Saddened! wrote:
Nobody is getting upset about it. It's just further proof that there are players out there and that we really didn't need to buy an NRL fullback and play him at scrum half, where he is pretty terrible. The excuse from people on here is that there are no players of any quality available anywhere, but yet other clubs manage to sign players better than our own on a pretty consistent basis. Either of the signings Wigan have made recently would improve our side and they have a decent looking trio now. They have the pace, deceptive running and out and out class of Sam Tomkins, the pace and kicking game of Green and the organisational qualities and kicking game of Smith. Contrast with us, we have a fullback who simply doesn't contribute anything, one half that is like a headless chicken and couldn't organise a set of toy soldiers and another, albeit quite talented, who is drowning under the pressure of having no one with him who can kick or organise. I know which average players I'd rather have and it's not ours.
I would question your assertion that either Smith or Green are quality players, or that they are better than we already have. Remeber Smith in the GF when he was on loan? Totally anonymous. Fair enough, he had a good game in the semi, and if I recall won MoM, but that doesn't make him a quality player, or better than we already have. Just take a look at the Goons thread on the signing of Green, and you will see that the majority of their speccies with more than a single brain cell are totally unimpressed, not only by these signings, but the signings over the last couple of years. The quality of the Goon's squad is being severely diluted.
