Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Sun Jan 08, 2012 11:00 pm  

cadoo wrote:

Like who?

Larne Patrick, Tom Burgess, Liam Watts, even Eamon O'Carroll.

Hes no better than what we already have and thats not what we should be looking for when bringing someone in from the outside IMO.

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Mon Jan 09, 2012 11:33 am  

In regards to Gareth Thomas, someone asked Sam T on twitter if Gareth was coming working for Wigan and his reply is 'sort of yea'

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:58 pm  

FIOS wrote:

Larne Patrick, Tom Burgess, Liam Watts, even Eamon O'Carroll.

Hes no better than what we already have and thats not what we should be looking for when bringing someone in from the outside IMO.

Patrick and Burgess I've already given. I can see why you might say Watts, but he's tied to a contract with Hull KR and is going through some serious discipline issues at the moment. Completely disagree with Eamon O'carroll (who is also tied to a new contact). I think out of the props we've let go - Ben Davies is the one I would have liked to have kept.

I think it's about having the potential to be better than what we have in this instance. Is Tom Burgess better now than what we have? Mossop/Prescott/Lima/Fielden? No, but in the future he might well be. Larne Patrick - Hansen/Hock?

Some may argue Gil Dudson/Ben Flower/Lauaki are no better than what we had at the time, but we still signed them based on potential.

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:58 pm  

[quote="NickyKiss"]
I look at Flower and a bit like Faz and Tuson I worry about a lack of size but it's not the be all and end all.

Flower is 6ft and 17 stones apparently, this means the only difference between him and Lauaki-whose main attribute everyone keeps saying is his size-is two pounds in weight!
Maybe he looks smaller because he is always pictured next to Dudson

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Mon Jan 09, 2012 5:06 pm  

[quote="Dai Jones"]

I'd be amazed if Flower really is 17 stone. Looking at him I would have guessed 14 at most.

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Mon Jan 09, 2012 5:34 pm  

I don't see any reason why they'd lie about his weight?

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Mon Jan 09, 2012 9:36 pm  

He's the smallest 17 stoner I've seen.

Size isn't everything though as proven by Paul Gallen who's short but stocky and hammers people miles bigger then him.

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:11 pm  

Where has this come from about signing Tom Burgess? That would be one hell of a signing, but it won't happen.

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Tue Jan 10, 2012 8:40 am  

JWarriors wrote:

I don't see any reason why they'd lie about his weight?

They must by lying about one of either Dudson or Flowers weight as they have Dudson at 110kg and Flower 108kg.

Dudson is either significantly heavier than they have listed him at or Flower significantly lighter, personally I am guessing it to the the latter.

Regardless I am not too worried Flower has an excellent pedigree and clearly has something about him, whilst I do not think he is anything flashy, he will be the kind of player to put in the hard yards in the trenches when the going gets tough.

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Tue Jan 10, 2012 8:41 am  

Odem wrote:

Where has this come from about signing Tom Burgess? That would be one hell of a signing, but it won't happen.

Its simply speculation at the moment given he is out of contract at the end of the coming season.