Re: Our 2015 Squad : Tue Nov 25, 2014 8:32 pm  

rubber duckie wrote:

He has excellent vision, great hands, kicks well and steps off both feet.

He may well have, but how do you know this? I've watch all of his professional games for Saints and I don't honestly know the first thing about him as a player bar that he's got a step. I don't know how fast he is, can't remember ever seeing him make a long run. I don't remember ever seeing him kick much either, so wouldn't be able to form an opinion on that either. He spent most of his gametime at Saints playing centre and in 80 minutes he'd be on stats like 5 tackles, 4 runs and 18 metres. He's never done it for Saints in the first team, so bar at the HJ this season, how do you know he's as good as you say? Where and when have you seen him doing these things?

Re: Our 2015 Squad : Tue Nov 25, 2014 10:44 pm  

There's fans on here still saying similar things about Bridge.
Sometimes woods lie beyond the trees.

[Winslade's Offload]

Re: Our 2015 Squad : Wed Nov 26, 2014 7:53 am  

SM: Tony, now that you have decided to stick with GOB in the halves we have a fair bit of Cap space left over. Anybody else you want ?

TS: Well you know me Simon, I quite like a punt every now and then. I was thinking of Gary Wheeler from Saints.

SM: I don't think I have seen him play, is he any good ?

TS: No, I don't think anyone at Saints has seen him play either, but I think he has got bags of potential.

SM: Ok, but only a 1 year contract and make sure his medical insurance is fully up to date.

Re: Our 2015 Squad : Wed Nov 26, 2014 10:47 am  

SLS wrote:

Warrington fans....don't you just love them.


your desperate search for relevancy. Mid fifties was your last one wasn't it ?

One Warrington fan. Everyone else seems to think he'll be a useful squad player if he's fit.

As a nipper, I seem to remember watching us finish top of the pile in 1973 and winning almost all of the available trophies in 1974. We've won three of the last six Challenge Cups and were league leaders in 2011. There are three or four teams capable of winning the Grand Final - we are one of them. Ask Man City fans how likely they thought it was five years ago that they would win the Premier League in their lifetime.

Re: Our 2015 Squad : Wed Nov 26, 2014 10:47 pm  

SLS wrote:

Warrington fans....don't you just love them.

Gary Wheeler was the 'most talented player' at St Helens and is another example of Saints searching for a 'quick fix'.



You've got to laugh.

Brilliant stuff. Wheeler was full of potential before it became apparent that he lacks professionalism and can't play more than two games in a row. Needless to say, his first team appearances reflect his ethic. Further than that, this is just another example of the food chain: player not good enough for big club being allowed to leave to sign at lesser club that hopes they can pull off a miracle. No different to Carl Forster winding up at Salford.

Good luck convincing yourselves that you've pulled off a wowser. You haven't and in time you'll crack on without him in your desperate search for relevancy. Mid fifties was your last one wasn't it ?

Crackpots.

Poor. Very poor.

Try harder.

Re: Our 2015 Squad : Thu Nov 27, 2014 8:04 am  

Vespid_Wire wrote:

Poor. Very poor.

Try harder.

I suspect that is as good as it gets....

Re: Our 2015 Squad : Thu Nov 27, 2014 11:53 am  

SLS wrote:

Warrington fans....don't you just love them.

Gary Wheeler was the 'most talented player' at St Helens and is another example of Saints searching for a 'quick fix'.



You've got to laugh.

Brilliant stuff. Wheeler was full of potential before it became apparent that he lacks professionalism and can't play more than two games in a row. Needless to say, his first team appearances reflect his ethic. Further than that, this is just another example of the food chain: player not good enough for big club being allowed to leave to sign at lesser club that hopes they can pull off a miracle. No different to Carl Forster winding up at Salford.

Good luck convincing yourselves that you've pulled off a wowser. You haven't and in time you'll crack on without him in your desperate search for relevancy. Mid fifties was your last one wasn't it ?

Crackpots.

Some people are masters at taking one post and spinning it into vitriolic generalisations of the most idiotic kind. This is a good example.