Re: Matt Dawson : Wed Jun 05, 2013 5:54 am  

St pete wrote:

IMO only sia, Manu, lomax, roby and Walmsley are they type of quality a top super league club needs, so basically we have 4 out of a 25 man squad with any quality

That makes us no different from any other team then. Take a particular group of players out of any team and they will look worse.

I think you were unfair on our young players, particularly the ones who have had their debuts this season. We don't yet have a real idea as to their quality so why not just give them a chance before condemning them?

Re: Matt Dawson : Wed Jun 05, 2013 6:37 am  

HKR picked up Alex Brown from Batley. He's another Huddersfield reject.
Whilst he's far from a perfect player, he's got pace and power.

Hull (the form team in Superleague) curently have a player called Paul Johnson doing very well for them. He was released from Saints as he couldn't even get his nose infront of the other youngsters (Dixon, Emmit, Ashurts, Magennis) to make an impression.

Peter Fox was released by Leeds and ended up an England winger.

Danny Kirmond was a Championship winger for Featherstone. Brown signed him for Huddersfield and turned him into a very accomplished forward.
If this lad is big and quick, then that's a pretty good start.

Re: Matt Dawson : Wed Jun 05, 2013 6:53 am  

SaintsFan wrote:

That makes us no different from any other team then. Take a particular group of players out of any team and they will look worse.

I think you were unfair on our young players, particularly the ones who have had their debuts this season. We don't yet have a real idea as to their quality so why not just give them a chance before condemning them?

I'm not having a go at the young players. My point is, we don't know how good they will turn out.

Re: Matt Dawson : Wed Jun 05, 2013 8:14 am  

Blobbynator wrote:

Who?

Remember when we had the likes of Darren Albert, Anthony Sullivan and Alan Hunte on the wings?!

Hunte and Sullivan were hardly big names before we signed them.

I also remember when we had the likes of Brimah Kebbie, Mike Riley and Tony Stewart on the wings.

Re: Matt Dawson : Wed Jun 05, 2013 9:22 am  

EHW wrote:

Hunte and Sullivan were hardly big names before we signed them.

I also remember when we had the likes of Brimah Kebbie, Mike Riley and Tony Stewart on the wings.

Sullivan cost £80,000 so he was established.

Re: Matt Dawson : Wed Jun 05, 2013 9:34 am  

Offside Monkey wrote:

If this lad is big and quick, then that's a pretty good start.

Exactly.

Nobody has seen him play and that is quite an important part of being a player, you would think.

Re: Matt Dawson : Wed Jun 05, 2013 10:20 am  

Albion wrote:

So you have seen a lot of him then to reach that conclusion?

I've never heard of him.

Well if he was that good he'd be in Hudds first team and you probably would have heard of him. Maybe he is a 'hidden gem' and we can only hope he is but we are currently wallowing around in the middle of the table and losing games for fun so signing some no name from Hudds is hardly going to get the juices pumping is it?

Re: Matt Dawson : Wed Jun 05, 2013 10:22 am  

Albion wrote:

Exactly.

Nobody has seen him play and that is quite an important part of being a player, you would think.

Its the calibre of player we are going for tho, nothing against him but lets be honest, he's not the sort of player we should be wanting.

Re: Matt Dawson : Wed Jun 05, 2013 11:12 am  

No1 Saint wrote:

Well if he was that good he'd be in Hudds first team and you probably would have heard of him

He has two very good wingers ahead of him at Hudds in Murphy and McGilvary.

Re: Matt Dawson : Wed Jun 05, 2013 11:18 am  

There's undoubtedly bargains and gems knocking about in the championship. Walmsley, Hill and McGilvary are proof of this, I am worried though about this signing, as to why he isn't challenging Murphy and McGilvary for the wing spots at Huddersfield. They're both good players, but do we really want a 4th choice winger brought in?