Re: Dec Patton : Wed Aug 28, 2019 7:50 pm  

A Patton amnesty it is.

Especially delighted for all the Warringtonian lads. What a dream come true. As sally cinnamon said, he's achieved something we forum folk could only ever dream of. Fair play.

Re: Dec Patton : Thu Aug 29, 2019 7:50 am  

I thought he had a decent final. The only mistake I recall being when he booted the ball out on the full from within his own 20 gifting Saints their try.

Re: Dec Patton : Thu Aug 29, 2019 2:22 pm  

Wires71 wrote:

I thought he had a decent final. The only mistake I recall being when he booted the ball out on the full from within his own 20 gifting Saints their try.

...and that was on the back of the forwards not being able to get out of their own 20 and a saints player being wrapped around Dec at the time of his kick.

Re: Dec Patton : Thu Aug 29, 2019 2:35 pm  

Dec is staying to fight for a place in team in 2020 rumor has it. Hope it's correct as think he's not done a lot wrong in his career with us and gets a lot of pressure put on him being a home town lad.

Re: Dec Patton : Thu Aug 29, 2019 2:57 pm  

Well on Saturdays performance....that was better than anything Smith has shown currently.
Although I'm very aware he hasn't had a gelling period.

Re: Dec Patton : Thu Aug 29, 2019 3:19 pm  

Does that mean we have signed Anthony then?

[Winslade's Offload]

Re: Dec Patton : Thu Aug 29, 2019 3:19 pm  

eddieH wrote:

Dec is staying to fight for a place in team in 2020 rumor has it. Hope it's correct as think he's not done a lot wrong in his career with us and gets a lot of pressure put on him being a home town lad.

That could be true, but next year we will have Widdop and Austin in the halves so unless there is an injury, Patton would only get a run when one of the other two was being rested. And even then he will be in competition for that with Riley Dean. Even though we will have the reserves next season, I would have thought Patton would prefer to look for another club where he is guaranteed a first team game. Of course that would mean his new club would need to stump up the ££ (or player exchange). Perhaps Toronto, if they get promoted ?

Re: Dec Patton : Thu Aug 29, 2019 3:55 pm  

Offiah was all over Patton following the cup presentation like a wasp in a vineyard.

Re: Dec Patton : Thu Aug 29, 2019 4:49 pm  

As far as I am aware Patton has a year to run on his contract (not that it counts for much these days). At the start of 2019 he was the third choice halfback who was being utilised off the bench as cover / interchange dummy half. With Widdop and Austin as first choice halfbacks next year he'll be back in the same position. Maybe being understudy to Austin, Widdop and Clark playing for your home town club with at least one winner's medal in the draw and with a real chance to win silverware in 2020 isn't such an unattractive proposition.

Re: Dec Patton : Thu Aug 29, 2019 5:04 pm  

St Helens Wolf wrote:

As far as I am aware Patton has a year to run on his contract (not that it counts for much these days). At the start of 2019 he was the third choice halfback who was being utilised off the bench as cover / interchange dummy half. With Widdop and Austin as first choice halfbacks next year he'll be back in the same position. Maybe being understudy to Austin, Widdop and Clark playing for your home town club with at least one winner's medal in the draw and with a real chance to win silverware in 2020 isn't such an unattractive proposition.

I think this is right. People will spend the off-season bellowing 'he isn't first-choice! Send him to Rochdale!'

In practice he will play 12-15 games, and more if either Austin or Widdop gets a major injury.