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| Robbie McCormack
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| Quote: NickyKiss "In recent times it'd have to be George Carmont.
I remember when we signed him he didn't have a club and most reports of him weren't that great. He's been the bargain of the decade for us and seems to be a true pro.'"
Yup definitely a very good call in recent times, I don't think anybody was expecting George to be even half has good as he has been.
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| Mark Cannon - for that one season in 83/84, when he finally confessed he wasn't a 2nd rower and played the rugby of his career at stand off for us, only to get carried away, demand silly money, and then turn out to be pants after all
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| Quote: AJ "Robbie McCormack'"
That was the first name that came to mind
Didn't come over here with a big rep IIRC, but certainly left with one. Shame we only got one season out of him.
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| Quote: Orrell Lad "That was the first name that came to mind
Aye another good call, was expecting absolutely nothing from him and was surprised we'd signed him, but what a great little season he had with us.
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| Ok not a surprising one in terms of the immense natural ability of the guy, but didn't most of us think Lowie was barking mad when he moved Hanley to loose forward? only to see him become an even bigger revelation there than he had in the halves and 3/4s
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20333_1393344959.gif Current thoughts - Mago out or get running up them plantations, get fit or get rid.
Maybe a back up halfback, someone with a bit of experience on a short term deal.
Big tall strong running second rower, like a McMeekin or Sironen type back rower.:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_20333.gif |
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| Doc Murray, suprisingly crap.
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| Quote: post "Doc Murray, suprisingly crap.'"
aww i was trying to avoid the downright terrible, unless they'd had a spell of uncharacteristic brilliance to e.g. Cannon
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20333_1393344959.gif Current thoughts - Mago out or get running up them plantations, get fit or get rid.
Maybe a back up halfback, someone with a bit of experience on a short term deal.
Big tall strong running second rower, like a McMeekin or Sironen type back rower.:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_20333.gif |
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| The only one I can think of is George Carmont, signed him as a nobody and he ripped it to pieces.
Maybe add Pat Richards 2007/8 and Amos 2010 to that list.
Brian Carney suprised me a lot with his scoot the ball in slow, throw everyone off him and go the full length and win the match routine as you do.
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| Ian Roberts came over with a rep for defence, so I was expecting (and got) good performances from him.
Fergusson was class and a joy to watch and rightly or wrongly I hadn't heard of him before he came.
Phil Blake surprised me in a pleasant way.
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| Quote: XBrettKennyX "Ian Roberts came over with a rep for defence, so I was expecting (and got) good performances from him.
Fergusson was class and a joy to watch and rightly or wrongly I hadn't heard of him before he came.
Phil Blake surprised me in a pleasant way.'"
I think post was originally referring to Ian's sexual preferences, and I was trying to deflect it away from that
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| Mark Preston surprised me. Thought he did well considering not many had heard of him
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20333_1393344959.gif Current thoughts - Mago out or get running up them plantations, get fit or get rid.
Maybe a back up halfback, someone with a bit of experience on a short term deal.
Big tall strong running second rower, like a McMeekin or Sironen type back rower.:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_20333.gif |
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| Quote: Steve Ella's Beard "I think post was originally referring to Ian's sexual preferences, and I was trying to deflect it away from that
I'm not homophobic, I'm not scared of me house!
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| Quote: Steve Ella's Beard "Do you remember we even put a best of ferguson video out during that season?
You must be very rich. VCRs cost a fortune in those days. Our first one cost £600 and that was a couple of years later IIRC. Never seen the vid you mention.
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| Quote: moonlight flit "You must be very rich. VCRs cost a fortune in those days. Our first one cost £600 and that was a couple of years later IIRC. Never seen the vid you mention.'"
Rented one from what was the place called? Ron Lee? Like a Wigan only version of Radio Rentals. A lot of my mates parents rented them to (some were even daft enough to get that phillips weird proprietary one) that's when i first started seeing Winfield Cup videos. Recorded the 1985 challenge cup final it was the first year we had it (didn't have it for 84 Widnes, thankfully )
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