at replacing one overseas aged player with another, especially one with such a bad injury record.

i very much doubt they are, we dont generally sign over 30's, with the exception of Manu there has been very few 30+ signings ,yes a few will turn 30 in their contract but they weren't when we signed them.

Re: Puletua to Parramatta : Sun Feb 10, 2013 7:39 pm  

If 30 year old adds what we need, I don't see the issue.

Re: Puletua to Parramatta : Sun Feb 10, 2013 8:27 pm  

Billinge_Lump wrote:

If 30 year old adds what we need, I don't see the issue.

1,2 or maybe 3, but not 7 or 8. It's just delaying the inevitable. It will catch up eventually.

I think Leeds, Wire and yourselves have some careful recruitment to do in the next two or three years.

In our (Wigans) case I think we probably need one or two more experienced players. Someone posted a stat that said we had 15 players under the age of 26 in Fridays squad.

Re: Puletua to Parramatta : Sun Feb 10, 2013 9:31 pm  

I've been a big fan of TP...Had his name n number on my last 2 shirts but got 2 admit he didn't look interested today or last week IMO....maybe his time has come to move on.

Re: Puletua to Parramatta : Sun Feb 10, 2013 9:51 pm  

I heard this rumour a couple of weeks ago from one of the backroom staff.
Supposedly Nathan Brown and TP have had a bust up after TP had to go back to NZ a couple of times in the pre season to attend funerals of family members and missed a fair amount of traning.

NB not happy at the amount of time TP spent over there.

Seems to be a few issues with NB and some of the backroom guys as well but I've only heard one side of the story.
Also told that NB does not like or rate Nathan Ashe in the slightest so unlikely he will ever figure in his plans.

Re: Puletua to Parramatta : Mon Feb 11, 2013 1:19 am  

Puletua attended the funeral of his father. Not just any old family memnber. Dirty rumour.

Re: Puletua to Parramatta : Mon Feb 11, 2013 2:46 am  

Ah here we go,early season form not good,a new coach and its rumour time. Players will allways be given compasionate leave for family bereavements and as rumours go its really comptemtable.

Re: Puletua to Parramatta : Mon Feb 11, 2013 7:20 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

1,2 or maybe 3, but not 7 or 8. It's just delaying the inevitable. It will catch up eventually.

I think Leeds, Wire and yourselves have some careful recruitment to do in the next two or three years.

In our (Wigans) case I think we probably need one or two more experienced players. Someone posted a stat that said we had 15 players under the age of 26 in Fridays squad.

Very true.

However age and quality don't necessarily go hand in hand and, whilst you are always very keen to bag other Clubs with a different age demographic than Wigan's, many are less sure about the quality of Wigan's youth than you are.

You have to hope that they are good enough.