Re: No Superleague for Thackeray, Netherton, Ford and Gerrar : Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:30 pm  

Allen is a class player and I'd have him back at Barrow in a playing capacity tomorrow. However, he shook hands on a new contract at Barrow at the end of 2009 and then welched on the deal, so few Barrow fans respect him as a bloke. Not sure he's good enough for SL though.

Re: No Superleague for Thackeray, Netherton, Ford and Gerrar : Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:56 pm  

None of these players are super league standard, there are better players in this division, couldn't understand the trouble the club went to last season to keep thackeray. We have the franchise so now the club is making preparations for super league. hopefully recruitment will be better than in recent seasons.

Re: No Superleague for Thackeray, Netherton, Ford and Gerrar : Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:02 am  

The thing that gets me the most is i strongly think that without Thackeray's performance against fax in the Semi final, we wouldn't be heading for SL. I mean its not like last year we never tried to win anything. didn't do brilliantly in the league but when have we ever?? and we made the NRC final.

Re: No Superleague for Thackeray, Netherton, Ford and Gerrar : Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:28 am  

SRC wrote:

Allen is a class player and I'd have him back at Barrow in a playing capacity tomorrow. However, he shook hands on a new contract at Barrow at the end of 2009 and then welched on the deal, so few Barrow fans respect him as a bloke. Not sure he's good enough for SL though.

I know where you are coming from mate... very frustrating indeed, but you can't blame a lad for doing a u-turn if they are in a position to do so if it means only having to travel 10 minutes to work instead of 2hrs

Re: No Superleague for Thackeray, Netherton, Ford and Gerrar : Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:01 am  

Blackandwhiteviking wrote:

None of these players are super league standard, there are better players in this division, couldn't understand the trouble the club went to last season to keep thackeray. We have the franchise so now the club is making preparations for super league. hopefully recruitment will be better than in recent seasons.

Spot on mate we are aiming for more quality in our squad, if the whingers thought that the sun shone out of thackerys backside just think that we will have have a new playmaker who can pass and kick.

Re: No Superleague for Thackeray, Netherton, Ford and Gerrar : Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:06 am  

Bam Bam wrote:

Spot on mate we are aiming for more quality in our squad, if the whingers thought that the sun shone out of thackerys backside just think that we will have have a new playmaker who can pass and kick.

Pray tell? Who is this then?

Re: No Superleague for Thackeray, Netherton, Ford and Gerrar : Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:10 am  

Bam Bam wrote:

Spot on mate we are aiming for more quality in our squad, if the whingers thought that the sun shone out of thackerys backside just think that we will have have a new playmaker who can pass and kick.

What for now?

Scenario - 10 mins left on Thursday we are down by 8 but gaining some momentum... Who do we turn to for a bit if magic to win it?

Re: No Superleague for Thackeray, Netherton, Ford and Gerrar : Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:37 am  

J20 wrote:

What for now?

Scenario - 10 mins left on Thursday we are down by 8 but gaining some momentum... Who do we turn to for a bit if magic to win it?

I will be highly delighted if we are down by 8pts with 10 to play

Re: No Superleague for Thackeray, Netherton, Ford and Gerrar : Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:49 am  

I know he was classified as a one trick pony but at least attacked the line and more times than not produced something. I fear the worst for this season.

Re: No Superleague for Thackeray, Netherton, Ford and Gerrar : Wed Apr 20, 2011 12:01 pm  

Viva La Vikings!! wrote:

I know he was classified as a one trick pony but at least attacked the line and more times than not produced something. I fear the worst for this season.

If your going to have one trick then scoring match winning tries out of nothing isn't a bad one certainly

I think some are confusing 'Thackeray will not be our SL stand off' with the truth that is 'Thackeray won't be playing again for Widnes even in Champ!'