Tweet from @martinoffiah 23/08/2011: 'Must admit i did love watching Saints- Cunningham Joynt Longy Tommy then Leon, last classic RL team ever'. Even the dark side can't help but love the rebellion.
Well, in an interview in one of the RL weeklies O'Brien says he is enjoying his spell with us and would like to stay longer so at least we know that one party is happy!
Saints have said it's in Warrington's court as to how long he stays with us. I think the basics for Warrington are that if they don't get any injuries in the halves he can stay with us. They will pull him for the play offs though, they won't leave him with us to potentially cause them problems, which is fair enough.
Saints have said it's in Warrington's court as to how long he stays with us. I think the basics for Warrington are that if they don't get any injuries in the halves he can stay with us. They will pull him for the play offs though, they won't leave him with us to potentially cause them problems, which is fair enough.
Without doubt I'd try and keep him. He's not been brilliant but he a real halfback which makes the team more balanced. He knows what's expected of him and knows what he's doing.
I'd even pay a small fee to keep him until the end of the season including the play offs but Warrington won't let us have him for play offs (If we make it).
I wouldbt want him at a permanent first choice halfback tho as IMO he's few years off being a really good half.
At least it is comforting to know that we must be better off than Wigan in the half's - they've got Matty Smith, who couldn't even get in our team!
Seriously, thought he had a stormer tonight for the goons against dire. To think, we loaned him out, got him back, loaned him out again and he found new clubs.
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Matty Smith is a far better player than O'Brien. Smith was always a decent player and he's maturing into the best English half back there is. (Excluding Rango)
We'd have kept Matty Smith if we didn't have Eastmond at the time. We made big errors from that point on in the halves.
As for O'Brien we should do everything we can to keep him here till the end of the season as we have no other options and Gary Wheeler can't be relied upon to stay fit. The worry will be if we do manage to keep O'Brien and we meet Warrington at any point in the Play Offs. I can't see them allowing him to play against them.
The worry will be if we do manage to keep O'Brien and we meet Warrington at any point in the Play Offs. I can't see them allowing him to play against them.
Were not as fussy in league games. We've had Mitchell, Rhys Williams, Mendika all play & score against us in games gone by whilst out on loan. It wouldn't be right allowing a team member to play for someone else in the play offs in my mind should you play them. Imagine if we had Perry on loan and he actually carried the ball forward more than twice? Your fans would go mental
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