: Sun Mar 15, 2009 8:06 pm  

ap1717 wrote:

Big Fish, Small Pond.... he wouldnt sign.

No I think you'll find they wanted was his signature but he insisted on simply writing "The Sublime"

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:03 am  

belgianxiii wrote:

Interessant ca, d'apres ce que j'ai lu les fans Francais etaient contemps avec le choix de Walters, Bell, Perry et - grande surprise - Bird. Je croyais que ce n'etais que le contingent sang-et-or(.net) qui n'etais pas contemp.

Avec la possibilite d'utiliser des Juniors Catalans et UTC le TO devrais etre pas si mal, et le choix d'entraineur ne peut pas etre aussi mauvais que le choix pour l'equipe nationalle.

This aint the frenchie forum
Translation for us thickies when it comes to French?

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:48 am  

vastman wrote:

Forgetting to mention Leeds being hammered by Wigan and Offiah in particular or don't you go back that far.

well clearly i didnt go back that far, seeing as how i used examples all from the last 5 years or so, i thought going back a bit further would have detracted from the point,

hey, maybe we should merge this with quins wire thread, and you can argue that we should drop teams from lancs/cheshire because they have clearly proved that the players produced in lancs/cheshire arent of conference quality blah blah blah,

after all you wouldnt want to be shown up as a hypocrite again would you?

im excited to see what your attempt at a witticism is this time, see if you can carry on your streak of idiocy

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:20 am  

They should act as the feeder club for Les Cats and use any fringe first teamers that don't make the Les Cats starting 17. This coupled with picking up the best of the rest French players should make them competitive. You have to say though that they clearly do not have the financial backing at this time and that will need to be as big a part of their development as developing decent French players.

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:44 am  

SmokeyTA wrote:

well clearly i didnt go back that far, seeing as how i used examples all from the last 5 years or so, i thought going back a bit further would have detracted from the point,

Blimey - Smokey makes a rare sensible posting and still gets abuse. I've seen Widnes nil most of the current pro clubs, including Leeds at Headingley and Saints at Knowsley Road, yet those clubs have somehow survived the experience.

Nobody who'd seen the two squads play would've have expected T.O to be competitive in this match (and thanks to the bookies for their generous odds on the game). I posted a couple of months back that their squad didn't look strong enough and since then their pre-season preparation has been woeful.

Obviously, they will improve - just sorting out the left side defence will make a big difference and playing at home will be a big help, plus hopefully strengthening when the LER season finishes. But the worrying part is that this was their first choice 17 and there is no strength in depth. If key players pick up injuries, they could struggle even worse than this.

Hope for a good crowd and a good result for the first home game next week against Sheffield.

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:03 pm  

cadoo wrote:

Just over 5000 there I believe. A very good attendance considering there will have been little/no away support.

Very impressive from Widnes. They looked a well drilled outfit and it was a great team performance from 1-17. Scott Yates and Paddy Flynn are they from the Widnes academy?

Toulouse didn't look up to speed. A poor pre-season will not have helped but they can't use that as an excuse. Widnes were very good but they have a lot of work to do. But it is too early to make rash judgements about their worth in the championship.

yates, ostick, grady and simm are from our academy and paddy flynn was signed from thatto heath.

yates has been a superb player since he was 16 and has played for lancashire and gb academy.

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:12 pm  

someone mentioned earlier about the poor discipline from the toulouse team, i don't know whether it was picked up by the cameras but their 9 martin mitchell kept shouting abuse at the widnes fans in the north stand.

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:38 pm  

SmokeyTA wrote:

well clearly i didnt go back that far, seeing as how i used examples all from the last 5 years or so, i thought going back a bit further would have detracted from the point,

hey, maybe we should merge this with quins wire thread, and you can argue that we should drop teams from lancs/cheshire because they have clearly proved that the players produced in lancs/cheshire arent of conference quality blah blah blah,

after all you wouldnt want to be shown up as a hypocrite again would you?

im excited to see what your attempt at a witticism is this time, see if you can carry on your streak of idiocy

Bless, he's upset

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:44 pm  

vastman wrote:

Bless, he's upset

well done, that was impressively poor

the old pretend they are upset retreat? come on, even you can do better than that

yes Wigan and Offiah put plenty of points on leeds, Leeds are now the premier club in this hemisphere,

its funny that you didnt see your attempt at a cheap shot at leeds actually undermining your own argument

what next, the patented vastman being shown up try to pretend you were trolling all along tactic?

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:51 pm  

SmokeyTA wrote:

well done, that was impressively poor

the old pretend they are upset retreat? come on, even you can do better than that

yes Wigan and Offiah put plenty of points on leeds, Leeds are now the premier club in this hemisphere,

its funny that you didnt see your attempt at a cheap shot at leeds actually undermining your own argument

what next, the patented vastman being shown up try to pretend you were trolling all along tactic?