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Let's just see how Herbert and Briggs go when they're fit, eh?
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| Quote: Ferocious Aardvark "Sorry if I hit a nerve, but still there is zero chance of you ever "debating" Deacon, any more than one could meaningfully debate the shape of the Earth with the President of the Flat Earth Society.
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Keep thinking that if it avoids the points I raised. You said Wally Lewis would not shine in the 2010 team. My view is that is rubbish & I have givne evidence to support that. You know what my views on Deacon are. They haven't changed one iota. Summarised by WB earlier in this thread.
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| Quote: tigertot "Keep thinking that if it avoids the points I raised. You said Wally Lewis would not shine in the 2010 team. '"
No, I didn't! I made a hyperbolic comparison to emphasize a point with a touch of sarcy humour, as you well know. Tell you what, let's hype it a bit more, delete "Wally Lewis" and insert "Jesus Christ". Then you can tell me all about how good he actually looked walking on water etc. 
Yeah, bring back the McNamara wars, everyone was really missing those.  |
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Well, the reason I was told by Stuart Duffy for Deacon leaving last year was that Wigan offered him a position where he'd be a mentor for Wigan's young half backs and would like a release. Bradford said, we'll only give you a release if we can sign a good enough player to replace you. The club then got the call from Orford's manager, and once they'd managed to wipe the slime off, agreed his signing and Deacon's release.
Tbh, Deacon always did a good job for us. Yes, he was never quite the same after having his face smashed in on international duty. Really, he needed a better 6, given he was more an organiser than a runner
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By far the most sensible posts on this thread have come from mystic eddie. - copyright Ewwenorfolk 09.04.2013
Aye, and Eddie is hinting at it too. And, as we all know:
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| Quote: af "eusa_clap.gif
Yeah, bring back the McNamara wars, everyone was really missing those. ![]()
Not a war at all, in fact, most people have thankfully forgotten about him and rightly so.
But the point still stands, your man let him go, did HE make the right decision?
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| Quote: mystic eddie "Not a war at all, in fact, most people have thankfully forgotten about him and rightly so.
But the point still stands, your man let him go, did HE make the right decision?'"
At the time, I think that YES, McNamara made the right call. Deacon was looking jaded, and we were getting a player that was considered in many quarters as world class.
Did that decision pan out? Well we all know the answer to that one. |
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Red Amber and Black Fantasy Rugby League Champion 2012.
By far the most sensible posts on this thread have come from mystic eddie. - copyright Ewwenorfolk 09.04.2013
Aye, and Eddie is hinting at it too. And, as we all know:
Mystic Eddie has been right all along! - copyright vbfg 05.01.2017:Others/combustable.gif |
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| Quote: Roofaldo "At the time, I think that YES, McNamara made the right call. Deacon was looking jaded, and we were getting a player that was considered in many quarters as world class.
Did that decision pan out? Well we all know the answer to that one.'"
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| Quote: mystic eddie "most people have thankfully forgotten about him and rightly so.'"
You're not one of them though, clearly. If you want a 'Now the dust has settled' thread on SM, start one so other people can avoid it. I'll see you there though. |
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By far the most sensible posts on this thread have come from mystic eddie. - copyright Ewwenorfolk 09.04.2013
Aye, and Eddie is hinting at it too. And, as we all know:
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| Quote: af "You're not one of them though, clearly. If you want a 'Now the dust has settled' thread on SM, start one so other people can avoid it. I'll see you there though. ![]()
No thanks.
That idiot has had more than enough said about him. I look at him like I did the cancerous mole I used to have. Gone but never fully forgotten.
Perhaps you can tell him that at your next dinner party?
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I think that now he has been compared to cancer, he's had enough said about him.
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| Quote: Roofaldo "Well, the reason I was told by Stuart Duffy for Deacon leaving last year was that Wigan offered him a position where he'd be a mentor for Wigan's young half backs and would like a release. Bradford said, we'll only give you a release if we can sign a good enough player to replace you. The club then got the call from Orford's manager, and once they'd managed to wipe the slime off, agreed his signing and Deacon's release.
Tbh, Deacon always did a good job for us. Yes, he was never quite the same after having his face smashed in on international duty. Really, he needed a better 6, given he was more an organiser than a runner'"
a bit rude? |
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