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| Quote jonh="jonh"I cannot help but question the inclusion of Gregory in most teams. He was good in his time but very limited, he was a half that could only pass off 1 hand!
Edwards and Lam were far superior halves in my opinion.'"
Couldn't disagree more mate.
He was a fabulous talent and if he'd of only had someone in charge to help/control the social life he had( and we all know how he loved that side of it) then we'd of been talking about one of the best ever. He was brilliant. |
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| Quote jonh="jonh"I cannot help but question the inclusion of Gregory in most teams. He was good in his time but very limited, he was a half that could only pass off 1 hand!
Edwards and Lam were far superior halves in my opinion.'"
Another disagree here - Gregory played against teams only back 5m so had much less space to work in but could still
split defences as well as anyone. Lam was good but I would have Gregory over him any day of the week.
Edwards was probably the supreme professional and one of the best readers of a game I think I have ever seen but he did not possess as much natural talent (the off the cuff type of play) as Gregory but he worked so hard at his game as to make up for that. That was why I think the combination of the two of them worked so well.
As has been said if you could combine the ability of Gregory with the professionalism of Edwards then you would have had a truly incredible player. |
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| Quote exiled Warrior="exiled Warrior"Another disagree here - Gregory played against teams only back 5m so had much less space to work in but could still
split defences as well as anyone. Lam was good but I would have Gregory over him any day of the week.
Edwards was probably the supreme professional and one of the best readers of a game I think I have ever seen but he did not possess as much natural talent (the off the cuff type of play) as Gregory but he worked so hard at his game as to make up for that. That was why I think the combination of the two of them worked so well.
[uAs has been said if you could combine the ability of Gregory with the professionalism of Edwards then you would have had a truly incredible player[/u.'"
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| Quote Pemps="Pemps"Ellery Hanley'"
Can't disagree there - Ellery was without doubt the best player I have ever seen play the game. |
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| Quote fleabag="fleabag"Andy Gregory was an exceptional player. Lam was nowhere near the class of 'Greg'.
"[iHis peers also recognised Andy Gregory's talent. When former Australian captain Wally Lewis was asked which English player caused him and his team most problems, he replied "A certain little halfback! That little nice bloke! I admired Andy Gregory as much, if not more, than any other player because of the creativity that he boasted and the determination to cause defeat for Australia. He was also one of the toughest players that I ever played against."[11"[/i
[urlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Gregory[/url'"
Totally agree. Greg was the best 7 I've seen at Wigan. |
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| Quote exiled Warrior="exiled Warrior"Can't disagree there - Ellery was without doubt the best player I have ever seen play the game.'"
Hanley is the best player I've seen which is strange considering he couldn't kick, wasn't a great passer of the ball and when he moved to 13 he wasn't the quickest either.
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| Quote WarriorWithin="WarriorWithin"Couldn't disagree more mate.
He was a fabulous talent and if he'd of only had someone in charge to help/control the social life he had( and we all know how he loved that side of it) then we'd of been talking about one of the best ever. He was brilliant.'"
Billy Boston also liked the ale a bit. Not as 'bad' as Greg thankfully. (John Ferguson even had a cigarette immediately after the 1985 Wembley win while he was still on the pitch.)
I can remember being at Odsal years ago. They used to walk from the top down to the pitch. Billy had had a couple of pints before the match. We still won ! |
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| Quote fleabag="fleabag"Billy Boston also liked the ale a bit. Not as 'bad' as Greg thankfully. (John Ferguson even had a cigarette immediately after the 1985 Wembley win while he was still on the pitch.)
I can remember being at Odsal years ago. They used to walk from the top down to the pitch. Billy had had a couple of pints before the match. We still won !'"
Different era.
I don't think Greg would have been as good today as he was then as the fitness of todays players wouldn't have suited him.
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Billy B combined speed like Offiah with power like Inga, that's what made him unique. He's the only man who threw a dummy so good the opposing player tackled the linesman!
But it's Billy's comments that reflect on this discussion...didn't he say something along the lines that you could easily pick a best ever St Helen's team, but there are just too many all time Wigan greats to decide on the best thirteen.
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| Quote fleabag="fleabag"In his early years Boston was very fast and at least as fast as Offiah.
It was only later when his speed deserted him through the age process, that he used pure brute strength to score tries.
I think Mark Preston was possibly faster than Offiah.'"
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