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| I'm proud of the lads getting to the Grand Final. And they tried their best tonight. For all Wigan's dominance in the game, to keep them to just 22 points was commendable.
I very rarely post but I always read the threads on this board. So I don't want to come on now being all negative or owt. I'm just concerned about our lack of speed in the team. If we break clear from deep, we seem to lack the pace to take it all the way. That's not judging on tonight by the way cos Wigan's defence was incredible.
With the current crop, and obviously the new additions coming through for next season....I'm still not really encouraged that this is going to change. Eastmond is lightning fast but my little lad can build more sterdy lego structures than him. And Pryce is fast granted....I'm just rambling & I'm gutted, but can someone put me straight & tell me we'll be a faster team next season?
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| Quote: WindleSaint "I'm proud of the lads getting to the Grand Final. And they tried their best tonight. For all Wigan's dominance in the game, to keep them to just 22 points was commendable.
I very rarely post but I always read the threads on this board. So I don't want to come on now being all negative or owt. I'm just concerned about our lack of speed in the team. If we break clear from deep, we seem to lack the pace to take it all the way. That's not judging on tonight by the way cos Wigan's defence was incredible.
With the current crop, and obviously the new additions coming through for next season....I'm still not really encouraged that this is going to change. Eastmond is lightning fast but my little lad can build more sterdy lego structures than him. And Pryce is fast granted....I'm just rambling & I'm gutted, but can someone put me straight & tell me we'll be a faster team next season?'"
No one can reliably tell you that.
the facts are against you.
Shenton is quick, i suppose and you may want to introduce some new young acadamy players.
But speed is not something you have bought.
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| Why do you always put it down to speed?
It's an inability to score points at the crucial times at key points in the game that keeps costing you. That's not especially down to speed, but composure and link up play.
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| Shenton will give us a bit, however i think thats it really for next year.
The only genuinly quick lad in the reserves and academy is Brotherton. However he is a very raw lad who only just signed for us.
No doubt we will beef him up and he will end up looking like a back rower and have the pace of one as well.
Gaskell can shift a bit, and I personally think will possibly end up as a centre or fullback, as ive not seen him be that creative to be honest.
More an individual style player.
Then there is Wheeler who once had lots of pace, but now has lots of gut.
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| If it makes you feel better, we signed a young 18 year old winger from somewhere (northampton i think). Saints entered him into the fastest man in super league competition so he must have some pace.
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| I'd stay off the speed if I were you. Try just going to bed, it won't seem as bad in the morning.
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| We've brought more speed to the side this year with the likes of eastmond, lomax and foster.
We've also brought in shenton next year and i don't think kyle and leon are slow.
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| Quote: BackrowSaint "If it makes you feel better, we signed a young 18 year old winger from somewhere (northampton i think). Saints entered him into the fastest man in super league competition so he must have some pace.'"
That's Brotherton, who was mentioned by Chair Maker above.
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| Quote: Saddened! "I'd stay off the speed if I were you. Try just going to bed, it won't seem as bad in the morning.'"
Haha, I've just had a glass of milk mate, I'm chilling out now.
Over the years, I've just been used to us having teams with a few players that could light up a game by scoring trys from deep from a break. I'm honestly not knocking the lads, which would be easy to do tonight but I wouldn't back Meli, Gardner, Foster, Soliola, Flannery, Wilkin, Wellens etc going all the way to the line.
Ah, take no notice. I'm stuck in the past when we used to have fast wingers & centres ie Sullivan, Albert, Lyon, Newlove....Quirk (hehe)they were good times.
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| The fact that Meli was caught by Keith Mason and Wilkin was caught by Andy Coley does make for depressing reading. Hopefully saints will surprise us all and announce the signing of a world class, lightning fast outside back. (we can live in hope)
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| Quote: BackrowSaint "The fact that Meli was caught by Keith Mason and Wilkin was caught by Andy Coley does make for depressing reading. Hopefully saints will surprise us all and announce the signing of a world class, lightning fast outside back. (we can live in hope)'"
Meninga...he's coming back. Don't say he's not!!
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| He's probably faster than Meli, even at the age of 50 (or so?).
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| Quote: BackrowSaint "He's probably faster than Meli, even at the age of 50 (or so?).'"
Do you ever have those dreams were you are trying to run, but you can hardly move? That's how it is for Meli on that pitch. He caught a high ball tonight under pressure, I was stunned!
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