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3076_1671446335.jpg SAINTS THE ORIGINAL AND PERENNIAL CHEATS
For sale full Saints kit (circa 1989). Shirts in pristine condition, but shorts badly soiled.
For 27 - 0 you get a trophy
For 75 - 0 you get sod all.
Wigan had eight in a row
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| Quote: Fully "Nah.
I'd put Justin Carney and Daryl Clark before him'"
You would have those two before O'Loughlin. That's a big call and I don't think there are many fans of any club who know their rugby who would agree with you.
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| Quote: Pie and Proud "Oh dear. 'Classy Cas' have strung a few wins together and suddenly they're worldbeaters!'"
Who said that ?
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| Quote: Rogues Gallery "You would have those two before O'Loughlin. That's a big call and I don't think there are many fans of any club who know their rugby who would agree with you.'"
Many? Mate there would be none....or at least none who know the first thing about rugby. Anyone claiming O'Loughlin is overrated needs to start watching a different sport as they clearly know feck all about rugby league!
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| Quote: Phuzzy "Many? Mate there would be none....or at least none who know the first thing about rugby. Anyone claiming O'Loughlin is overrated needs to start watching a different sport as they clearly know feck all about rugby league!'"
O'Loughlin is an excellent player.
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| Quote: Dead Man Walking "O'Loughlin is an excellent player.'"
Indeed mate.
I have no issue with opinion; as the saying goes we all have them, but claiming O'Loughlin is overrated is bordering on the stupid. I'm all for being partisan but if I said Carney was rubbish, for example, I'd like to think that someone would tell me I'm talking out of my....well, I'm sure you can guess the rest!
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46042.jpg [quote="Bonzo":23qz4bj5]Corrected.
Incidentally, an exclamation mark ends a sentence and does not require a full stop. The first letter of the next word begins a new sentence and should therefore be capitalised. [i:23qz4bj5]Who needs flankers[/i:23qz4bj5]' grammar was actually correct.
HTH.
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| I think a few of you need to look up the word overrated
If FOR EXAMPLE someone calls the 2nd best player in the world the best player, they are overrated. They aren't the best. The word bares no correlation on ability or suggests that they are 'rubbish' and the way some people are wetting themselves about how great he is, I think it proves my point.
Lockers is the master of manipulaton. He is great at being on the edge of the rules. Always half a yard offside, always right on the edge of a high shot. Part of it is the ineptitude of the officials and if he can get away with it good luck to him but these aren't qualities I look for in a great player.
If he went to the NRL with 2 good standard officials, I think he would be found out pretty quickly. I can't be bothered checking but I'm sure someone will know. Wasn't it Lockers against New Zealand who gave away a needless penalty by trying to be clever when we had them on the ropes and changed the momentum of the match letting New Zealand back into the game? Guess what, we lost!
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| Great players can be over-rated. O'Loughlin is one of them.
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| Quote: Rogues Gallery "You would have those two before O'Loughlin. That's a big call and I don't think there are many fans of any club who know their rugby who would agree with you.'"
On my teamsheet, yes. Without a doubt. Carney has scored 30 tries in 28 SL appearances. He is a clinical and destructive winger. As for Clark, he's a fantastic hooker, homegrown to Cas, and a future international.
Without doubt O'Loughlin is imperative for Wigan but I think that's akin to Sinfield. He is Mr Wigan. But like every player he has his downsides. I think he's good in attack but his aggressive defence at times lets him down with silly penalties, holding down etc.
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| Quote: Phuzzy "Indeed mate.
I have no issue with opinion; as the saying goes we all have them,
I didn't say he was overrated.
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42181_1527427546.jpg "I'm sorry, but I would hope that we would beat Cas with a 1 day turnaround."
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| Lockers is a class, class player. "Micky Mac" falls in the overrated category for me.
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| Quote: who needs flankers? "I think a few of you need to look up the word overrated
Possibly the most ridiculous assessment ever. 'On the edge of the rules, always half a yard offside, always on the edge of a high shot'. So basically doing nothing wrong (the half a yard offside is just utter nonsense!) and it's the officials fault he's such a good player for letting him get away with doing his job well! Good God man! Have a word with yourself!
As for the New Zealand game, the answer is "No, it wasn't O'Loughlin who changed the course of that game". It was George Burgess if you want to pin it on one individual (which, in itself would be an injustice). So who would you like to blame the loss on now? I know; let's just say it was O'Loughlin anyway for 'always being half a yard offside and on the edge of a high shot' shall we? Funny how you think he'd be found out in the NRL yet he is the one player that the NRL pundits, coaches and players constantly say would be a massive success in that competition. Obviously they don't have your massive insight into what it takes to make it in that particular league though!
Nathan Brown said after the Good Friday game that he is the best 13 in world rugby, and that includes the Aussies. Listen to what coaches and players throughout the league think of him; he's already being spoken about in terms of MOS and was obviously nominated last year too. But hey! obviously YOU think he's overrated so it must be true..
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| Quote: Fully "Playing in the play-offs or a final doesn't make you better. It could be luck that some players are missing out through injury or suspension. Look at people like Ian Kirke at Leeds. No disrespect, but he's hardly world-class at Leeds yet has GF winners' rings. But you wouldn't pick him ahead of say, Ben Flower, would you?
Daryl Clark is a fantastic talent with a huge pedigree and already fulfilling his undoubted potential. He's not had the opportunity to showcase his talents on a higher level due to the fact that he's not had the team around him, or coaching, to catapult us into those top eight.
It's unfair to penalise him on that premise; if you want to compare stats and impact on a game then Daz Clark wins hands down over McIlorum and rightly should be England's second hooker. It seems to that Wigan fans have a tendency to see everything with their own side as perfect and wonderful; perhaps it's the 'little Cas' syndrome again? Sitting up there on your pedestal with an elitist attitude.
Hope the club is pinning all these to the walls as motivation.'"
Sorry your wrong Play offs, finals and CC games are really all that matters now. SL rounds are just foreplay until the the big show. As for Mcilorum in every major final or play off game he plays he goes up a level. In the Grand final last season he was by far the best player on the pitch. Put Higham and Monaghan in his pocket. Same for 2010 when he put Roby and Cunningham in the other pocket. Same in the 2 CC finals. Week in week out really counts for nothing now. When the pressure goes up so does Mcilorum. When has Clark ever played under pressure its easy to look good during the rounds but it really counts for nothing if you fail in the play offs.
If Clark does well in the CC game or the play offs this season excpect Warrington to come in and buy him off you.
This is more of an indictment of where SL is now more than anything else. Leeds and Wigan have realised that hence why one of them will again win the Grand Final. There lies the problem in the game as a whole most teams have decent 1-13 but both Leeds and especially Wigan atm have massive strength in depth that after achieving top 4 this season Wane will again rest as many as he can and still be competitive in games.
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| Not sure Wigan have particular strength in depth this season and a few key injuries in September and they may struggle (not sure for example Jordan James, Ryan Hampshire etc playing in a Grand Final will strike fear into many if the wrong players get injured).
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| IMO you are more than capable of winning the CC this season,the very best of luck against the Pie Eaters in the quarter final,I will be having a few quid on you.
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