Re: Rumours : Fri Oct 13, 2017 12:06 pm  

moving on... wrote:

Wayne Bennett over here

worst drilled and coached season for a Warrington side in a long, long time and from that you know Patton is an average Joe. Not just made to look average in a below average side.

You admit that the pack is also a factor and halves need a platform to perform, but in spite of all that and the fact he hasn't had a platform all season, you just can "recognise" that he doesn't have it. Nothing to do with the rest of the way the team has performed.

You know I stand there every week and watch Patton run 20 odd metres with a ball looking for a runner only to get clattered and some bloke behind me to scream "FFS PATTON" not "FFS, SOMEBODY HIT A LINE FOR HIM".... FFS Patton. There are people who watch Warrington and rugby without having the faintest idea of what they're watching.

I suppose you are exempt though, because you've coached rugby for long enough and you can "recognise" whether "Somebody has it or not". I've also been coached by people within the amature game who haven't got a clue what they're going on about. So unless you've coached at professional level your argument that you've coached and watched the game for long enough to "recognise when somebody 'has' it or not" it pretty much invalid.

answer this question...how many teams that finished in the top 8 would have Patton as a starting half? I'll give you a clue its less than 1.

Re: Rumours : Fri Oct 13, 2017 12:06 pm  

Ok, my 2 cents on Patton. From what i have seen. Has ability yes, is he what Warrington need to compete where they want to be? No.

Majority of the games that Patton has played well in have been against mid/bottom table sides. Against your sides we should be competing with? he hasn't shone. ....

Just my opinion of course. We need a world class half back, and hopefully Price will deliver. But cant see it......

Re: Rumours : Fri Oct 13, 2017 12:11 pm  

Oxford Exile wrote:

answer this question...how many teams that finished in the top 8 would have Patton as a starting half? I'll give you a clue its less than 1.

And you know this because as someone who has coached for many years you can tell exactly which clubs would be interested in which players and whether those players would get a start or not? Shame you never got involved in the coaching at Wire this season. It would have been nice for someone to come in and turn the season around.

Re: Rumours : Fri Oct 13, 2017 12:12 pm  

Back on topic..... has anyone got any 'credible' rumours about new players ?

Re: Rumours : Fri Oct 13, 2017 12:19 pm  

Paul2812 wrote:

Back on topic..... has anyone got any 'credible' rumours about new players ?

Glad you asked that,I to thought this was a rumours thread.

Re: Rumours : Fri Oct 13, 2017 12:21 pm  

Longbarn Wire wrote:

Majority of the games that Patton has played well in have been against mid/bottom table sides. Against your sides we should be competing with? he hasn't shone. ....

Edit:

Majority of the games that Wire have played well in have been against mid/bottom table sides. Against your sides we should be competing with? No one within the teamhas shone. ....

How can anyone sit there and comment that he isn't good enoughduring that season is beyond me. HIS FIRST FULL SEASON. If he was like Matty Russell and consistently Poop for 3 years then yeah fair enough. but he's been well and truly been thrown under the bus this year. Expected to make miracles happen in a team that really couldn't have cared less.

Sandow left and Patton was brought in and expected to run the show. If the rest of the team had been knocking walls down, playing well and knocking teams around in defence then yes all the Patton doubters would have an argument, but they weren't. They were shocking. So how you can judge a young halves ability after playing behind that all season is bewildering

Re: Rumours : Fri Oct 13, 2017 12:22 pm  

But in answer to your question, it’s all quite on the Russian front it appears lol. I’m constantly looking at NRL news feeds and nothing happening, even moley as gone quite,then again don’t really take him serious, just something to read when I’m bored.

Re: Rumours : Fri Oct 13, 2017 12:27 pm  

Paul2812 wrote:

Back on topic..... has anyone got any 'credible' rumours about new players ?

karetaker wrote:

Glad you asked that,I to thought this was a rumours thread.

Oops

In other news apparently Russell is out the door an all. So we could be seeing a new Winger in. But apparently Price isn't just mentioning a half to keep the fans happy. He's pretty genuine and Brown will see the exit sign to make way. Don't be surprised if its a player whos worn a red V in his career, amongst other colours. Nothing certain but there is apparently interest and questions being asked.

Re: Rumours : Fri Oct 13, 2017 12:29 pm  

its depressingly quiet in the transfer market for Warrington fans....considering the numbers we potentially have to get on-board just to get the playing roster back up to an minimum operating level. Squad is thread bare at the moment.

Re: Rumours : Fri Oct 13, 2017 12:30 pm  

moving on... wrote:

Oops

In other news apparently Russell is out the door an all. So we could be seeing a new Winger in. But apparently Price isn't just mentioning a half to keep the fans happy. He's pretty genuine and Brown will see the exit sign to make way. Don't be surprised if its a player whos worn a red V in his career, amongst other colours. Nothing certain but there is apparently interest and questions being asked.

Sean Long is coming out of retirement?