: Tue Feb 24, 2009 12:24 am  

MSH wrote:

2 from 2 suggests we are....

Wow.....talk about Owning™!

: Tue Feb 24, 2009 12:34 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Spot on, I'm in the latter category but the game needs the Long, Newton, Jimmy Lowes characters.

Four or so years ago I would have no problem including Newton in that list. But the Long/Gilmour (as well as a number of other blatant head shots) incident left a nasty taste in my mouth.

: Tue Feb 24, 2009 3:14 am  

Judder Man wrote:

I don,t think it was 2000 goals for Deacon it was 2000 points, he has scored about 2500 points with Longy on about the same.
So if people are saying that Longy is not a good goalkicker does that mean Deacon isn.t either.

Apart from Long has played 2 seasons more than Deacon and Deacon wasn't first choice kicker until 2002

: Tue Feb 24, 2009 8:59 am  

MSH wrote:

2 from 2 suggests we are....

Well edited.

: Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:44 pm  

chpntpsr wrote:

Apart from Long has played 2 seasons more than Deacon and Deacon wasn't first choice kicker until 2002

Scully was our first choice kicker for 3 1/2 seasons and Lyon for a season after that accruing about 450 goals between them. That time Longy was just part time.
Just imagine if he did it full time and showed some interest in kicking he would be setting superleague records for kicking. So you got to say his 1000 + goals have been on a casual basis, I think he has also achieved 1 of his 3 Lance Todd Trophies on his kicking performance.
So when people slag him off for being a bad goalkicker...people need to know the facts.

: Tue Feb 24, 2009 3:23 pm  

kicking alot of goals is more reliant upon how many trys your team scores rather than the kicking skill imo

: Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:23 pm  

OmneFC wrote:

kicking alot of goals is more reliant upon how many trys your team scores rather than the kicking skill imo

And we score fecking gazillions!!!!!!!! (Well, 218 last season)

Despite only having the main kicking duties at Saints for half of his 12 seasons at the club, he is still our second highest points scorer in history.
940 goals, 20 drop goals and 152 tries is not to be sniffed at.

: Wed Feb 25, 2009 7:23 pm  

Longy stopped being our first choice kicker in 2004, in the seasons 2005 and 2006 he did very little goal kicking, that honour was given to Scully.
As far as trys are concerned he is no 1 in superleague from a half back point of view.

Also Cunningham is the top hooker for tries in superleague.
Also Wellens is the top full back for tries in superleague.
Also Gardener is the top winger for tries in superleague.

: Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:30 pm  

The Glorious League Freak wrote:

Wow.....talk about Owning™!

A season start that Penrith fans could only dream of.

It is only fair that Saints get 4 for a try and other teams get 6, it evens out the competition. It would work better than a salary cap any day of the week.

: Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:51 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

While the rest of Super League continues to march backwards at a pace, that won't matter.

The only sides who look to have improved are Shudds, who we beat away and Hull, who are looking at fielding 13 NRL players.

Tom Briscoe, yeaman, G. Horne, Calderwood, Horne, Thorman, Dowes, Radofrd, Tickle, Washbrook, Thackray, Burnett - played both games so far