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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Nov 17, 2014 12:49 pm  
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What was so important for Saints was finishing top and able to pick Catalan over Warrington.
IMO Warrington would have beaten St Helens in the semi final and the Grand Final would have been even more difficult for Wigan to win.


Very true. We were there for the taking with such a depleted, disjointed side.
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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Nov 17, 2014 1:32 pm  
RUMOURS AND SIGNINGS THREAD PEOPLE (inc those on my ignore list)

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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Nov 17, 2014 3:26 pm  
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Take the following players out of the Wigan squad to what Saints had out and would you have been favorites? Filling in with squad players.

SOL (Wilkin)
Smith (Walsh)
Green after 5 minutes (Hohaia)
Bowen (Lomax)

Wigan were only favorites for a reason, Saints had no organisers.

Bateman,
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Williams,
Hampshire.

Sure, I'd give it a go.
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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Nov 17, 2014 3:32 pm  
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Bateman,
Powell,
Williams,
Hampshire.

Sure, I'd give it a go.


All 4 of those are good players. But would Wigan be favourites if they had those 4 playing instead of Bowen, Green, Smith and O'Loughlin against a full-strength Saints side?
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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Nov 17, 2014 3:58 pm  
This isn't a Stains v Wigan measuring contest (we always win anyway so there's no point).

Can we keep it to rumours and signings please, thanks.
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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Nov 20, 2014 2:59 pm  
No sign of a half-back then.

Perhaps this is now business concluded for 2015.

I would have expected us to try and bring in an experienced old head similar to a Paul Deacon type organiser but could only see that happening at the right price.
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Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.

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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Nov 20, 2014 11:17 pm  
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No sign of a half-back then.

Perhaps this is now business concluded for 2015.

I would have expected us to try and bring in an experienced old head similar to a Paul Deacon type organiser but could only see that happening at the right price.

Smith is our organising half back, don't see the point in having two of them, what we need IMO is someone with a bit of a spark who can take the line on. Powell, Williams and Hampshire have all earned the right to compete for the stand off spot. No point at all in producing talented lads from our academy, giving them plenty SL gametime then just bringing in a signing anyway when a spot becomes available. Particularly as the opportunity to sign proven quality players is pretty slim anyway these days with the NRL cap being so much higher than ours
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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Fri Nov 21, 2014 7:21 am  
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Smith is our organising half back, don't see the point in having two of them, what we need IMO is someone with a bit of a spark who can take the line on. Powell, Williams and Hampshire have all earned the right to compete for the stand off spot. No point at all in producing talented lads from our academy, giving them plenty SL gametime then just bringing in a signing anyway when a spot becomes available. Particularly as the opportunity to sign proven quality players is pretty slim anyway these days with the NRL cap being so much higher than ours


We're still in an era were we can afford to give young lads a shot due to the overall quality of superleague being at a low point. By teams doing that hopefully the quality of the league (and the national side) will go up given time but at the minute these young lads can cope.

10-15 years back I'd have been very nervous throwing kids in to try and take on guys like Long, Martyn, Briers, Harris, Paul, Lam and so on but that quality isn't there at the moment. Saints have Walsh who is top class and Catalans have Carney but besides those two there isn't a single halfback in the league that really puts me on edge that these guys couldn't take them on. There's some good ones like Brough, Burns and Smith also but these lads are talented and will play behind a top pack including Sean O'Loughlin who helps take the pressure off.
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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Nov 25, 2014 9:11 am  
Cory Paterson has signed for Salford,another good addition to their pack.How much of a threat do people see them next year?
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Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.

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Most idiotic post ever goes to Grimmy..... The way to restart should be an arm wrestle between a designated player from each side.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Nov 25, 2014 11:43 am  
CobraCraig wrote:
Cory Paterson has signed for Salford,another good addition to their pack.How much of a threat do people see them next year?

I don't see them as a threat in terms of making the top 4 or beating us in a knockout game. They could upset us in a regular season fixture but then so could any Super League team
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