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45658_1356296105.jpg [color=#FF0000:1fnfdzuc]Wigan vs Leeds finals aggregate score.
Wigan 178 - 64 Leeds
Wigan wins - 6 Leeds wins - 0[/color:1fnfdzuc]
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| What's everyone's thought's on Bradford's signings for next year? Squad wise they obviously increased depth wise, quality could be a little higher though. I can see a spot for Bradford somewhere between sixth and eighth next year dependent upon injuries to themselves and those around them.
Chev Walker
Shaun Ainscough
Patrick Ah Van
Bryn Hargreaves
Olivier Elima
Ian Sibbitt
Shad Royston
Gareth Raynor
Matt Diskin
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45658_1356296105.jpg [color=#FF0000:1fnfdzuc]Wigan vs Leeds finals aggregate score.
Wigan 178 - 64 Leeds
Wigan wins - 6 Leeds wins - 0[/color:1fnfdzuc]
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| Westerman to Hull FC for £175,000? It's doing the rounds anyone heard anything more?
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39110_1363272058.jpg 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: LovesToSpooge "What's everyone's thought's on Bradford's signings for next year? Squad wise they obviously increased depth wise, quality could be a little higher though. I can see a spot for Bradford somewhere between sixth and eighth next year dependent upon injuries to themselves and those around them.
Chev Walker
Shaun Ainscough
Patrick Ah Van
Bryn Hargreaves
Olivier Elima
Ian Sibbitt
Shad Royston
Gareth Raynor
Matt Diskin'"
It will make them better than this year and with a better coach they should certainly be aiming for the play-offs. It's all about how they gell and how certain players turn out. Ainy could be sensational or shocking, Walker could return to old Leeds form or look like a player after a bad injury, Hargreaves could kick on from his time at saints or flop because he isn't playing along class like Graham and Cunningham, Disking could thrive on being possibley the main hooker or he could take a dive playing around lesser players than his Leeds team mates.
The only ones I think will be certain to have an impact are the two wingers and Elima. Raynor always does the job on the wing and is unlikely to be a weak link (they had too many of those last year). Ah Van has a poor scoring record but could change that if they get the ball to him, like Raynor he is strong and quick.
Elima as I am sure many will agree, he has always impressed me at Catalans but he must cut silly errors and pens.
If the new players can gel and play as well as they can and the 10,000 average has an impact on positivty then I think they could finish as high as 6th, Wigan, Leeds, Saints, Warrington, Hudds are certain to finish above them IMO, Bradfords season could depend on how the Hull clubs go on.
I would love it if Bradford could get back to the big time again.
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| Quote: LovesToSpooge "What's everyone's thought's on Bradford's signings for next year? Squad wise they obviously increased depth wise, quality could be a little higher though. I can see a spot for Bradford somewhere between sixth and eighth next year dependent upon injuries to themselves and those around them.
Chev Walker
Shaun Ainscough
Patrick Ah Van
Bryn Hargreaves
Olivier Elima
Ian Sibbitt
Shad Royston
Gareth Raynor
Matt Diskin'"
The best signing Bratfud have made is Potter. I think he is a very good coach - you only need to look at what he did with Catalan and despite Stains going through a major transition was still able to get them to GFs. Given the cards he was dealt by Stains I've never really understood why a lot of their fans wanted rid so much. I think they may regret getting Royce Simmons in his place.
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| Bradford have improved numbers and increased quality in some areas, but tbh, their squad was awful last season.
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| Chev Walker- Good Signing doubt he will get back to his Leeds days but not a bad signing.
Shaun Ainscough- Time will tell jury is still out.
Patrick Ah Van- don't know much about him.
Bryn Hargreaves- Decent signing a workhorse if nothing else.
Olivier Elima- Good Signing one of their best signings.
Ian Sibbit- never been much of a standout name not a player your worried to be facing.
Shad Royston- Very strange signing could be a great signing but could also be a terrible signing again time will tell.
Gareth Raynor- knows his way to the try line but to me comes with too much baggage.
