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[quote="wearethewire":3otazmtq]expect nothing, anything more is better[/quote:3otazmtq]
[quote="Wires71":3otazmtq]And there is the Warrington motto in a nutshell. No wonder we were dog dirt for 20 years [/quote:3otazmtq]
[quote="madoggy":3otazmtq]hope saints win it, if wigan dont win another league title for 100 years they would still have more than everyone  [/quote:3otazmtq]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_50494.jpg |
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| Quote: RobRiches "To be fair. There are no concerns from me about Saints pack for next season. They will still be in the top 2 packs along with Wigan. The concern is the lack of pace in the three quarters and the impotent scrum half which will be their undoing.
I cant see past a wigan grand final this season. They have hit form at just the right time. Given the signings they have made for next season and beyond, plus how utterly weak every other SL team is bar St Helens, its not beyond the realms of possibility that they emulate Saints 4 peat.
Please, just do me a favour. Go and beat those cocky idiots from Penrith next february.'"
Penrith won’t make that mistake again. They will take next year seriously. |
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| Quote: Phuzzy "Cooper is a little underrated as he's at the back end of his career but, in truth, he hasn't lost much over the years. He's always been a "quietly getting on with quality work" type of player and he's still that now. Not flash, just effective.
Harvard is the big plus though. He's simply one of the best in the comp when fully fit and on his game. He's consistently over 100 metres and can do long minutes. Havard and Thompson as an opening pair is as good as it gets both in attack and defense.'"
I concur with you there. The long shifts they put in also allows the coaching team to rotate the players more effectively which will mean that we should have a big advantage later in the game when the opposition forwards are tiring. Those two, and Cooper, when fit will be in the 17. |
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RICHARDS IS SUPERMAN!!!!
Wire_91 wrote:its your first final in about 8 years and now you ravin and rantin about it F**k off, and ill be going old trafford tomoz cheering on the saints and ill be writing on this forum givin you loads of shi* when your drying you eyes and the wire fan will be here handing out the tissues in the thousands, thats if you do take that many fans cause now it looks like its your fans who have jumped on the band wagon now your in a final, this time last year there was only 1000 people in the jjb and now its fillin up cause youve won the league hahaha proper true supporters you are:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_27542.jpg |
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I loved Havard coming off the bench, his footwork against the slightly tired defence caused loads of problems.
Before his return game I might watch Warrington at home in the cup from last year. The best prop forward performance in years.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again
How we’ve gone from.
2020
GBurgess (injured)
Clubb on his last legs
Flower on his last legs
Bullock
Singleton
Mitch Clark
Partington/Byrne/Havard all being teenagers.
To 2024
Thompson
Dupree
Byrne
Havard
Ellis
Mago
Cooper
Hill
Eseh/Walters/Chan
Some transformation.
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| Quote: NSW "I loved Havard coming off the bench, his footwork against the slightly tired defence caused loads of problems.
Before his return game I might watch Warrington at home in the cup from last year. The best prop forward performance in years.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again
How we’ve gone from.
2020
GBurgess (injured)
Clubb on his last legs
Flower on his last legs
Bullock
Singleton
Mitch Clark
Partington/Byrne/Havard all being teenagers.
To 2024
Thompson
Dupree
Byrne
Havard
Ellis
Mago
Cooper
Hill
Eseh/Walters/Chan
Some transformation.'"
A hell of a turnaround from the dark days of 2019-2020 I agree. Still have nightmares from going into a playoff game against Saints with a front row of Clubb and a teenage Partington.
The only caveat with Havard is he has to be more consistent for me. The cup game against Warrington was awesome but then followed a drop off and its something that has been quite common for him at Wigan. |
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If all can be fit at the same time what the rotation? Harvard and Thompson start with Byrne, Dupree and Mago to come on? Rotate every week maybe as Cooper and hill wouldn’t deserve to miss out
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| Quote: MadDogg "A hell of a turnaround from the dark days of 2019-2020 I agree. Still have nightmares from going into a playoff game against Saints with a front row of Clubb and a teenage Partington.
The only caveat with Havard is he has to be more consistent for me. The cup game against Warrington was awesome but then followed a drop off and its something that has been quite common for him at Wigan.'"
Consistency is the only thing missing from Havards game. He's never poor but he goes from absolutely top class to just being reasonably good too often. His worst games are better than some players best games but he then shows you a glimpse of what he can achieve and you just want it more often. He's still young for a prop however and he has been impacted with injuries since that Warrington cup game last year. I think he will find that consistency at some point and you then have a regular international prop forward on your hands. |
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