When Russell signed the 3-year contract he was the best fullback at Warrington. It was only after the Widnes game (when he got injured) that he went downhill. https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/ma ... o-success/

When Russell signed the 3-year contract he was the best fullback at Warrington. It was only after the Widnes game (when he got injured) that he went downhill. https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/ma ... o-success/

I remember Russell playing the worst game he or any other Wire fullback has ever played for Wire.
The CC semi final vs Leeds at Widnes I think it was.
He was god awful from the first second....in contrast BWW...I don't think he got any worse he just didn't get much better.

I know it’s the off season but do most topics have to take on a look back in anger hue?

It started out positive about Hughrsbut then a regular spoiler posted about comparisons with Russell??

Difficult to work out why people love to bring up the same old moans. There are some who appear just plain jealous of players who are living their dream of playing for Wire. Others have no sympathy because they've never played but would love to. Some are just life's moaners. It takes all sorts I suppose. Happy Xmas to all.

Russell was very good at making meters from fullback or dummy half which is (probably) why TS liked to play him

Giveover. All I did was dare mention that I would have preferred a 2 year contract if we could have got is, as in a few peoples view the jury is out on Hughes.The discussion moved on to other long contracts that recently have proven to be costly.

If you don't want to see my posts just use the block feature.

Indeed, you've brought up this moan a number of times.

Merry Christmas.

Rather than snipping at each other why don't we all back off.....tis the season to be jolly after all and next season will hopefully be jollier than last, which was jollier than the one previous. I include Jack Hughes in this assessment who returned to something like decent form after a poor season prior.

Two or three years might depend upon a number of factors, we might pay less per month for a longer as it has inbuilt security, all things being equal it might suit us to plan Hughes' contract length in line with when other players contracts are ending so there's a bit of continuity and a rolling programme of OOC negotiations.How well will our new SR fit in and how well will our injured SR mend?

The current coach might just rate the bloke based on a 'clean slate' and what he's done for him, we've had plenty of calls on here for new slates given the change in regime at the club and yet we've managed to get a Jack Hughes should it be 2 or 3 years discussion back to TS and Matty Russell, when there really isn't anyone who thought that made sense at any time IIRC

Merry Christmas

I was hugely critical of Jack in TS final year and rightly so - he was error prone, slow and brought the attack to a shuddering halt whenever the ball came.to him.

But boy what a turnaround. Those who are suggesting he had a decent 2018 may well be getting a visit from three ghosts come Monday night. He had a [isuperb[/i season and addressed all the flaws in his game with style.

It's great news, and three more years under SP will see him improve further, or give some people three years worth of whining. Everyone wins.

Exactly, it was just a discussion point. If I had any idea it would draw such sniping I would not have posted. It's like a minefield at times.

Boom!

To be fair I probably started that apologies

No it isn't, it's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how I keep from going under

The length of Jack’s contract put into context on the news that apparently the giggling cockney from the “Vapes R Us” stadium has been given a 2 year contract (by them, not us in case anyone was worried).