sally cinnamon wrote:
Nigel Vagana > Jason Roach
Toa Kohe-Love > Dale Cardoza
Martin Gleeson > Richie Mathers
Brett Hodgson > Kevin Penny
Joel Monaghan > Tom Lineham
Vagana was a centre with a number 6 on his back for Wire then then NRL came calling and he was off. So not really our choice to ship on.
I'd have thought Adam Doyle was Vagana's more horrifying like for like replacement.
(or Michael Eager who wasn't that bad but not in Vagana's class)
I thought Sid Domic was Toa's replacement in 2002, thats a debate for another day on who was the better of those two....
I'll never have a problem with shipping out Gleeson and bringing in Mathers he was visibly an improvement to the team both in enthusiasm and general play. we never looked back and then replaced him with an even better fullback. Gleeson might have won a grand final with Wigan that year but I'm not sure he was instrumental in their success and bombed out of the playing ranks shortly after.
Hodgson simply has never been replaced and listing Kevin Penny as his replacement is off the mark.
Similarly listing a 34 year old winger being replaced by a 23 year old exciting prospect isnt that bad, Monas was clearly on his last legs.
