Re: Warrington Pack : Thu Dec 30, 2010 8:40 am  

Saddened! wrote:

Has he balls. Keiron Cunningham would be Saints best player even if he didn't touch the ball or make a tackle in a game. His mere presence on the field made the 12 others perform better. The last couple of seasons Saints have shown we can look almost unbeatable with him on the field and absolutely shocking with him off it.

What utter nonsense. Roby was Saints' player of the year and players' player of the year in 2010 and deservedly so. He was miles better than Cunningham over the year - don't let a couple of emotional barge-over tries at the end of the season warp your perspective. Roby comprehensively outplayed KC in the GF too; KC was invisible.

Saddened! wrote:

On the positive side, having a second proper prop forward could make James Graham even better. If Perry and LMS can stay fit it could mean he gets rotated like a normal prop would.

I'm more interested in the effect signing LMS/Perry will have on our back rowers - with a bit more grunt up front, I expect TP and Wilkin will be far more dangerous in attack in 2011.

Re: Warrington Pack : Thu Dec 30, 2010 11:06 am  

I've thought Roby's been a much, much better played then KC for a few years as well. Just whenever Roby's been on the field (at Hooker) has usually coincided with prop rotation where Saints haven't really had decent 3rd/4th props for a couple of years.

Re: Warrington Pack : Sat Jan 01, 2011 10:30 am  

Yed wrote:

In Saints favour, they had a poor season in terms of injury yet finished 2nd with a supposed weak pack. I think Saints will be strong up front if they don't have the same injury situation.

Forgetting depth for one minute and just picking the 5 best men from each team. Then i'd have to agree that Saints have the top pack.

I'd say Wire are 2nd.

Morley runner up 2 years running for MoS
Monaghan is the leagues best hooker for me.
Anderson and Harrison are absolute monsters in defence and tire out the opposition with huge bone crunching hits.
Westwood is THE most underrated player in SL
Gaz Carvell seems to be our weakest link in the pack yet i'm sure the top clubs would take him.

The one thing no one can compete with Wigan though is the depth but if Wire and Saints keep their 1st players fit i wouldn't be too envious of Wigan

Harrison isn't as great defensively as people make out. We notice his big hit's but he misses alot of tackles.