Re: James Graham desperate to join an NRL club! : Sun Oct 03, 2010 10:07 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

IMO his performance have dropped off in the last weeks of the season, and I wondered if he was showing those first signs.
I guess we'll see in Aus and next season.
What happened to Fozzard?

Who is the other front line prop beside Perry? I wouldn't call LMS a front line prop.

Fozzard slipped behind Emmitt in the pecking order, he is a shadow of the player he was but I believe he is/was a positive influence on the squad in general. I suppose i was being a little hasty in suggesting LMS will start off as a front line prop but I fully expect him to develop into one over the season and id say he is already at a level above the likes of Foz, Emmitt and Hargreaves

Re: James Graham desperate to join an NRL club! : Sun Oct 03, 2010 10:11 am  

Graham was a joke last night acted like a soccer player with his constant dummy spits, pathetic.

Re: James Graham desperate to join an NRL club! : Sun Oct 03, 2010 10:18 am  

No1 Saint wrote:

Rogues is out of your league, he is a subtle kind of troll that occasionally raises an interesting debate.

He asked a good question that you spat your dummy out at

Re: James Graham desperate to join an NRL club! : Sun Oct 03, 2010 10:31 am  

nickcat0 wrote:

That's his style ......... he plays the role in the manner of Lee Crooks. Take the ball up to the line and put the support player through the gap, rather than letting the ball die in contact.

surely the idea is to draw the defender in contact and then get the ball out?

Graham doesn't even draw the defender he simply ships the ball on - no wonder he can play 80 minutes - he never gets tackled!!

Re: James Graham desperate to join an NRL club! : Sun Oct 03, 2010 10:51 am  

James Graham has been one of if not the best prop in Superleague for the past four years. I personally think that he needs a good rest, something that he has not had for a while.

Re: James Graham desperate to join an NRL club! : Sun Oct 03, 2010 10:59 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Do YOU think it's the first sign of burnout?

It was a serious question.

No i don't think he's burnt out, i think he's just out of form which happens to every player, even the great faz will have had a poor run of form.

The problem is, teams target him and batter him due to our one man rugby, everyone knows he's getting it and know if they shut him down we lose massive go forward.

Next year we will have perry, LMS and tony p as our first chice props so he will be alot better off than he is with bryn there.

I didn't see the "stamp" but if he has done it, i hope they ban him for the four nations so he's back fresh for saints.

Re: James Graham desperate to join an NRL club! : Sun Oct 03, 2010 11:18 am  

No1 Saint wrote:

We should start a poll on who has the lowest IQ and the least knowlege on Rugby, WiganStu (a very poor troll) or the new kid on the block MacBlondie who has either dusted off his Ellegren tracksuit or been a 'lifelong' Wigan fan since about halfway through this season.

James Graham is a class act and would walk into any SL team and most (if not all) NRL teams, he is passionate and it sometimes spills over and he needs to learn to control that.

whats the old saying , your as good as your last game ??

right , serious question

on current/recent form , does any die hard saints fan think he would have cut it in the NRL ?

he has his fans , he makes he mtrs , stats will prove that . but as i have said before , and others are now backing up , do you relly want your front line prop off loading before the collision SO MUCH ??

Re: James Graham desperate to join an NRL club! : Sun Oct 03, 2010 11:25 am  

wiganstu wrote:

whats the old saying , your as good as your last game ??

right , serious question

on current/recent form , does any die hard saints fan think he would have cut it in the NRL ?

he has his fans , he makes he mtrs , stats will prove that . but as i have said before , and others are now backing up , do you relly want your front line prop off loading before the collision SO MUCH ??

I think graham is a top class prop and prob by far the best prop in this counrty but im not sure he will cut it in the nrl.

I think the aussies will target the "pom" and will knock crap out of him.

Re: James Graham desperate to join an NRL club! : Sun Oct 03, 2010 12:07 pm  

He had no support though last night he was a 1 man pack, (apart from when Roby came on). When its like that you can tackle him out. Still the best prop in the league by some distance.

Re: James Graham desperate to join an NRL club! : Sun Oct 03, 2010 12:18 pm  

according to some, stu fielden was garbage against warrington when he was a 1 man pack ???

as i say , the mtrs gained stat nobody can argue with , its the manor in which a lot of the mtrs are gained im not a fan of