I think that’s what happened to Graham Appo in the 2003 off-season. He came back and was just a wobbly splodge... I feel guilty about having a go at him now...

Appo? I don't recall any injury.

He came back after the off-season looking like a squirrel who'd hit the euromillions jackpot, bought every tree in Delamere Forest, filled them wih KP's finest and settled down for a busy winter stuffing his face.

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A) Probably
B) Possibly
C) This time last year we were wishing the season over. We did not lie down & Die we dug in & won every
game.

Good game I've read on here.
Well no it went but it was pleasing and also disappointing to see how good Wire are.

Didn't he pull a hamstring kicking off at the Boulevard, after which he was never quite the same player as some of his pace was lost due to this injury?

I suspect making the dream team - rightly imo - Appo thought he'd cracked it and went home, went off the rails and came back in the words of Mark Hilton like a fat hamster. I think he thought he'd be1st choice 6 ahead of Briers and was miffed at being on the wing. It then all went downhill and his season was poor leading to him being cut for Andrew John's. A real shame.

Graham Appo just a thin Kelly Shelford...until he wasn't!

Ha ha! We said that last night. We think it's written in players' contracts and due to a misunderstanding they all took their time off in rotation last week!

Not remotely in the same class.

Appo isn't really comparable to Shelford. Shelford was a ball player with limited athletic prowess. In the modern game he'd have had no chance. A few years later players like Dean Lawford and Owen Craigie came around who were Shelford-esque but didn't make much impact in SL.

Appo was never a great ball player he was just a dynamic runner who could do damage from stand-off, and could kick OK. His main card was his explosive athletic qualities and so when he was not in shape he was ineffective hence only having a very brief spell of success for us.

Imagine if you could create a Wire team with the Appo of 2003 at 6, Sandow of 2016 at 7, and Henare of 1996 on one wing with Kevin Penny of 2007 on the other. I expect the attendances would improve...

With Gleeson and JD at centre and Hesford at full back....

Alex Murphy at 7

Please don't speak the two names in the same sentence.
Shelford was absolute quality, Appo, was good for 6 months (and a good 6 months it was). The rest of it.... not interested.
I remember speaking to someone at the time, who was mad keen on NRL, who told me about Appo's reputation. Busts a gut for a few months, gets a great reputation, sits with his feet up, until he negotiates another new contract at another club.

Rinse and repeat, until the end of his career.

Shelford, despite his penchant for hanging round Waterfield's, was top notch in P&B

Tongue very much in cheek, didn't think anyone would take it seriously!

What an ‘All-time Off-field Issues XIII’ that would have been

Great for the one season we would have won a GF though!