Team of no stars ??? : Thu Aug 14, 2014 7:59 pm  

Sick of hearing this comment over the past few months.
Seriously, I'm watching the hull kr Wigan game and I honestly wouldn't swap Many if any of our players for theirs. To say they are favourites for the grand final is nonsense. Defo reputations are swaying the bookies. All on the C train!

Re: Team of no stars ??? : Thu Aug 14, 2014 10:03 pm  

I would take basically all their players under 25. Wigans youngsters will be a class act in a couple of years

Re: Team of no stars ??? : Fri Aug 15, 2014 9:29 am  

Personally, I quite like this tag - fits in with the whole underdog and united family ethos which has always suited us.

Invariably, "stars" are the Koukash-esque signings more affluent clubs tend to attain.

However, DP has perfectly illustrated this year that astute acquisitions and motivation - whilst nurturing homegrown talent - will always usurp a blank cheque book. Ie: Finn, Channing, Wheeldon, Mariano + Holmes, Massey, Clare et al.

Anyone fancy trading any of these next year for "stars"?

Best of all - most pundits and neutrals deem us as the most exciting team to watch. Ordinarily, with who we've lost and what we had to work with, we had no right to expect anything other than a gritty hardworking unit. Somehow, DP and DO have provided us with guts and glamour.

Re: Team of no stars ??? : Fri Aug 15, 2014 11:31 am  

They are stars in our eyes - that's all that matters.

Re: Team of no stars ??? : Fri Aug 15, 2014 5:02 pm  

boothdaz wrote:

Sick of hearing this comment over the past few months.
Seriously, I'm watching the hull kr Wigan game and I honestly wouldn't swap Many if any of our players for theirs. To say they are favourites for the grand final is nonsense. Defo reputations are swaying the bookies. All on the C train!

I bet you would take the skipper off their hands in a heartbeat .

Re: Team of no stars ??? : Fri Aug 15, 2014 8:19 pm  

Well here is one Wiganer who'll be shouting for you at Wembley I think Cas have been a breath of fresh air in Super League this season they've played some great rugby, I know Cas fans hate Wigan and I didn't like it when you burned our flag but you deserve the Challenge Cup, Good Luck

Re: Team of no stars ??? : Sat Aug 16, 2014 1:57 am  

Sunshine state wrote:

I didn't like it when you burned our flag

I missed this, when did this happen?

Re: Team of no stars ??? : Sat Aug 16, 2014 9:57 am  

Leeds Thirteen wrote:

I bet you would take the skipper off their hands in a heartbeat .

O'Loughlin? Nah, he's too injury prone now.

Plus we've beaten him and his team twice this season

Re: Team of no stars ??? : Sat Aug 16, 2014 1:34 pm  

Sunshine state wrote:

Well here is one Wiganer who'll be shouting for you at Wembley I think Cas have been a breath of fresh air in Super League this season they've played some great rugby, I know Cas fans hate Wigan and I didn't like it when you burned our flag but you deserve the Challenge Cup, Good Luck

Can't speak for all our fans, but I don't "hate" Wigan at all. There was some bad feeling for a while when we were relegated partially as a consequence of how your club reacted to adversity, but over the last few years it's been great watching your side and its commitment to youth development.

Also think a lot of bridges were rebuilt at this year's quarter final where your fans showed great dignity.

Now as for Leeds ... Don't get me started!

Re: Team of no stars ??? : Sat Aug 16, 2014 2:29 pm  

Wiggins warrior it was the year what Morrissey is on about when we escaped relegation,