Re: Rumours 2 : Wed Dec 11, 2019 7:19 pm  

Direct from Wikipedia:-

Sam Lisone (born 19 February 1994) is a Samoan international rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Warrington Wolves so says Rubber Duckie in the Super League.

Re: Rumours 2 : Wed Dec 11, 2019 8:38 pm  

moving on... wrote:

Had he not been injured during Wigan away and become distracted by a 3 month long summer snowstorm. There is no doubt in my mind that form would have continued.

But for how long....

His previous with Souths and Parramatta suggests that he was never one to be relied on for long term consistent performances. Even if he'd come back in 2017 I think we'd have had to ride peaks and troughs with him.

Actually I prefer what Sandow did (walking out on his contract) to what Appo did (signing an enhanced deal and then loafing around for 2 years).

Re: Rumours 2 : Thu Dec 12, 2019 8:47 am  

sally cinnamon wrote:

But for how long....

His previous with Souths and Parramatta suggests that he was never one to be relied on for long term consistent performances. Even if he'd come back in 2017 I think we'd have had to ride peaks and troughs with him.

Actually I prefer what Sandow did (walking out on his contract) to what Appo did (signing an enhanced deal and then loafing around for 2 years).

Honestly Sal I wouldn't be bothered if we only got that one season out of him. If he hadn't of suffered the injury his form would have continued and his head would've been right. Our performance in that GF would have seen us win it had the early season Sandow been playing.

Re: Rumours 2 : Thu Dec 12, 2019 11:20 am  

moving on... wrote:

Honestly Sal I wouldn't be bothered if we only got that one season out of him. If he hadn't of suffered the injury his form would have continued and his head would've been right. Our performance in that GF would have seen us win it had the early season Sandow been playing.

Would it? We'll never know, he hasn't ever had that level of consistency which was his major downfall in the NRL.

He left us in a right hole, and I wouldn't have him back under any circumstances.

Re: Rumours 2 : Thu Dec 12, 2019 1:52 pm  

If we are indulging in hypotheticals to relieve the boredom of any real rumours, well let me tell you I'd have Sandow back for a short-medium stint like a shot.

I agree he probaby doesn't have the temperament for a full season but if the play offs were imminent and we could move Widdop to FB, Ratch to LF and bring Sandow in that would give us a huge advantage if he was on his game.

The bloke was absolutely unstoppable at one stage.

Re: Rumours 2 : Thu Dec 12, 2019 2:55 pm  

all this talking about sandow and imo it wasnt even him what was our best player that year...ben currie was our best player by far.

Re: Rumours 2 : Thu Dec 12, 2019 4:02 pm  

OSWire1993 wrote:

all this talking about sandow and imo it wasnt even him what was our best player that year...ben currie was our best player by far.

Got my fingers crossed Currie finds his form again as he would be a massive boost for us

Re: Rumours 2 : Thu Dec 12, 2019 7:58 pm  

Or thane wrote:

Got my fingers crossed Currie finds his form again as he would be a massive boost for us

Amen!

Re: Rumours 2 : Thu Dec 12, 2019 8:36 pm  

OSWire1993 wrote:

all this talking about sandow and imo it wasnt even him what was our best player that year...ben currie was our best player by far.

Yep - something which has been forgotten. Currie from 2015 to 2016 was red hot.

There's a bit of mythology developing about Sandow. He didn't do anything for us that wasn't predictable from looking at his history in the NRL. Talented player who can get red hot and win games, but who struggles to maintain his fitness and focus and when either of those slip he fades away. It was literally what we were talking about when we signed him.

The same would have happened about Appo if we'd let him go instead of Domic when we had to cut someone from the overseas quota at the end of our last year at Wilderspool. People would still today be saying if only we'd held on to Appo we could have dominated SL when we moved in to the HJ.

Re: Rumours 2 : Fri Dec 13, 2019 9:25 am  

Builth Wells Wire wrote:

That one was hiding in the closet.

Is that supposed to be funny? Crank!