Re: Kevin Brown : Wed Nov 30, 2016 12:35 pm  

moving on... wrote:

I just don't get why we'd bring players in for the sake of is when we could start the season off with:

1. Russell/Johnson/Penny
2. Lineham
3. Evans/Blythe
4. Atkins
5.Penny/Russell
6. Gidley
7. Patton

We've got the depth and the youngsters. There's no need to actually spend the apparent 100k just for the sake of it.

Possibly, TS, some others and I feel we need to bring someone in because, however you slice and dice it and with the possible exception of Patton & Johnson (still unproven) and Gidley, that is a singularly uninspiring selection of players.

Re: Kevin Brown : Wed Nov 30, 2016 12:36 pm  

moving on... wrote:

I just don't get why we'd bring players in for the sake of is when we could start the season off with:

1. Russell/Johnson/Penny
2. Lineham
3. Evans/Blythe
4. Atkins
5.Penny/Russell
6. Gidley
7. Patton

We've got the depth and the youngsters. There's no need to actually spend the apparent 100k just for the sake of it.

The wrist injury to Patton has made the signing of a new half back more important. Imagine we lost Gidley for a game or two and we made no signing then we would look threadbare at half back. This signing is by no means an insult to Patton.

Re: Kevin Brown : Wed Nov 30, 2016 12:41 pm  

Widnes loosing Brown will likely put them back into the middle 8s for next season IMO.

Re: Kevin Brown : Wed Nov 30, 2016 12:43 pm  

Kevin Brown

Just be careful he doesnt injure himself when signing the contract

Regards

King James

Re: Kevin Brown : Wed Nov 30, 2016 1:00 pm  

The only thing I have against Kevin Brown is the fact that he has clearly been sneaking around with moving on's missus. That is poor form.

Other than that, I think this is a decent signing. Not a 'book your Grand Final tickets already' signing, but a good one.

Re: Kevin Brown : Wed Nov 30, 2016 1:50 pm  

Lebron James wrote:

Kevin Brown

Just be careful he doesnt injure himself when signing the contract

Regards

King James

This is a TOTALLY WICKED signing bro

what you chattin fam?

Re: Kevin Brown : Wed Nov 30, 2016 1:52 pm  

From an outside perspective, not a bad signing. He is a little bit predictable and if you pair him and Gidley in the halves it may be an issue, but he's a solid player with a good rugby brain.

But I'm also disappointed for Patton if this is true, unless of course you plan to use Patton and Brown together in the halves. But I think at the age he is at Patton just needs to be thrown in and given time, he looks like he will be a top player. But if he doesn't start playing regularly he may well not achieve his full potential.

Re: Kevin Brown : Wed Nov 30, 2016 3:37 pm  

Seeing as pre season is already underway we should expect an announcement soon, tomorrow's Guardian maybe ?

Re: Kevin Brown : Wed Nov 30, 2016 5:30 pm  

If this is nailed on I can understand it.
A question for those that watch the reserve grade and academy games. Which side do Patton and Morgan Smith play?
Patton slotted in for us quite well on the left edge at the back end of last season and Morgan Smith got a couple of games rotating at No 9.
It looks like we have replaced our left edge Halfback with Brown (think Brown mainly plays left)
Gidley and Brown will only be around for 1-2 years so this gives Patton and Smith to establish themselves and put them in and out of the side as necessary to give them game time and confidence. I have said previously that the experience that Patton gained in the last few weeks of last season was better than playing Wakefield, Hull KR and Salford for 30 games. (Sorry - don't want to dis those fans but compared to grand finals it is a different intensity)
Most Halfbacks have a side that they are more confident in, even JT and Cronk stuck to their favoured edge. So which edge are Patton and Smith most comfortable with.

Re: Kevin Brown : Wed Nov 30, 2016 5:42 pm  

Diabolical signing if it comes off... Either Patton is good enough or he isn't, but he showed enough lady year that "not ready" is definitely of the table.

I struggle to see what brown adds in the short term that we don't already have in the squad, and he won't be cheap or hapoy as a squad player.

Short sighted and just plain wrong