Irregular Hoops wrote:

Really good result for us. You really turned up to play and played some good stuff, fair play to you.
Peet and Briers have improved your style of rugby no end.
Like how Cust plays, great signing.

Still think you'll beat Saints at the end of the year.

Dont say that mate Stains fans will come on and explain why you are wrong in great detail

Egg Chasing wrote:

Speak to league fans in Oz and Reynolds is a 'grub' Connor is one of those characters that exists because you can no longer throw a punch.

Every club has them.

Reynolds as i see it was signed to be the ying to Marc Snyeds yang one mr clean one mr grub ? we get that but not the quality or consistency expected of a NRL halfback imo . as for jake the snake (love him) but he is OTT sometimes, however i have watched FC since 1978 and jakes ball handling abilities are among the best ive seen and ive seen Norton Sterling Akoui Hasler Toppo Entat Macky Smith week on week . as for wiggy the ego cant stand him never wanted him and taking a season out because i cant stomach watching him lead my club

NickyKiss wrote:

See, you’re letting rugby get in the way of the discussion. We’re not on about that, we’ve covered it, they both played and helped you guys to a deserved win. Go on, be brave and give me you’re honest opinion, do you think they carry themselves well on the field? I’ve put them in a category with James Bentley above, what are your thoughts on Bentley?

I respect characters like James Roby, Danny Houghton, Tommy Leuluai, Alex Walmsley, Morgan Knowles, Manu Ma’u, Liam Farrell, Johnny Lomax, Daryl Clark etc. Quality players, tough, honest, competitive and decent. Reynolds was run out of Oz and Connor can’t get in the England squad, even though he’s plenty talented enough, go figure!

you did know the current England coach while coaching wigan had his international lads tapping jake up to join them on the denver international with NZ ? in all honesty jake is the perfect backs sub for England he can play 1-7 and 13 at a push + he`s a game changer as we saw in the game mentioned he replaced a blunt lomax that day scored one made one and has never had a bad game in an England shirt

jools wrote:

Yeah but bet they won’t ban a player for the final.

They've got previous for it - Sione Mata'utia

classov78 wrote:

you did know the current England coach while coaching wigan had his international lads tapping jake up to join them on the denver international with NZ ? in all honesty jake is the perfect backs sub for England he can play 1-7 and 13 at a push + he`s a game changer as we saw in the game mentioned he replaced a blunt lomax that day scored one made one and has never had a bad game in an England shirt

I’d potentially pick him based on talent but you’re going to need to run any selection by senior players and see if they feel you can have harmony with a character like that involved. They may well say yes but it’s possibly quite complex. I get the feeling Jack Welsby may take any utility back position ahead of him.

He's just one of those players that his own teams fans love and everybody else hates. Won't be the last, and definitely isn't the first. Heard that he was pretty close to signing for Wigan as a lad. He might be a bit more popular on here if he had.

I can see that he isn't a Wane type of player and,as such, is unlikely to play for England soon