Re: Players that we've signed that just weren't right : Fri Nov 27, 2015 9:06 am  

Have we all forgotten Big Roy already and his role model Big Paul? tbh though Currier was an absolute stinker!

Re: Players that we've signed that just weren't right : Fri Nov 27, 2015 5:22 pm  

Dave Myers from Widnes - was meant to be a wunderkind but turned about to be a lazy waster.

Andy Currier - still makes me shudder to remeber him even now!

Re: Players that we've signed that just weren't right : Fri Nov 27, 2015 5:24 pm  

Currier was good for Widnes but cr@p for us - especially as he was signed after the boards botched negotiations with Allan Bateman.

Re: Players that we've signed that just weren't right : Fri Nov 27, 2015 6:23 pm  

Many of these were bad signings but how many had this effect BEFORE they had pulled on the shirt?

Re: Players that we've signed that just weren't right : Fri Nov 27, 2015 7:05 pm  

Chris O'Sullivan - bone idle on a big wage
Terry Day - bucket full of tries for Hull. Did he score for us
Paul Younane - Our first signing after the Aussie embargo was lifted - useless
Craig Tietzel - Proof that Sir Les was never a talent scout
Currier - Words fail me
Bruce McGuire - Not bad, just never hit the heights he did at Sheffield
Fat Francis Maloney - waste of a talent
The Jackson Bros - One of them got a GF winning try. Struggled in our A-Team

There's a long list

Re: Players that we've signed that just weren't right : Sat Nov 28, 2015 10:01 am  

I also found it odd at the time when we signed Brian Carney.

He was a player I really liked, but after his "retirement" and excursion to RU I was shocked we he came to us.

Just wonder how it might have worked out had he not had the arm break after 4 games and continued playing, rather than going into the backroom staff.

Re: Players that we've signed that just weren't right : Sun Nov 29, 2015 1:22 am  

Am really surprised nobody has mentioned Gary Wheeler. One of the oddest signings ever for me.

Re: Players that we've signed that just weren't right : Sun Nov 29, 2015 9:35 am  

Steve Blakeley - Looked great for Salford, but didn't look right with us. Played 10 games and then returned to Salford.
Matt Rodwell - He shouldn't have reconsidered his retirement, his heart wasn't in it due to coming off a poor season, and he was injured.
Neil Parsley
Adam Fogerty
Anthony "Doc" Murray
Mateaki Mafi - signed because he was a sprinter, he couldn't defend though.
Kevin Crouthers
Leroy Rivett
Darryl Cardiss
Anthony Swann
Manoa Thompson
Taylor Welch
John Wilshere - Just couldn't get himself fit for 1st team, and I then saw him play awful in the reserves. Went on to do alright for Leigh and Salford.

Carvell and Fozzard changed initial opinions on their injury records.

Re: Players that we've signed that just weren't right : Sun Nov 29, 2015 10:58 am  

Builth Wells Wire wrote:

Adrian Morleys brother ... Chris

Exactly what I thought.
We got him only because Saints didn't want him not because we did.

Re: Players that we've signed that just weren't right : Sun Nov 29, 2015 11:01 am  

I always felt Reg Bowden player/coach wasn't right either.

I do however credit him for putting together the foundation of the best Wire pack I ever saw.