Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Thu Jun 15, 2023 1:20 pm  

bonaire wrote:

Apart from Swift he is still our best wing.Hope he stays and gets fully fit

Absolutely miles better than mcintosh and Scott

Didn't look out of place for fiji either

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Thu Jun 15, 2023 1:25 pm  

B0NES wrote:

England International

Boggles my mind how he got a England call up

Average at best

And esp the quality we've had at centre over the years ( not Bateman ) was a richard Horne on the wing moment that ! Madness

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Thu Jun 15, 2023 1:55 pm  

Thetalentboy wrote:

Boggles my mind how he got a England call up

Average at best

And esp the quality we've had at centre over the years ( not Bateman ) was a richard Horne on the wing moment that ! Madness

Yet you use international caps to judge Houghton.

You can't have it both ways.

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Thu Jun 15, 2023 4:45 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

Yet you use international caps to judge Houghton.

You can't have it both ways.

Mike drop... boom!

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Fri Jun 16, 2023 4:25 pm  

B0NES wrote:

England International

2 caps, one against France and I think other the Allstars? Not exactly massive standard.

Still done well after a nervous start at FC and then some disciplinary issues (he was a passenger in the Wakefield drink driving crash years ago)

Overall cant see the point of this signing.

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Fri Jun 16, 2023 4:43 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

Yet you use international caps to judge Houghton.

You can't have it both ways.

But lynne is at Wakefield who will always be a struggle punching above their weight

Houghton has "won" man of steel on tackle 52 100% hasn't close to international call up ( ellis was our best player by a country mile that year )

He's no where near roby, clark level

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Fri Jun 16, 2023 5:33 pm  

It’s not “won” it’s won

You do know it was voted for by other people?
He didn’t award himself it.

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Sat Jun 17, 2023 9:10 am  

Thetalentboy wrote:

But lynne is at Wakefield who will always be a struggle punching above their weight

Houghton has "won" man of steel on tackle 52 100% hasn't close to international call up ( ellis was our best player by a country mile that year )

He's no where near roby, clark level

People don’t ‘just’ win man of steel.

Roby is a freak player. There won’t be many that come close to his skill and longevity. Clarke? Good player, better than Houghton but only because he’s quicker.

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Sat Jun 17, 2023 4:53 pm  

The more I see of Dwyer the more im not bothered he is going, also Houghton has really upped his game and deserves another year.

Forwards are of course the big priority now, we need size from somewhere

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Sat Jun 17, 2023 4:55 pm  

If we keep Savelio & Griffin we need to look at getting 2X big overseas props and a hooker.