Re: Packs win games : Sun Sep 17, 2023 12:13 pm  

Moe reminded me that we were not always cack also rans.

12 years ago we had this side that had just hammered Huddersfield 47-0 in the home playoff having won our first LLS.



What a side that was. I shudder to think the score that team would put on the current one.

Brett HODGSON
Joel MONAGHAN
Matt KING
Ryan ATKINS
Chris RILEY

Lee BRIERS
Richard MYLER

Adrian MORLEY
Michael MONAGHAN
Garreth CARVELL
Louis ANDERSON
Simon GRIX
Chris BRIDGE

Jon CLARKE
Ben HARRISON
Mike COOPER
David SOLOMONA

Which player in today's team would get in that side?

Re: Packs win games : Sun Sep 17, 2023 12:46 pm  

Wires71 wrote:

In a nutshell - We are an 'also ran', mid table SL show pony with delusions of competing at the top with players who we, and they, think are better than they are.

In football terms, we're Spurs.

Re: Packs win games : Sun Sep 17, 2023 12:58 pm  

Wires71 wrote:

Moe reminded me that we were not always cack also rans.

12 years ago we had this side that had just hammered Huddersfield 47-0 in the home playoff having won our first LLS.



What a side that was. I shudder to think the score that team would put on the current one.

Brett HODGSON
Joel MONAGHAN
Matt KING
Ryan ATKINS
Chris RILEY

Lee BRIERS
Richard MYLER

Adrian MORLEY
Michael MONAGHAN
Garreth CARVELL
Louis ANDERSON
Simon GRIX
Chris BRIDGE

Jon CLARKE
Ben HARRISON
Mike COOPER
David SOLOMONA

Which player in today's team would get in that side?

Ashton for Riley possibly
Williams for Myler
Vaughan for the Cooper of that time.

How many of current St Helens team would get in it?

Re: Packs win games : Sun Sep 17, 2023 1:18 pm  

We also had Westwood to come into that side. And the following year we added Chris Hill and Trent Waterhouse. How the hell did we not win it?!

Re: Packs win games : Sun Sep 17, 2023 1:58 pm  

Douglas Black wrote:

Ashton for Riley possibly
Williams for Myler
Vaughan for the Cooper of that time.

How many of current St Helens team would get in it?

Makinson & Percival walk into the backs, Lomax or Welsby for Myler, Walmsley probably as good as any of those props, Batchelor or Matautia get into that second row and I'd have Knowles definitely over Bridge at 13, though I think it's fair to say Bridge wasn't a 13 anyway.

Re: Packs win games : Sun Sep 17, 2023 2:07 pm  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

Makinson & Percival walk into the backs, Lomax or Welsby for Myler, Walmsley probably as good as any of those props, Batchelor or Matautia get into that second row and I'd have Knowles definitely over Bridge at 13, though I think it's fair to say Bridge wasn't a 13 anyway.

Percival gets in ahead of Atkins or king? Not a chance!

Re: Packs win games : Sun Sep 17, 2023 2:09 pm  

And Batchelor gets nowhere near that second row.

Re: Packs win games : Sun Sep 17, 2023 2:12 pm  

Moe syslak wrote:

Percival gets in ahead of Atkins or king? Not a chance!

Close one, but I'd have him ahead of Atkins.

Re: Packs win games : Sun Sep 17, 2023 2:13 pm  

ratticusfinch wrote:

And Batchelor gets nowhere near that second row.

I like Batchelor. Good, solid player. Again, it's close with Grix, who was similarly solid.

Re: Packs win games : Sun Sep 17, 2023 2:15 pm  

That team list is making me dewy eyed simply due to the fact that Ratchford isn’t on it.