Re: Trying to pick a 17 for Saturday : Tue Apr 23, 2013 4:27 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Didn't we used to have another prop called Thompson? A big, fat lad who was half decent, who came from nowhere, played a few games and then left again?

I think we did

Re: Trying to pick a 17 for Saturday : Tue Apr 23, 2013 4:27 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Didn't we used to have another prop called Thompson? A big, fat lad who was half decent, who came from nowhere, played a few games and then left again?

Warren??

Re: Trying to pick a 17 for Saturday : Tue Apr 23, 2013 4:29 pm  

I've just been informed that a friend of mine coached Luke Thompson at school. Apparently he is a unit and has bags of potential. Tipped for a very big future indeed.

That's the mockers on him.....

Re: Trying to pick a 17 for Saturday : Tue Apr 23, 2013 4:35 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Didn't we used to have another prop called Thompson? A big, fat lad who was half decent, who came from nowhere, played a few games and then left again?

Sam Thompson.

Had a white flash in an otherwise head of black hair on the fringe.

Re: Trying to pick a 17 for Saturday : Tue Apr 23, 2013 4:45 pm  

BackrowSaint wrote:

Sam Thompson.

Had a white flash in an otherwise head of black hair on the fringe.

Aye. He was good going forward but he tended to look like he needed to go on an intravenous drip after one hit up.

Re: Trying to pick a 17 for Saturday : Tue Apr 23, 2013 5:44 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Didn't we used to have another prop called Thompson? A big, fat lad who was half decent, who came from nowhere, played a few games and then left again?

Warren Thompson; played in the cup against Featherstone. I liked the look of him as a player, short but very solid build, kinda similar to Walker. Warren is now at Rochdale with Gareth Frodsham.

Luke Thompson is an England Academy international who came up. I hadn't heard of him until a while ago unlike Percival, Savelio and Richards who have had big reputations for a while now. A late bloomer perhaps, given he is supposed to be a big lad maybe he has grown a bit in the last couple of years?

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Luke and all his family are Wigan season ticket holders. Wigan was his first choice but as he is not related to Andy Farrell he was rejected and Saints then got the sloppy seconds

Re: Trying to pick a 17 for Saturday : Tue Apr 23, 2013 5:46 pm  

Noel Cleal wrote:

Rogues Gallery wrote:Luke and all his family are Wigan season ticket holders. Wigan was his first choice but as he is not related to Andy Farrell he was rejected and Saints then got the sloppy seconds

Re: Trying to pick a 17 for Saturday : Tue Apr 23, 2013 5:48 pm  

Noel Cleal wrote:

Warren Thompson; played in the cup against Featherstone. I liked the look of him as a player, short but very solid build, kinda similar to Walker. Warren is now at Rochdale with Gareth Frodsham.

Luke Thompson is an England Academy international who came up. I hadn't heard of him until a while ago unlike Percival, Savelio and Richards who have had big reputations for a while now. A late bloomer perhaps, given he is supposed to be a big lad maybe he has grown a bit in the last couple of years?

Savelio must be due a call up soon.

Re: Trying to pick a 17 for Saturday : Tue Apr 23, 2013 5:53 pm  

BackrowSaint wrote: Sam Thompson. Had a white flash in an otherwise head of black hair on the fringe. Went to Widnes, then Quins, before getting a drug ban. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... g-ban.html

BackrowSaint wrote: Sam Thompson. Had a white flash in an otherwise head of black hair on the fringe. Went to Widnes, then Quins, before getting a drug ban. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... g-ban.html

Re: Trying to pick a 17 for Saturday : Tue Apr 23, 2013 7:09 pm  

Noel Cleal wrote: Went to Widnes, then Quins, before getting a drug ban. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... g-ban.html He's finished his ban then - sign him now !

Noel Cleal wrote: Went to Widnes, then Quins, before getting a drug ban. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... g-ban.html He's finished his ban then - sign him now !