Re: what went wrong : Mon Jul 28, 2014 4:50 pm  

sergeant pepper wrote:

And here comes the deadbeats of RL. They'd rather see a poor product, that's in constant decline as long as it means Wigan dont win. Anyone that moans about the standard is just a poor loser.

Doesn't matter about FACTS such as the above as long as Wigan didn't win and the trolls can have thier cheap digs.

So, aside from the fact that you had an off day and your team of wunder kids lost to championship fodder, what was so bad with the game compared to, say, a bottom of the table clash 10 years ago?

Re: what went wrong : Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:32 pm  

meast wrote:

except ferris (?) did play for bradford 10 years ago and crabtree turned down the chance to go leeds and saints IIRC

and I'm fairly sure we would have taken Brough in the halves over Danny Orr! I love how he leaves out most of the actual superstars of our game and goes mainly for players who are at best on the fringes of England selection. Here's a list of 13 legit superstars who would have still been big names had they played 10 years ago

1 Hardaker
2 Monaghan
3 Charnley
4 Watkins
5 Hall
6 Brough
7 Walsh
8 Hill
9 Roby
10 Peacock
11 Hock
12 Westwood
13 O'Loughlin

Re: what went wrong : Mon Jul 28, 2014 6:54 pm  

Grimmy wrote:

and I'm fairly sure we would have taken Brough in the halves over Danny Orr! I love how he leaves out most of the actual superstars of our game and goes mainly for players who are at best on the fringes of England selection. Here's a list of 13 legit superstars who would have still been big names had they played 10 years ago

1 Hardaker
2 Monaghan
3 Charnley
4 Watkins
5 Hall
6 Brough
7 Walsh
8 Hill
9 Roby
10 Peacock
11 Hock
12 Westwood
13 O'Loughlin

Really unsure if you are being sarcastic with the above selection or if it finally proves that you don't have a clue.

Charnley in the centre really? I'm talking about guys like Gleeson, Lyon, Senior or Renouf and you put a current winger in at 3? Does that not simply prove the point i'm trying to make? I've named 4 legends and you've named a winger.

You think Brough is on the level of Lam, Long or Trent? Do you really believe that? Heck Walsh is a good player but he's not as good as the above.

Westwood, Hill or Hock? Again struggling to see why you would bring these guys up when i'm talking about Ellis, Faz and Scully. Even the best players in your pack of Peacock, Roby or Lockers aren't as good as what we had 10 years ago.

Serious question - Do you honestly think the game today is as good as what it was 10 years ago?

Re: what went wrong : Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:14 pm  

sergeant pepper wrote:

Really unsure if you are being sarcastic with the above selection or if it finally proves that you don't have a clue.

Charnley in the centre really? I'm talking about guys like Gleeson, Lyon, Senior or Renouf and you put a current winger in at 3? Does that not simply prove the point i'm trying to make? I've named 4 legends and you've named a winger.

You think Brough is on the level of Lam, Long or Trent? Do you really believe that? Heck Walsh is a good player but he's not as good as the above.

Westwood, Hill or Hock? Again struggling to see why you would bring these guys up when i'm talking about Ellis, Faz and Scully. Even the best players in your pack of Peacock, Roby or Lockers aren't as good as what we had 10 years ago.

Serious question - Do you honestly think the game today is as good as what it was 10 years ago?

No I don't think SL is as good as it was, mainly because the salary cap hasn't increased meaning guys like S.Tomkins, Graham and the Burgess' leave and the better NRL players aren't coming over. We still have some stars though who would have played in any SL team 10 years ago and I think it's daft to ignore them just to suit your point

Re: what went wrong : Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:30 pm  

Grimmy wrote:

No I don't think SL is as good as it was, mainly because the salary cap hasn't increased meaning guys like S.Tomkins, Graham and the Burgess' leave and the better NRL players aren't coming over. We still have some stars though who would have played in any SL team 10 years ago and I think it's daft to ignore them just to suit your point

It's not ignoring them. They are decent players but aren't in the elite bracket so why mention them. There's only really Roby or Hall who deserve to be mentioned.

Another pointless argument on this forum with people being pedantic over minute details. We both agree SL is declining but instead of just agreeing you want to instead put forward a pointless list of players including a winger at Centre!

Head in the sand springs to mind.

Re: what went wrong : Fri Aug 01, 2014 8:58 pm  

loiner81 wrote:

Oh no, did you lose?

Oh dear, oh dear .... can someone check on our mate from Yarkshire ...... lol !

Re: what went wrong : Fri Aug 01, 2014 9:08 pm  

loiner81 wrote:

So, aside from the fact that you had an off day and your team of wunder kids lost to championship fodder, what was so bad with the game compared to, say, a bottom of the table clash 10 years ago?

Your first team lost to Championship fodder!

Re: what went wrong : Sat Aug 02, 2014 9:44 am  

MattyB wrote:

Your first team lost to Championship fodder!

At home !!!!!!