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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed May 04, 2016 7:08 pm  
this team reminds me of 2009. A good team who is poorly coached and not fulfilling its potential. Its needs a shake up like we got when madge arrived.
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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed May 04, 2016 7:53 pm  
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this team reminds me of 2009. A good team who is poorly coached and not fulfilling its potential. Its needs a shake up like we got when madge arrived.


Pieman. You say we need a shake up, well maybe I can start it.

Tonight I have been informed by an old (older than me) Warrington season ticket holder that Matty Smith is destined for Saints. He is a bloke who seems to be very close to what is going on at various clubs behind the scenes.
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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed May 04, 2016 7:56 pm  
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this team reminds me of 2009. A good team who is poorly coached and not fulfilling its potential. Its needs a shake up like we got when madge arrived.


Reminds me more of 2005 only with much better quality players to come back from injury and a much better spirit amongst the players.

Wayne Bennett would struggle to make a side missing it's full starting pack on occasions, it's pivots most of the season and a whole host of other strike players at varying points look well coached.
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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed May 04, 2016 8:40 pm  
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Pieman. You say we need a shake up, well maybe I can start it.

Tonight I have been informed by an old (older than me) Warrington season ticket holder that Matty Smith is destined for Saints. He is a bloke who seems to be very close to what is going on at various clubs behind the scenes.


That won't be happening mate.
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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed May 04, 2016 8:53 pm  
I can't imagine

a) That Wigan would let Smith go without a replacement all lined up, and

b) Frankly, that Saints would want him back.

Didn't he sign a new deal quite recently?
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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu May 05, 2016 10:30 am  
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Pieman. You say we need a shake up, well maybe I can start it.

Tonight I have been informed by an old (older than me) Warrington season ticket holder that Matty Smith is destined for Saints. He is a bloke who seems to be very close to what is going on at various clubs behind the scenes.

No chance, no top half SL club would want him, nor quite a few in the bottom half IMO.
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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu May 05, 2016 11:25 am  
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this team reminds me of 2009. A good team who is poorly coached and not fulfilling its potential. Its needs a shake up like we got when madge arrived.


If we had our good team actually on the pitch I might agree!

But it's hard to criticise Wane too much considering the players actually available to pick.

I do think that whoever is in charge of recruitment does need a shake up though.

We identified 3 years ago we needed more size up front and have done absolutely nothing to fix that.

We're also going too far down the route of local boys and project players forgetting that the odd star player is also needed - not least to put bums on seats and create talk in the pubs.
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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu May 05, 2016 11:39 am  
stillinthepast wrote:
Pieman. You say we need a shake up, well maybe I can start it.

Tonight I have been informed by an old (older than me) Warrington season ticket holder that Matty Smith is destined for Saints. He is a bloke who seems to be very close to what is going on at various clubs behind the scenes.


A Matty Smith move to Saints wouldn't surprise me at all. I've not heard anything recently but I know for a fact that Cunningham approached him to return to Saints last year (for the 2015 season). Wigan at that time were trying to get Tommy Leuluai back. Smith is still very good friends with some of the Saints lads, Wellens in particular, so who knows.
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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu May 05, 2016 5:50 pm  
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A Matty Smith move to Saints wouldn't surprise me at all. I've not heard anything recently but I know for a fact that Cunningham approached him to return to Saints last year (for the 2015 season). Wigan at that time were trying to get Tommy Leuluai back. Smith is still very good friends with some of the Saints lads, Wellens in particular, so who knows.


Saints aren't signing Smith. We were interested him a couple of years ago for the 2015 season but that has passed and we won't be going back.
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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu May 05, 2016 7:11 pm  
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Saints aren't signing Smith. We were interested him a couple of years ago for the 2015 season but that has passed and we won't be going back.


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