What has that got to do with our fans not actually slagging our French players off yet another bizarre comment from yourself

Sounds good. I can just see the headlines now..........

LEEDS RHINO'S IMPLODE AND GO INTO MELTDOWN.

TORONTO WOLFPACK, TOULOUSE OLYMPIQUE, AND LEIGH CENTURIONS MAKE UP THE 14 IN SUPERLEAGUES NEW STRUCTURE.

Try reading my post again fun time frankie.

I think Super League 2019 will be reverting to a 14 team league based on franchising, if Toulouse are judged to be one of the strongest 14 clubs, they will be there on merit. This is what I believe will happen.

If that is the case then great, bring it on. If my club isn't one of the 14 strongest then thats our own fault, not any french team. BTW I am pro franchising.

I don't see our fans slagging French clubs off either I for one have always said I think we need another French club in SL

We have already witnessed the Rhinos imploding and going into meltdown in 2016 cokey
For those fans that can't remember it was the season after we won the treble in 2015


The season after our middle 8's meltdown resulted in our 8th GF win in 2017



But you keep on dreaming pal

Quote ="JEAN CAPDOUZE"You may well ask why does any talented NRL player come to Super League? David Mead wants to play full back. But there have been no openings in such a slot for him in the NRL. So when he was made a generous offer by Catalans, he gratefully accepted. The Gold Coast Titans, where David Mead played for almost a decade, has give Super League talents like Albert Kelly and Gregory Bird. Watch here and you will see why the Catalans have acquired a top quality full back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuIWIMYoh6M'" What’s the fuss about Mead, he’s never been anything more than an average to slightly less than average NRL player who’s only claim to fame was a freakishly lucky half volley pick up of a wayward pass quite a few years ago. Had he backed that up with a string of other amazing plays a la Slater, Inglis etc I would give him more credit for that one amazing play but years of mediocrity with a number of teams who’ve all subsequently made him surplus to requirements mark him as nothing more than an alright but not remarkable signing for Catalan Dragons.

Quote ="JEAN CAPDOUZE"You may well ask why does any talented NRL player come to Super League? David Mead wants to play full back. But there have been no openings in such a slot for him in the NRL. So when he was made a generous offer by Catalans, he gratefully accepted. The Gold Coast Titans, where David Mead played for almost a decade, has give Super League talents like Albert Kelly and Gregory Bird. Watch here and you will see why the Catalans have acquired a top quality full back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuIWIMYoh6M'" What’s the fuss about Mead, he’s never been anything more than an average to slightly less than average NRL player who’s only claim to fame was a freakishly lucky half volley pick up of a wayward pass quite a few years ago. Had he backed that up with a string of other amazing plays a la Slater, Inglis etc I would give him more credit for that one amazing play but years of mediocrity with a number of teams who’ve all subsequently made him surplus to requirements mark him as nothing more than an alright but not remarkable signing for Catalan Dragons.

He played for Gold Coast for 8 seasons and made 150 appearances. He only went because Gold Coast were stupid enough to sign Hayne on mega money.
He also signed a contract extension at Brisbane for 2018 too, so wasn’t surplus to requirements. It was actually Mead who asked for a release so he could take up the offer from Catalans.
Unfortunately, he’s not the answer to Catalans’ problems though.

It was tongue in cheek, get a grip man. It was nice for you to rise to it though.

Leeds fans don't get irony a bit like Americans. I'm afraid they are a bit up themselves.

At least Leeds fans are up themselves after 8 GF wins and not just one 5th placed finish after they choked away a playoff spot

We have noticed

Chill out a bit

Perfectly chilled, just giving a bit of banter back

Widnes have signed Prop Forward Stanton Albert from PNG Hunters on a 2 year contract. Stanton is the brother of Widnes new signing Wellington Albert.

There were talks of this happening when we signed Wellington. This no doubt will make it easier for Wellington to settle in as he was due to fly over to Widnes and live with Kato Ottio before his tragic passing.

Can only go off limited highlights I've seen both but Albert brothers look to run the ball in with some real speed and conviction. Something widnes have lacked in the prop area for some time.

Looking forward to watching the Albert brothers in Super League, I think they’ll both prove to be great signings.

He could be the worst player in the world but because he’s from PNG everyone makes out he’s great when in reality everyone’s watched him 2 or 3 times.

Very possible. Whichever it may be will be interesting to see.

Who has made him out to be great? Please reply with quotes

TIA

Regards

King James

Strange comment when nobody has made out he’s great, although he has been deemed good enough to play for his country several times.

Penrith Panthers also deemed him good enough for them to sign him, although he hasn’t yet played in the NRL, playing prop and only been 22, that’s not too surprising.

No it's not strange at all it's frankly obvious. People on the VT especially are very much like the people who cheered the kings new cloth in the fairytale.

PNG had roughly the same success in the Tournament as Ireland who they narrowly beat. I don't see the same ridiculous over hype for those players.

These players may do ok who knows but the hype surrounding them is as I say way it of proportion to ability. The only one with any real pedigree is Mead and even there it's totally OTT. The others are very much unknown quantities.

As I keep saying the players we get from the NRL are becoming less and less reliable. The odd gem usually an uknown but the rest are either past it or never really had it.

As for signing for the panthers so what they sign a lot of players. Jarrod Hickey arrived at BV having played for the Bulldogs for a number of seasons and was considered a star at one point. Worst player I have ever seen at BV and it's a fair old list!

So why you are so confident about a player who never got a game I'm not sure.

‘Looking forward to watching the Albert brothers in Super League, I think they’ll both prove to be great signings.’ It’s been the same for every PNG player who’s signed for a club and it’s quite irritating, if the Alberts, for example, where that good then they would have signed for a better side not Widnes.

An Irish team made up of 2 Irish born players with nationalities stretching from England to down under. Remember that PNG team is 95% + filled with players born in PNG. Great achievement for them and having RL as their national sport, they'll only get better.

Widnes have been dealing with puddings in the prop department for years. Burke, Dudson, Buchanan. The list goes on. These pair are a much welcomed addition to our team, they'll go well.