Re: Brett Ferres : Wed Dec 02, 2015 9:37 am  

I can't see him being invited round to any of his new teammates houses for a barbie though - unless they're having a spit roast...

Re: Brett Ferres : Wed Dec 02, 2015 10:24 am  

Biff Tannen wrote:

Those thinking an England international in his prime can't even hold his own in the NRL are off their rockers imo, and just another example of over egging that comp. good as it obviously is.

This!! Our top line forwards have proved time and again they can go over there and not only compete but be better than most of their counterparts throughout the comp. What we now need is some backs to go and prove it too. Burgess is a start but we need someone like Kallum Watkins to go. Who for me has the potential to be the best centre in the world but wont do it looking a star agianst weaker super league clubs Leeds fans wont like it but for me he needs to have the intensity to sharpen up his concentration skills to really step up to being truly world class

Re: Brett Ferres : Wed Dec 02, 2015 11:53 am  

JonB95 wrote:

Rewarded for bonking his team mates wife with a dream move to the NRL, couldn't make it up

Actually sounds like the world of Football management where the Tic Tac gets you paid out of a lucrative contract only to join the merry go round and become the new Messiah at another club. The only difference is you get rewarded for failure.

Re: Brett Ferres : Wed Dec 02, 2015 12:23 pm  

thepimp007 wrote:

This!! Our top line forwards have proved time and again they can go over there and not only compete but be better than most of their counterparts throughout the comp. What we now need is some backs to go and prove it too. Burgess is a start but we need someone like Kallum Watkins to go. Who for me has the potential to be the best centre in the world but wont do it looking a star agianst weaker super league clubs Leeds fans wont like it but for me he needs to have the intensity to sharpen up his concentration skills to really step up to being truly world class

Kallum Watkins - easily the most overrated player in that Leeds team and looks badly out of place in the England set-up, in an ideal world he needs to improve his game considerably to be an International class player, however such is the weakness in that department for English players he'll be in every single selection.

Re: Brett Ferres : Wed Dec 02, 2015 1:28 pm  

I think the main thing Watkins had going for him was being considered to be slightly better than Cudjoe...

Re: Brett Ferres : Wed Dec 02, 2015 1:31 pm  

Anyway, having seen so many of our forwards head for the NRL, I'm far from sure I want an exodus of our backs too, in the hope that it *might* slightly improve the England side.

We've already just lost arguably the best three-quarter in SL to the NRL; do we really want to see more go?

Re: Brett Ferres : Wed Dec 02, 2015 3:46 pm  

moto748 wrote:

We've already just lost arguably the best three-quarter in SL to the NRL

Whose that then?

Re: Brett Ferres : Wed Dec 02, 2015 10:38 pm  

moto748 wrote:

Anyway, having seen so many of our forwards head for the NRL, I'm far from sure I want an exodus of our backs too, in the hope that it *might* slightly improve the England side.

We've already just lost arguably the best three-quarter in SL to the NRL; do we really want to see more go?

Joe Burgess?? Really? ?

Re: Brett Ferres : Wed Dec 02, 2015 10:51 pm  

moto748 wrote:

Anyway, having seen so many of our forwards head for the NRL, I'm far from sure I want an exodus of our backs too, in the hope that it *might* slightly improve the England side.

We've already just lost arguably the best three-quarter in SL to the NRL; do we really want to see more go?

You dropped these mate..

Re: Brett Ferres : Wed Dec 02, 2015 10:54 pm  

ChampagneSuperRovers wrote:

Kallum Watkins - easily the most overrated player in that Leeds team and looks badly out of place in the England set-up, in an ideal world he needs to improve his game considerably to be an International class player, however such is the weakness in that department for English players he'll be in every single selection.

Crikey, do they put something in the water over in Hull?