How good was Charnley? : Mon Mar 13, 2023 11:46 am  

Been awarded testimonial. Looked a world beater before RU to me. Talking all time greats. Never quite happened. How will Wire fans remember him?

Re: How good was Charnley? : Mon Mar 13, 2023 11:59 am  

he has been a 'good' super league winger.

he does plenty of hard yards, has a good try scoring record.. finishes well.

Defence can be a bit iffy though.

Not sure he ever looked like a world beater... He did look decent when he burst on the scene... happens to loads of wingers though doesn't it.

Re: How good was Charnley? : Mon Mar 13, 2023 12:17 pm  

Pretty sure he got on a lot of people’s nerves with the constant trying to win penalties, referee’s got on to that a long time back, he was in the end just slowing the play down, good finisher though.

Re: How good was Charnley? : Mon Mar 13, 2023 12:22 pm  

He's playing very well for Leigh apparently, bound to have a blinder on Friday.

Re: How good was Charnley? : Mon Mar 13, 2023 12:35 pm  

One of only 3 players to score 200+ super league tries(despite time away playing union)tells you how good a player he was/still is.

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: How good was Charnley? : Mon Mar 13, 2023 12:41 pm  

Shabino wrote:

Been awarded testimonial. Looked a world beater before RU to me. Talking all time greats. Never quite happened. How will Wire fans remember him?

decent player, good finisher, deffo what we needed when we signed him, scored less tries as price's tenure went on, became subject of grief from crap fans who didn't like him from his wigan days, he got boo'd something rotten in the pre-season game.

tbh i think we had a decent pair of wingers in charnley and lineham for a period,

Re: How good was Charnley? : Mon Mar 13, 2023 1:08 pm  

Was and still is a great finisher. Has a flew flaws, mainly slowing his own team down with the aforementioned 'beached fish' routine, flopping about on the ground trying to win a penalty instead of playing the ball.

I think he would have been brilliant if he'd played under Powell five years ago when we first signed him, but now he's towards the end of his career I think we can spend some of his cap space on more important areas, and Ashton is just reaching his prime.

Charnley's finishes last week for Leigh against HKR were a joy to watch though. I just hope he doesn't get a chance to show off against us.

Re: How good was Charnley? : Mon Mar 13, 2023 2:24 pm  

My overriding memory of Charnley, with always be the water bath win at Castleford, where he water glided about 15ft.

Re: How good was Charnley? : Mon Mar 13, 2023 2:47 pm  

Good finisher, good pace, does all the defensive and returning the ball parts of his role to an 8/10 level.

He doesn't really create any tries of his own though; meanwhile we currently have two wingers who can do that, so I don't necessarily miss him.

Re: How good was Charnley? : Mon Mar 13, 2023 3:31 pm  

Currently topping SL meters gained chart at 745m and a try a game. I liked him. Completely wasted under Price. https://www.superleague.co.uk/stats/player-stats

Currently topping SL meters gained chart at 745m and a try a game. I liked him. Completely wasted under Price. https://www.superleague.co.uk/stats/player-stats