: Sun Oct 04, 2009 9:40 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

Can you imagine Bill Slater in superleague It would just be plain cruel on the sides having to face him.

Just finished watching the Aussie Grand Final first half and Salter has been on fire. As for the new golden boy Hayne who told him he can kick!!! A terrible display from him in the first half.

Looked very nervous. Scary to think he might not make it into the Australia team, isn't it?

: Sun Oct 04, 2009 9:42 pm  

100% Warrior wrote:

:shock:

I don't quite believe it. A DISAGREEMENT that's ended PEACEFULLY??!!!




I need a lie down

When i comes to Long I’m not going to change anyone's mind on here so why argue.

Far to many people get wound up on here when someone disagrees with them.

: Sun Oct 04, 2009 9:45 pm  

Catalancs wrote:

Looked very nervous. Scary to think he might not make it into the Australia team, isn't it?

Too right aswell as guys like Brett Stewart, Trent Barrett, Cooper Cronk, Michael Jennings etc etc who probably won't be selected in the 17 yet would go down as English ledgends.

Our hopes lie fully in the pack.

: Sun Oct 04, 2009 9:47 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

Too right aswell as guys like Brett Stewart, Trent Barrett, Cooper Cronk, Michael Jennings etc etc who probably won't be selected in the 17 yet would go down as English ledgends.

Our hopes lie fully in the pack.

Hear about the young lad (from Halifax I think) who played full back in the Toyota Cup Grand Final. The Aussie posters were praising him and when Aussies praise a Brit you know he's a bit special.

: Sun Oct 04, 2009 9:53 pm  

thepriestman85 wrote:

When i comes to Long I’m not going to change anyone's mind on here so why argue.

Far to many people get wound up on here when someone disagrees with them.

I understood where you was coming from re-Long.

Maybe 2 seasons ago I'd of jumped at the oppurtunity to sign him for Wigan. As for now, well I'm not too sure. He certainly would direct us around the park, but would the Wigan crowd warm to him? Remains to be seen. Also as someone else said he has been quite poor this season.

We still could do with a 7 though IMO.

: Sun Oct 04, 2009 9:53 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

Too right aswell as guys like Brett Stewart, Trent Barrett, Cooper Cronk, Michael Jennings etc etc who probably won't be selected in the 17 yet would go down as English ledgends.

Our hopes lie fully in the pack.

And thats why we will never win

Their strength in depth in the backs is phenomenal and it doesn't bode well when you just look at the HB's

Barrett
Lockyer
Prince
Orford
Kimorley
Anasta
Thurston
Inglis


Each one is better than any of our backs.

: Sun Oct 04, 2009 9:55 pm  

thepriestman85 wrote:

And thats why we will never win

Their strength in depth in the backs is phenomenal and it doesn't bode well when you just look at the HB's

Barrett
Lockyer
Prince
Orford
Kimorley
Anasta
Thurston
Inglis


Each one is better than any of our backs.

They could have a million crackerjack half backs, but at the end of the day they can only play two of them.

: Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:00 pm  

100% Warrior wrote:

I understood where you was coming from re-Long.

Maybe 2 seasons ago I'd of jumped at the oppurtunity to sign him for Wigan. As for now, well I'm not too sure. He certainly would direct us around the park, but would the Wigan crowd warm to him? Remains to be seen. Also as someone else said he has been quite poor this season.

We still could do with a 7 though IMO.

There are defiantly better options out there but that's not to say Long would have been a bad option either.

I posted earlier about the depth there is in the NRL at HB so surely there has to be a player like Dobson playing in the reserves somewhere not getting game time?

Instead of looking for the likes of Orford lets look at players like Luke Walsh etc who will give a far better service to the club in the long run.

Lets try to find a long term partner for Sam.

Lets hope Maguire knows some good young talent out there.

: Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:03 pm  

Catalancs wrote:

They copuld have a million crackerjack half backs, but at the end of the day they can only play two of them.

But the difference is each one has to be on the top of their game as they know they have players like Barrett ready to step in.

Can the same really be said of ours?

I'm a firm believer that competition breads success.

The Aussies aren’t weak in any position in the backs which shows how far we have to go and how good we have to be on a one off day to beat them.

: Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:06 pm  

thepriestman85 wrote:

But the difference is each one has to be on the top of their game as they know they have players like Barrett ready to step in.
Can the same really be said of ours?
I'm a firm believer that competition breads success.
The Aussies aren’t weak in any position in the backs which shows how far we have to go and how good we have to be on a one off day to beat them.

The pressure is there and I'd love that to be the case with us. However like I said, they can only play two half backs at a time. Look at Jarryd Hayne this morning. Arguably the greatest player on Earth at the moment and he was well off his game. He himself admitted to overplaying it.
Billy Slater made some really poor decisions in the World Cup final and we all know what happened that day.
Even the best have off days.