Didn't mike Cooper have a serious illness when very young and at the start of his career ?

I think Cooper suffered complications(was it a blood clot?)after an operation on a broken leg.

Always used to avoid J Bevan at all costs.

Didn't a Warringtonian play for Hull for a long time ?....Was his name Dick Gemmel ?

Dick Gemmell , i think he had a few years at Leeds too. Wasn't Matt Cook a Warrington lad ?

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Wouldn't please me to lose Currie and gain McMeeken. Currie to Saints would be hard to bear and Cas fans have stated McMeeken has been pretty average for a while.

Wrong thread mare - apologies. I love Cooper though.

Unplayable is right, I always remember his purple patch ending against Wigan but he had done enough in the first 19 minutes to make sure we won the match anyway, I honestly think it would have been a cricket score had he stayed on. For a time it was worth the admission fee at the HJ just to watch sandow, a pleasure to watch. We annihilated cas at home and he was just incredible, possibly the most enjoyable live game in my time watching wire.

Sandow, for that short window, looked as good as any player I’ve seen at Warrington. He could make breaks, create space, kick 40/20’s, chip and chase himself and it felt that we could score from anywhere.

That left hand side of him, Currie and Atkins just looked big, strong and fast. They could have scored 100 tries between them if he could have stayed on the pitch.

Who knows, the break could have really done Widdop and Austin good and we could have a healthy and dynamic combo to entertain this year.

Players like Sandow really frustrate me, all that talent but no application, a long time retired to be thinking what might have been...assuming he ever has that degree of insight.

If you could choose one of these on peak form, who would you take:

Sandow from early 2016
Austin from early 2019
Appo from late 2003
Langer from 2000

Unfortunately you could classify him in the 'flawed genius' category.
It's often the case with those type of people - in al walks of life, not just sport.


Sally,
That's a really difficult question.
I didn't see Langer too much at that time so can't compare, but of the other 3 I'd say Sandow.

Appo was certainly on fire in the last half of the last year at Wilderspool and I'd have no problem with others who think he was better - the team he had around him was nowhere near the quality of that that Sandown had around him to be fair.

Imagine Langer playing behind some of the packs we have had in the last 10 years?

It would certainly be more fruitful than the packs had to play behind during his spell with us.