Matt Diskin- Probably the best signing the Bulls have made in the close season wether thats a good thing or not i'm not sure.
Chris Nero > Chev Walker
Shaun Ainscough > Rikki Sheriffe (potentially)
Patrick Ah Van > Michael Platt
Andy Lynch > Bryn Hargreaves
Olivier Elima = Glenn Hall
Steve Menzies > Ian Sibbit
Matt Orford > Shad Royston
Gareth Raynor > Stuart Reardon
Matt Diskin > Wayne Godwin
(not suggesting those new signings are replacing all those i've compared just some are its just an observation.)
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| Quote: LovesToSpooge "What's everyone's thought's on Bradford's signings for next year? Squad wise they obviously increased depth wise, quality could be a little higher though. I can see a spot for Bradford somewhere between sixth and eighth next year dependent upon injuries to themselves and those around them.
Chev Walker
Shaun Ainscough
Patrick Ah Van
Bryn Hargreaves
Olivier Elima
Ian Sibbitt
Shad Royston
Gareth Raynor
Matt Diskin'"
Overall, pretty poor. Not a group of players who you would expect to be able to bring big improvements to the Bradford side although I agree with WLA that Potter should do well for them.
Some of the signings come across as desperate gambles who are more likely to flop than reach their best form (Raynor, Walker) whilst some others may be solid pros but are hardly game breakers (Elima, Hargreaves, Sibbit). Ainscough is fraught with weaknesses as it stands at the moment and needs a lot of work.
Diskin should offer more than their current hookers though and Royston is probably the best player in the Championship.
Bradford will probably get to around 7th to 8th next year but I think they needed more quality to lift them on the field and to impress the supporters enough to convince them to stick around. This cheap season ticket deal surely won't be a long term thing. Who knows though, their recruitment might not be finished yet.
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| Quote: LovesToSpooge "What's everyone's thought's on Bradford's signings for next year? Squad wise they obviously increased depth wise, quality could be a little higher though. I can see a spot for Bradford somewhere between sixth and eighth next year dependent upon injuries to themselves and those around them.
Chev Walker
Shaun Ainscough
Patrick Ah Van
Bryn Hargreaves
Olivier Elima
Ian Sibbitt
Shad Royston
Gareth Raynor
Matt Diskin'"
Diskin is the best of that bunch yet they already had 2 pretty good hookers so it seems a strange one for me. They would be better of trying to sign at least one quality halfback because as it looks to me they must plan of using L'Estrange in the halfs and thats not good enough if they want to really make an impression next year.
The signings of Diskin and Elima are good, Ainscough could be a cracking signing and guys like Hargreaves will be solid enough but then buys like Sibbit, Walker and Raynor aren't the type i'd expect a club of Bradfords stature to make.
On the plus side for Bradford they got the 10,000 pledges for season tickets so thats a great move in the right direction. If they could sign a class half and a centre that could make some sort of impression they'll be in alot healthier state though.
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| Quote: LovesToSpooge "What's everyone's thought's on Bradford's signings for next year? Squad wise they obviously increased depth wise, quality could be a little higher though. I can see a spot for Bradford somewhere between sixth and eighth next year dependent upon injuries to themselves and those around them.
Chev Walker
Shaun Ainscough
Patrick Ah Van
Bryn Hargreaves
Olivier Elima
Ian Sibbitt
Shad Royston
Gareth Raynor
Matt Diskin'"
Only Diskin would get in our squad out of them and thats because we are short of hookers.
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| Quote: NickyKiss "Diskin is the best of that bunch yet they already had 2 pretty good hookers so it seems a strange one for me. They would be better of trying to sign at least one quality halfback because as it looks to me they must plan of using L'Estrange in the halfs and thats not good enough if they want to really make an impression next year.
The signings of Diskin and Elima are good, Ainscough could be a cracking signing and guys like Hargreaves will be solid enough but then buys like Sibbit, Walker and Raynor aren't the type i'd expect a club of Bradfords stature to make.
On the plus side for Bradford they got the 10,000 pledges for season tickets so thats a great move in the right direction. If they could sign a class half and a centre that could make some sort of impression they'll be in alot healthier state though.'"
