Re: Talk about a Player, any Player. : Mon Sep 08, 2014 11:16 am  

sally cinnamon wrote:

Correct, Nat Wood signed at the same time. This caused a bit of bitterness from the Wakefield fans, the Wood bit more than Westwood, as he had started the season looking pretty good and selling him to a relegation rival was controversial.

If I remember correctly, Wakefield were in a fair bit of financial trouble at the time and so they needed the fees they collected from these players (bear in mind Nat Wood had effectively signed on a free transfer for them a few months before so they made a nice profit on him), but they played it out in public as though Warrington had done something below board by making illegal approaches, probably to appease criticism from their fans. It was noticeable that they didn't actually take legal action against Warrington though....

Warrington signed Westwood on the basis of Nathan Woods personal recommendation. They hadn't shown any interest until that point.

Re: Talk about a Player, any Player. : Mon Sep 08, 2014 11:32 am  

Chris hicks . Hatrick in the 2010 final. I predicted that he would score 3 tries and Briers would get MOM(on this very board)....
Should of put a lottery on.

Re: Talk about a Player, any Player. : Mon Sep 08, 2014 3:46 pm  

Not my favourite player, but when he first broke through you could feel the excitement when the ball went near him. Toa Kohe Love just had an aura about in, and was well before his time. In his first stint with the club, the way he could delay catching the ball, and step of either foot to skip back inside a ball watching defender was just brilliant, something that Matt Gidley and Martin Gleeson were experts at, but in '96 it was unseen and he could tear teams to bits. Really kicked on in 1998 and scored a bucket full.

When he left, he showed class and respect. Always saluted the Warrington crowd but not so much to offend the Hull fans.

Came back and while he didn't set the world alight , he contributed plenty. Considering everytime we got into decent field position we went right to Swann, Gleeson and Fa'afili.

Re: Talk about a Player, any Player. : Mon Sep 08, 2014 3:47 pm  

Not my favourite player, but when he first broke through you could feel the excitement when the ball went near him. Toa Kohe Love just had an aura about in, and was well before his time. In his first stint with the club, the way he could delay catching the ball, and step of either foot to skip back inside a ball watching defender was just brilliant, something that Matt Gidley and Martin Gleeson were experts at, but in '96 it was unseen and he could tear teams to bits. Really kicked on in 1998 and scored a bucket full.

When he left, he showed class and respect. Always saluted the Warrington crowd but not so much to offend the Hull fans.

Came back and while he didn't set the world alight , he contributed plenty. Considering everytime we got into decent field position we went right to Swann, Gleeson and Fa'afili.

Re: Talk about a Player, any Player. : Mon Sep 08, 2014 4:20 pm  

I remember watching a Wire v Saints game in the Oak Tree in Newton-l-w and shouting out, completely oblivious 'Go on Love" after he made a half break, I was getting wolf whistles for the rest of the game and camp mocking.

Re: Talk about a Player, any Player. : Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:29 pm  

Rob Myler - good player - winger.
Moved to full back and made a promising start before getting wiped out by a late tackle on an up-and-under by some opposiiton thug (forward) with a very late shot.
Might have been Skerrett from Wigan.
Rob was never the same again and (i think) went to union - Worcester.

Re: Talk about a Player, any Player. : Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:34 pm  

fez1 wrote:

Rob Myler - good player - winger.
Moved to full back and made a promising start before getting wiped out by a late tackle on an up-and-under by some opposiiton thug (forward) with a very late shot.
Might have been Skerrett from Wigan.
Rob was never the same again and (i think) went to union - Worcester.

I always liked Rob. Underrated imo.

Michael Shenton.

A joy to watch with ball in hand. Very easy on the eye, a la Gleeson. Just a pity (for him and England) that he couldn't take his quality to the next level.

Re: Talk about a Player, any Player. : Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:39 pm  

lefty goldblatt wrote:

I always liked Rob. Underrated imo.

Michael Shenton.

A joy to watch with ball in hand. Very easy on the eye, a la Gleeson. Just a pity (for him and England) that he couldn't take his quality to the next level.

harsh to judge shenton on a short stint in this saints side....

I think he is a brilliant centre. Great defense and superb with the ball.

Based on his performances this season, I would welcome him to us with open arms.

Re: Talk about a Player, any Player. : Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:46 pm  

Fantastic Mr Catpiss wrote:

You do realise that Chris actually played the first 4 seasons of super league for us ?


Actually that's slightly off, he played the first 3 as a part time player, and IN 99 he went full time and suffered some sort of bad injury and didn't figure for us that year

Yes, i know he was still at the club at the dawn of SL but the full-time aspect was the key point. Being full or part time in itself isn't wholly the answer anyway, it's about being part of a club 24/7 which is utterly professional in everything it does and provides an environment for individuals to flourish. Unfortunately, Wires didn't provide that environment until well into the SL journey but I'd have loved to have seen Chris' developmnent had he signed in 2008 not 1988.

Re: Talk about a Player, any Player. : Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:55 pm  

Phil Blake. His ability to chip a short ball over defenders (usually full backs) heads, and catch the ball was fantastic to watch.