Re: Rumours 2 : Sat Dec 01, 2018 7:43 pm  

rubber duckie wrote:

You talking to yourself!?

Samutt signing at Wigan is an indication of how 2019 is just about treading water and deck clearing for Edwards.
Releasing Sam and signing Samutt is the furthest thing from a 'missed' trick I've ever known.

Releasing Sam and signing Hardaker would be closer to the truth, however that scenario pans out.

Re: Rumours 2 : Sun Dec 02, 2018 9:53 am  

rubber duckie wrote:

You talking to yourself!?

Samutt signing at Wigan is an indication of how 2019 is just about treading water and deck clearing for Edwards.
Releasing Sam and signing Samutt is the furthest thing from a 'missed' trick I've ever known.

LOL. I do admire your self confidence. You seem completely unbowed despite your "annus horribilis" of predictions, inside knowledge, and opinions that were so wide of the mark they were in a different timezone. I don't think we can read too much in to your future predictions where halfbacks are concerned.

Wigan with Sammut is better than Wigan without. Warrington with Sammut would be better also. It will be Brown/Patton issue which means we will fall short again next year.

Re: Rumours 2 : Sun Dec 02, 2018 11:46 am  

I'll have a bet with you 'Wire without Samutt' finish the season better than 'Wigan with Samutt'!
As for my prediction...

Wire were 6 and 8 points off exceeding my prediction which was far better than your own....

I predicted Wire and Wigan to be the top two teams in SL and Wire to make the finals....I'm not sure how fractional your mark is....were you a 'spot the ball' judiciary in a previous job?

I will conceded I expected Wire to be nearer the head of the league ladder but for a basic 5 drives and kick directive for half a dozen games from round 1...I don't expect a repeat senario one season on.

Re: Rumours 2 : Sun Dec 02, 2018 3:09 pm  

I don't think that sammut would alter our fate. Whilst half backs are an important part of the game we cannot just write off a season due to not having the half back pairing we want. Pairing being the key word here if Austin and brown/Patton can form a partnership then we will be in good stead.

We've rushed in on panic buys before I think that we've strengthened and that it's better to see who is available for next year, we may already have that player lined up.

Re: Rumours 2 : Sun Dec 02, 2018 4:20 pm  

I'm not a Fan of Brown and never have been, BUT we got to 2 finals with him in the halves. So he is bringing something to the team regardless of how i feel about him and price really rates him. I really wanted him gone but we are stronger in 2019 then we were this year so i'm gonna wait to see what happens.

Re: Rumours 2 : Tue Dec 04, 2018 8:49 pm  

Heard a whisper that there's space for bringing in one more player, but no more than that, and no names.

Re: Rumours 2 : Tue Dec 04, 2018 10:10 pm  

Wasn't that already said by Price weeks ago?...or did Mamo take that space??

Re: Rumours 2 : Wed Dec 05, 2018 9:46 am  

MorePlaymakersNeeded wrote:

Heard a whisper that there's space for bringing in one more player, but no more than that, and no names.

Never thought I'd say this ... but I think we don't need any more at the moment.

Re: Rumours 2 : Wed Dec 05, 2018 10:57 am  

I'm guessing any players that come in now for 2019 would be 'squad fillers' rather than players we expect to take a first 17 shirt on a regular basis. For that reason I'd think we were better keeping our powder dry and seeing how the year shapes up with injuries, possibly look to add someone later in the year if we have a run of injuries in one specific position.

Re: Rumours 2 : Wed Dec 05, 2018 7:16 pm  

Or thane wrote:

I'm not a Fan of Brown and never have been, BUT we got to 2 finals with him in the halves. So he is bringing something to the team regardless of how i feel about him and price really rates him. I really wanted him gone but we are stronger in 2019 then we were this year so i'm gonna wait to see what happens.

We have managed only 6 tries in the last 4 finals we have played in, losing them all. The problem pre-dates Brown. We have had a creativity issue since Briers left, and this stems from the halves not being good enough.