Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Mon Nov 27, 2023 11:24 am  

ratticusfinch wrote:

Oh to watch Jonathan Davies again, finest rugby player to don the primrose and blue in my lifetime and opinion.

You'll get no argument from me on that one!

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Mon Nov 27, 2023 12:08 pm  

ratticusfinch wrote:

Oh to watch Jonathan Davies again, finest rugby player to don the primrose and blue in my lifetime and opinion.

In my lifetime too (watching from 79 onwards).

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Mon Nov 27, 2023 12:13 pm  

The owners of the club need to stop messing about with signings like this. It's not a trainset to play with. Publicity? For what purpose? We are already very well known as a mouthy, wealthy, yet perennially failing laughing stock. I would much prefer we go about our business quietly and thoughtfully.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Mon Nov 27, 2023 12:20 pm  

Smiffy27 wrote:

Bit like the Greg Inglis signing. Not at all in the Andrew Johns bracket.

The Andrew Johns signing, as big as it was for profile, was another complete gimmick. Sure it boosted shirt sales, made the news and increased attendance. But sporting wise few like to recall the last of his 3 games was a 40-6 home hammering by Hull FC to knock us out of the playoffs at the first round. The good old Cullen years.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Mon Nov 27, 2023 12:26 pm  

Wires71 wrote:

The owners of the club need to stop messing about with signings like this. It's not a trainset to play with. Publicity? For what purpose? We are already very well known as a mouthy, wealthy, yet perennially failing laughing stock. I would much prefer we go about our business quietly and thoughtfully.

I think KFP has a framed motto hanging behind his desk which reads 'If you're going to do business, do it quietly and thoughtfully'....or maybe not.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Mon Nov 27, 2023 1:23 pm  

Smiffy27 wrote:

As a publicity stunt it would be fine but he'd be a relatively steady centre & Ratchford would carry on kicking our goals.

Not according to Abe.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Mon Nov 27, 2023 1:25 pm  

Wires71 wrote:

I would much prefer we go about our business quietly and thoughtfully.

I reckon everyone would agree to this.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Mon Nov 27, 2023 4:33 pm  

Jiffy was a magnificent player poetry in motion but also a bit of a turnstile defensively in his 2-3 seasons with us.
Now The Ox on the other hand was the real deal in his 13 seasons with us.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Mon Nov 27, 2023 4:51 pm  

Wires71 wrote:

Give over. The Davies signing was massive. He won Man of Steel and nearly got us to the league title. Cannot compare to a 2 game stint from Owen Farrell. It would have been Luther Burrell all over again.

I never said anything being a success.
I said ‘signing’..’to play at centre’.
Probably more like Andrew Johns over term, but he didn’t play centre.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Mon Nov 27, 2023 5:03 pm  

MRS_MOP wrote:

Jiffy was a magnificent player poetry in motion but also a bit of a turnstile defensively in his 2-3 seasons with us.
Now The Ox on the other hand was the real deal in his 13 seasons with us.

Paul Cullen referenced to him as the ‘best defence player he’d ever played with.’
Davis would tell Cullen where he wanted him to be, and he would do his tackling for him.
His mind was reading the opposing plays way ahead of anyone else. Hence Cullen’s reasoning.