Re: 19 Man Squad announced for Catalans. : Sat Jul 21, 2012 2:36 pm  

Don Brennan wrote:

Dumb,end of.

True end of!!

Re: 19 Man Squad announced for Catalans. : Sat Jul 21, 2012 5:06 pm  

Hohaia looked a class act last night expecially working with Roby & Lomax - disappointed with Wilkins' kicking - Wellens even resorted to an up 'n under which failed miserably !

Pryce had a great game too - if only we had a player like him............

Re: 19 Man Squad announced for Catalans. : Sat Jul 21, 2012 5:37 pm  

sanjunien wrote:

Pryce had a great game too - if only we had a player like him............

What a terrible, terrible mistake letting him go was... Surely if we'd offered him Hohaia's money, whatever space is left over on the salary cap and a 3 year deal it would have been enough ... In the current climate there is simply just no way to replace a player like Pryce anymore and almost any price (arf) is worth keeping them when you've got one, even with if there are a few injury concerns.

Re: 19 Man Squad announced for Catalans. : Sat Jul 21, 2012 5:41 pm  

Northampton_Saint wrote: What a terrible, terrible mistake letting him go was... Surely if we'd offered him Hohaia's money, whatever space is left over on the salary cap and a 3 year deal it would have been enough ... In the current climate there is simply just no way to replace a player like Pryce anymore and almost any price (arf) is worth keeping them when you've got one, even with if there are a few injury concerns. In hindsight you are spot on. Sadly Eddie summed it up well last night (for a change) he played 8 times for us in 18 months. Offering a big contract to someone with that record was just too risky and I doubt he would have taken a 1 year deal. If you want a chuckle btw check this out viewtopic.php?f=28&t=533064&tsmp=1342892250&start=10 No bias there of course, the Hillbilly's obviously didnt notice Thaler hammering us with the penalties

Northampton_Saint wrote: What a terrible, terrible mistake letting him go was... Surely if we'd offered him Hohaia's money, whatever space is left over on the salary cap and a 3 year deal it would have been enough ... In the current climate there is simply just no way to replace a player like Pryce anymore and almost any price (arf) is worth keeping them when you've got one, even with if there are a few injury concerns. In hindsight you are spot on. Sadly Eddie summed it up well last night (for a change) he played 8 times for us in 18 months. Offering a big contract to someone with that record was just too risky and I doubt he would have taken a 1 year deal. If you want a chuckle btw check this out viewtopic.php?f=28&t=533064&tsmp=1342892250&start=10 No bias there of course, the Hillbilly's obviously didnt notice Thaler hammering us with the penalties

Re: 19 Man Squad announced for Catalans. : Sat Jul 21, 2012 8:16 pm  

No1 Saint wrote:

In hindsight you are spot on. Sadly Eddie summed it up well last night (for a change) he played 8 times for us in 18 months. Offering a big contract to someone with that record was just too risky and I doubt he would have taken a 1 year deal.

I'd still have happily taken the risk even if he was only 50/50 to ever play again. If your only other alternatives to drive your team 'round the pitch for the next 3 or 4 years are an old antipodean FB/hooker who can't play half to save his life, waiting and hoping that Gaskell will develop and make the grade, or trying to re-sign Matty Bleedin' Smith, then give me a wild and expensive punt on the proven borderline word-class performer who's had a few major injuries lately every time...

Re: 19 Man Squad announced for Catalans. : Sat Jul 21, 2012 8:26 pm  

So you'd not play Lomax to have kept Pryce?

Pryce is looking better because he's not organising the team, his kicking game is still as average as it ever was.

Re: 19 Man Squad announced for Catalans. : Sat Jul 21, 2012 8:50 pm  

Billinge_Lump wrote:

So you'd not play Lomax to have kept Pryce?

Pryce is looking better because he's not organising the team, his kicking game is still as average as it ever was.

Quite.

He still picks and chooses when he plays. He was all fired up on Friday because he was playing against his former team. But I've watched other Dragons games as he has hardly featured.

I don't regret letting Pryce go. In fact, for the last 18 months of his time here it was as if he was gone anyway.

Re: 19 Man Squad announced for Catalans. : Sat Jul 21, 2012 10:54 pm  

Billinge_Lump wrote:

So you'd not play Lomax to have kept Pryce?

No, I'd simply have kept Pryce and left Hohaia in the NRL. Lomax/Pryce wouldn't have made for the best partnership ever, but they'dve been a sight more effective than Lomax/Hohaia have been. It's not as though our kicking game would be any worse than it is now, is it?

Re: 19 Man Squad announced for Catalans. : Sat Jul 21, 2012 11:03 pm  

Northampton_Saint wrote:

No, I'd simply have kept Pryce and left Hohaia in the NRL. Lomax/Pryce wouldn't have made for the best partnership ever, but they'dve been a sight more effective than Lomax/Hohaia have been. It's not as though our kicking game would be any worse than it is now, is it?

I'd have been greedy

1.Hohaia
6.Gaskell
7.Lomax
9.Roby
13.Pryce

I'm still a bit more of a traditionalist I like a ball playing 13 , to make it fit I would have been happy to offload Wello and Wilkin (i'm sure there would have been plenty takers).

Add to the above Makinson,Shenton,Jones and Meli and that would be a potent back line

Re: 19 Man Squad announced for Catalans. : Sat Jul 21, 2012 11:35 pm  

Northampton_Saint wrote:

No, I'd simply have kept Pryce and left Hohaia in the NRL. Lomax/Pryce wouldn't have made for the best partnership ever, but they'dve been a sight more effective than Lomax/Hohaia have been. It's not as though our kicking game would be any worse than it is now, is it?

But neither would it be any better.