Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:12 am  

MattyB wrote:

When was the last time we signed a first class prop who then gave us:

Big metres per drive. 10-15m+
Long minutes in a game 40mins+
High tackle count with low error rate.

?

Good point.

Who are the big signings at prop that you think we have missed out on? (first class props) particularly ones made by our main rivals?

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:43 am  

MattyB wrote:

When was the last time we signed a first class prop who then gave us:

Big metres per drive. 10-15m+
Long minutes in a game 40mins+
High tackle count with low error rate.

?

Craig Smith maybe? Fielden could at Bradford when we signed him but didn’t really produce what was expected. Coley was a solid signing but not sure he averaged 10 plus meters.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:21 am  

Pemps wrote:

We also had Shaun Edwards, Andy Gregory & Frano Botica in the team when Robinson broke through.

Correct, but Robinson at the time he broke into the first team squad had a bad atitude which was straightened out by Tuigamala who was a strong Christian and which, a short time later resulted in Robinson also becoming a strong Christian.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:22 am  

CobraCraig wrote:

Craig Smith maybe? Fielden could at Bradford when we signed him but didn’t really produce what was expected. Coley was a solid signing but not sure he averaged 10 plus meters.

I agree with the general point about us not having a good record with props, but no prop literally averages 10+ metres a game on a regular basis in SL. Not these days anyway, maybe in the past when the ruck was quicker. Now they're only really going to manage that in the odd game where their metres are bumped up by a break which increases the average gain.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Jan 20, 2021 10:57 am  

Ruddy Duck wrote:

Robinson also becoming a strong Christian.

When it suits him he is.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Jan 20, 2021 11:18 pm  

dany1979 wrote:

We are usually pretty good at doing our homework on players which is why the signing of Burgess is so perplexing.

Really? One or two of these slipped through the net then....... Andy Powell, Wayne McDonald, Ben Cross, Epalahame Lauaki to name a few!

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Jan 21, 2021 12:52 am  

wigginswarrior wrote:

Really? One or two of these slipped through the net then....... Andy Powell, Wayne McDonald, Ben Cross, Epalahame Lauaki to name a few!

I’d imagine they were not on the kind of money that George Burgess is currently on which is why it’s such a stinger.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Jan 21, 2021 11:57 am  

wigginswarrior wrote:

Really? One or two of these slipped through the net then....... Andy Powell, Wayne McDonald, Ben Cross, Epalahame Lauaki to name a few!

Not forgetting the most destructive forward in the league who nobody had ever really heard of.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Jan 21, 2021 6:07 pm  

wigginswarrior wrote:

Really? One or two of these slipped through the net then....... Andy Powell, Wayne McDonald, Ben Cross, Epalahame Lauaki to name a few!

I genuinely don’t remember Ben Cross or Wayne McDonald playing for us. I’ve had to look it up!

You could probably add Gabe Hamlin to that list. If only he hadn’t have been such a tool he’d be really handy for us right now. Though saying that his ban expires next month...

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Jan 21, 2021 7:14 pm  

He would probably have been back home by now