Yep, good halfback and centre along with the retention of Orford then they'd look a different prospect.
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[quote="FlexWheeler":8f22o6ue]The extent of his coaching is ''BASH EM, JUST F*CKING BASH EM. HE'S LOW ON CONFIDENCE, BASH HIM''
He's a limited coach that won't last long term.[/quote:8f22o6ue]
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[quote="rubber duckie":8f22o6ue]That would make Wigan strong favourites then. With Ratchford at FB and Patton with Cronk in the halves, I think we'll do very well without Sam.[/quote:8f22o6ue]: |
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| Quote: MadDogg "Yep, good halfback and centre along with the retention of Orford then they'd look a different prospect.'"
bankrupt?
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| Quote: MadDogg "Yep, good halfback and centre along with the retention of Orford then they'd look a different prospect.'"
Personally I feel they are best shot of Orford, I was someone who was hoping we would target him last year when he became available but am made up we dodged that bullet. We have been panned in the past for holiday and pension signings from the NRL and for me he has taken the biscuit. Had he signed for us and performed the way he has for the Bulls we would have been slammed.
One decision I cannot understand is not to retain Menzies for a further year. I find that stunning he has been the shining light at that club in some pretty dark days and may be knocking on but is still top quality and I am sure will continue to perform at Les Cats to a level above anyone at the Bulls next year.
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44075_1339364158.jpg What's the rumpus, Tom?
[quote="Pemps":1dso5atj]I can't confirm Bennett's exact words but I believe they were along the lines of "Strewth Ian, I wouldn't touch him with yours. He's a flammin' Gala". [/quote:1dso5atj]
[quote="Wigan Peer":1dso5atj]I keep my bin under 30mph to avoid fines... [/quote:1dso5atj]
[quote="MattyB":1dso5atj]you cant tell me they are all busting for a turd.
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| Peraps Menzies was part of the swap for Elima?
Menzies had 1 year left and Elima has a good few years in him.
Not a bad swap (if that is the case)
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26076_1286623377.jpg [color=#000000:1qsyq8gi]Wigan Warriors 2010:[/color:1qsyq8gi]
[color=red:1qsyq8gi]Super League Champions
League Leaders
Under 20's Champions
Club of The Year
Floodlit 9's Winners
Pat Richards: Man Of Steel
Sam Tomkins: Young Player of the Year
Michael Maguire: Coach of the Year[/color:1qsyq8gi]
[quote="Wire_91":1qsyq8gi]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[/quote:1qsyq8gi]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_26076.jpg |
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| More on the Leuluai Rumour to Manly herehttp://www.silvertails.net/forums/index.php?topic
Quote: "Look what I have been hearing is that Lowey has secured Thomas Leuluai to come back from the UK and play in the halves for us. Apparently he made the contact through Thomas' father James, who was in and around the Kiwi setup during the 80's and I guess they got to know each other then.
Thomas's cousin is Kylie Leuluai and from what I have been told it was a call from Kylie that got him over the line to come to Manly in the end.
We may have to release a player in order for Wigan to let him out of his contract, but I wouldn't want to go into that as it would just be speculating and I want to keep to the facts here.
It'd be great if someone closer to the club could bring this up with Lowey maybe?
This mail has been coming pretty strong so I will be interested to hear if Dan has been hearing the same whispers.
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Quote: "When I was in NZ in August we went to the Warriors Knights game (My wife is a knights fan) and I wore my Manly Shirt as a stir.
Anyway the crowd over there was talking about the Lueluia (sp) thing, so that rumour might have some truth in it.
Cant confirm if its true, but thats what the locals were saying.'"
Quote: "Apparently Lowe was spotted after the match talking to Leuluai'"
Quote: "Gronk (person who posted the original rumour)I can neither confirm nor deny whether that is what I have also heard.
Let's just say, you aren't the only one with that story'"
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| MMM
Tommy to Manly, does that mean we are freeing up funds to bring in CAMERON SMITH, MMMMMM
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