Simmonds - Graham....... : Tue Oct 26, 2010 10:52 pm  

Might be captain at Saints next year. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/p ... 5943891535

Might be captain at Saints next year. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/p ... 5943891535

Re: Simmonds - Graham....... : Wed Oct 27, 2010 5:17 pm  

Part of me wants to see him stay with Saints whilst part of me wants to see him become the best prop in the game by dominating down under.

Re: Simmonds - Graham....... : Wed Oct 27, 2010 5:22 pm  

where did the rest of this thread go?

Re: Simmonds - Graham....... : Wed Oct 27, 2010 5:43 pm  

seanm89 wrote:

where did the rest of this thread go?

WTF!!!!

Re: Simmonds - Graham....... : Wed Oct 27, 2010 5:52 pm  

In the bin. It was trolling rubbish. This thread will go the same way if it returns.

Re: Simmonds - Graham....... : Wed Oct 27, 2010 6:00 pm  

Carlos Alberto wrote:

Part of me wants to see him stay with Saints whilst part of me wants to see him become the best prop in the game by dominating down under.

As a Saints fan I dont understnd why you would want to see him leave at all.

Re: Simmonds - Graham....... : Wed Oct 27, 2010 6:05 pm  

Carlos Alberto wrote:

In the bin. It was trolling rubbish. This thread will go the same way if it returns.

hmmmm okay can't argue. If that is your opinion.

I honestly see him leaving soon though.

I feel that with a new chapter in saints history books; there should be a new captain who will be the new KC or better. He had four years as a real impact captain.

Can you honestly see James Graham stayiong that long? or even half of that?

I think he is a great player. Fast becoming the best prop in super league. But he is being called down under.

Re: Simmonds - Graham....... : Wed Oct 27, 2010 6:08 pm  

Carlos Alberto wrote:

Part of me wants to see him stay with Saints whilst part of me wants to see him become the best prop in the game by dominating down under.

I don't think 'dominating down under' equates to being the best prop in the game. Given the number of good props down under (thanks to their much greater player pool) I doubt whether James Graham will ever be THE best in the game but he will always be ONE OF THE best props, whether he stays with Saints or goes to Australia.

I don't want him to go and I don't think he has anything to prove. He has proven it already. He is a world class player and once we stop thinking that somehow being a world class player for an Australian team is better than being a world class player for an English team then maybe we will start shoving it up the Aussies on the international scene again.

I sincerely hope that Simmons and McManus do persuade him to stay. If that means bigger, fatter wads of cash than we would normally dish out plus a free vehicle of his choice thrown in then so be it. He's worth every penny.

Re: Simmonds - Graham....... : Wed Oct 27, 2010 6:10 pm  

Div wrote:

As a Saints fan I dont understnd why you would want to see him leave at all.

Thats what I thought. That said as much as I don't want him to leave I would fully understand if he did want to leave to go to play in Australia as it is a fantastic opportunity for him.

Re: Simmonds - Graham....... : Wed Oct 27, 2010 6:16 pm  

Div wrote:

As a Saints fan I dont understnd why you would want to see him leave at all.

I'd like to see a day in my lifetime where England/GB/whatever could hold their own against the Aussies and the Kiwis on a regular basis and the best way to do this is for our players to play with the best players week in week out.