Re: Crowther CONFIRMED TILL END OF 23 : Thu Jul 20, 2023 9:00 am  

ratticusfinch wrote:

You really need to look up irony in the dictionary

Nah the irony would be lost on him.

[Winslade's Offload]

Re: Crowther CONFIRMED TILL END OF 23 : Thu Jul 20, 2023 9:21 am  

Powell is simply 'plugging a hole' in the pack with Crowther rather than bringing in a permanent replacement so I don't think we need to be concerned that the youngsters are loosing an opportunity. Truth is, most of them will need to kick on quite a bit to get a regular spot in the team. In the meantime they will have to develop in the 'U21 team' ( currently mislabelled Reserves) until we hopefully secure a place in the top 6.

Re: Crowther CONFIRMED TILL END OF 23 : Thu Jul 20, 2023 9:26 am  

karetaker wrote:

Nah the irony would be lost on him.

Ironically I bought a thesaurus yesterday!

Back on the rugby your “investment” in all those props over the last few years really has proven to be shocking.

2 who didn’t want to be here, one well past his best with attitude issues one who was never really that good and then one who couldn’t get a game in a powederpuff Wigan pack.

Now you are having to recruit a player that wouldn’t get into the team at the bottom of the tables 17 even with a good few missing and has a history of fitness issues particularly around head knocks.

He’s a cracking lad and a great golfer so will fit in well at Wire.

Decent work ethic which will set him apart from most of your team.

I just find the whole thing very ironic.

Re: Crowther CONFIRMED TILL END OF 23 : Thu Jul 20, 2023 10:33 am  

Winslade's Offload wrote:

Powell is simply 'plugging a hole' in the pack with Crowther rather than bringing in a permanent replacement so I don't think we need to be concerned that the youngsters are loosing an opportunity. Truth is, most of them will need to kick on quite a bit to get a regular spot in the team. In the meantime they will have to develop in the 'U21 team' ( currently mislabelled Reserves) until we hopefully secure a place in the top 6.

Thank you. I always enjoy listening to your thoughts re. youngsters & their development, as you have an obvious grasp of what's going on. When I've watched the "Reserves" they do appear so young and the leap to SuperLeague looks physically huge.

Re: Crowther CONFIRMED TILL END OF 23 : Thu Jul 20, 2023 12:47 pm  

NSW wrote:

I didn’t mention Wigan in my post and was just chatting about Wire.

I post on here a fair bit as all my rugby mates are Wire fans so I have an interest, hopefully I add to the discussion rather than “trolling”.


I’d thought Wire had turned a corner young player wise, I remember signings like Bodene Thompson and Mitch Brown.

Thewlis, Wrench are doing great and have been getting consistent game time.

I just think it’s bang out of order to have a player sitting on the bench for the full 80 minutes. I understand it’s happened 7/8 times this year. Why not give them 10 minutes at some point?


I also think even if he’s not in the long term plans Riley Dean would have been helpful the last month or so.

Makes me giggle when you have to explain the content of your posts to some people

Re: Crowther CONFIRMED TILL END OF 23 : Thu Jul 20, 2023 1:00 pm  

One of the most ridiculous aspects of Wire recruitment has been signing props who are regularly getting suspended & who can only play in ten minute stints.

Re: Crowther CONFIRMED TILL END OF 23 : Thu Jul 20, 2023 1:30 pm  

Paullie wrote:

Makes me giggle when you have to explain the content of your posts to some people

Oh, I understood his post fully. I just pointed out the slight hypocrisy given his own team's recruitment news this week. People in glass houses and all that...

Re: Crowther CONFIRMED TILL END OF 23 : Thu Jul 20, 2023 3:17 pm  

AppleyBridgeWire wrote:

Oh, I understood his post fully. I just pointed out the slight hypocrisy given his own team's recruitment news this week. People in glass houses and all that...

So you are suggesting as I said we should go with a full team of kids at prop?

Walters 22, Byrne 23, Havard 22, Hill 19, Smithies 22, all already getting regular SL game time and will continue to even with old man Ellis 25 re signed.

Add to this we are letting Mago 28, Singleton 30 and Isa 34 go at the end of the year, we probably need more old heads to come in and support the development of our young pack.

If you are trying to compare Ellis with Crowther on ability….I can only assume you are not a good judge of rugby players or are being very ironic.

Re: Crowther CONFIRMED TILL END OF 23 : Thu Jul 20, 2023 4:15 pm  

jonh " one who couldn’t get a game in a powederpuff Wigan pack"

If you are referring to Bullock. I think he has done pretty well in a Warrington shirt and deserves more minutes in my view. He runs the ball up strongly and shows more enthusiasm than another ex-Wiganner, a certain Mr. Dudson.

Re: Crowther CONFIRMED TILL END OF 23 : Thu Jul 20, 2023 4:29 pm  

jonh"So you are suggesting as I said we should go with a full team of kids at prop?"

Nope - and how you got that from what I said, I don't know. In response to NSW criticising our youth policy as one which might "alienate" our youth players, I simply intended to point out that signing Ellis, who hasn't set the world on fire, on a 3 year deal might cause some disenchantment among the Wigan youth players. I also, in no way, wished to compare the relative abilities of Ellis and Crowther. If I'm honest, I can't recall ever seeing Crowther play. I've seen Ellis a few times and I though his performance in the CC against us was one of his better ones.

Of course, having to spell out every nuance of what you write can often take away from its effect.

Had I realised my comments were going to stretch your 3 GCSEs to bursting point, I might have kept my powder dry...