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Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. (Winston Churchill):d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_40218.jpg |
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| Quote: jjb10 "I honestly don't believe he is good enough to play anywhere else, it shows how poor our no9 situation is, when the best hooker in SL in going to call it a day next year. ![]()
He can be a handy support player which at present is all he is capable of. He is also a hard worker and every team needs those. Defensively he is very good and again, every team needs those. I wondered why Westwood was included and yet I was reminded yesterday of what a workhorse he is. We need workhorses too.
We don't need gifted players in all positions (which is probably a good job really!) but what we do need is defensively sound players and gifted players in the playmaking roles. We will never have 17 gifted players. Not even Australia has 17 gifted players. It's just that they have enough to intimidate other teams and, given half the chance (and we gave them a full half), drive them through the floor.
Three of our young players showed up many of the senior players yesterday. Tomkins, Eastmond and Burgess all brought the x-factor to the game and that is exactly what we need. The old guard had to go and we may as well ditch them now while we have chance to build for the world cup than wait for another world cup washout.
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Dropkick Murphy..we actually saw and heard a mass of bouncing and scarf and flag waving to Dale Cavese that drowned out anything we could muster.. It stopped us singing our own celebratory songs, it died out seconds later when we accepted we couldn't be heard over the Wigan lot
Celebrations muted from us, job done from them. Most fans who slag them off are jealous their own club's support is nowhere near that good
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sally cinnamon..Why not discuss Wigan? It's a rugby league message board. Wigan are the most famous brand in rugby league
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Tre Cool..Saints fans are hopeless unless it's a cup final or grand final. Wigan fans are so much more loyal and passionate
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the flying biscuit..Wires havent been massively succesful over the years, but I've spoke to Brian Bevan And he spoke to me and i wouldnt swap that for Wigans History, ever
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Ande..on the TV i could only hear the Wigan fans with about 10 to go
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Saint94..Every team is in your feckin shadow, we all know
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| Quote: 100% Warrior "Purely and simply it's thier sheer speed of the PTB. If you notice, in most tackles Australia find their elbows and knee's, which makes for a quicker PTB and more often than not a defensive line looking like a dog's back leg.
England get turned over onto thier backs thus slowing the PTB down and letting the opposition have more time to set their defensive line.'"
Are you Paul Cullen 
You are correct though, its not rocket science, you can get up easier if you are not on your back. We let them dominate the collision too much sometimes. |
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| Quote: Odemwingie "Are you Paul Cullen ![]()
Bloody knew some smart @rse would ask that
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[color=#FF0000:1a02isux][b:1a02isux]IN A WARRIORS CODE THERE'S NO SURRENDER....THOUGH HIS BODY SAYS STOP, HIS SPIRIT CRY'S NEVER!!!![/b:1a02isux][/color:1a02isux]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_17903.jpg |
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| Quote: 100% Warrior "Purely and simply it's thier sheer speed of the PTB. If you notice, in most tackles Australia find their elbows and knee's, which makes for a quicker PTB and more often than not a defensive line looking like a dog's back leg.
England get turned over onto thier backs thus slowing the PTB down and letting the opposition have more time to set their defensive line.'"
Some chap at the game kept screaming at the ref for letting the aussies hand on longer in the tackle..
But it was the fact there PTB was so much faster than ours. really hope MM can bring that into our game next season becauses a killer for defences |
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Dropkick Murphy..we actually saw and heard a mass of bouncing and scarf and flag waving to Dale Cavese that drowned out anything we could muster.. It stopped us singing our own celebratory songs, it died out seconds later when we accepted we couldn't be heard over the Wigan lot
Celebrations muted from us, job done from them. Most fans who slag them off are jealous their own club's support is nowhere near that good
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sally cinnamon..Why not discuss Wigan? It's a rugby league message board. Wigan are the most famous brand in rugby league
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Tre Cool..Saints fans are hopeless unless it's a cup final or grand final. Wigan fans are so much more loyal and passionate
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the flying biscuit..Wires havent been massively succesful over the years, but I've spoke to Brian Bevan And he spoke to me and i wouldnt swap that for Wigans History, ever
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Ande..on the TV i could only hear the Wigan fans with about 10 to go
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Saint94..Every team is in your feckin shadow, we all know
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| Quote: 100% Warrior "Bloody knew some smart @rse would ask that ![]()
It really is the only thing he used to comment on though
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| Quote: Odemwingie "It really is the only thing he used to comment on though ![]()
For my next Paul Cullen impersonation - A,B,C defenders
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