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| Quote: "At the end of last season, we needed to do a number of things to our squad in order to compete with the likes of Wigan, Wire, Saints.
1) Get rid of the likes of Cusack, Dowes and Radford (or at least two of them) and improve our front row with at least one quality prop............. FAILED
2) We needed at least one half-back and also some cover there.........FAILED
3) We needed to solve our right centre problem and get some strike out there..........FAILED
4) Berrigan leaving was rumoured for a while and welcomed by many(especially me) but we needed to spend his salary on some quality............FAILED
5)We also needed to get someone in who can spell Houghton (possibly linked to the HB cover)..FAILED
But we have brought in a winger, another backrower and a utility back that no club wants !  unbelievable, we spend three weeks saying we must bring in cover then when we do no one is still happy
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| Quote: "Does it look like it gives me pleasure FFS !!! ![]()
not too long ago wigan were on the brink of relegation, then a plan was put in place and they rebuilt!!
thats the nature of pro sport
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Last year almost everyone on here said Cussack was a spent force, hes gone.
Last year most on here said berrigan was a waste of quota , hes gone.
Last year most on here said Tansey was a dodgy fullback , hes gone.
Last year most said Calderwood was made of balsa wood, hes gone.
we replaced these with
Westerman regarded as one of the best young prospects in Uk.
Sharp is going to be an international there is no doubting that .
Phelps who was Wigans fullback until a cruel injury then kept out by a freak of a player in Tomks
what have the club done wrong here i dont get it??
we have replaced players who were issues to many posters with good young players and all of a sudden were a shocking set up with no hope this term??
I bet the rest of SL dont see it that way
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Dont know if its been mentioned on here, but ive recently started following Cameron on Twitter and 1 of his 'tweets' last month was 'thinks everything would be much easier if it was Black & White'....That was posted on the 31st Jan..
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| Quote: "Maybe more clubs should sacrifice the standard of play on the pitch in order to produce these amazing profits your club has shown recently.'"
Not in the slightest. I sincerely hope you continue with your unsustainable spending, in fact I sincerely hope you double your spending and hasten the inevitable |
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| Quote: "Last year almost everyone on here said Cussack was a spent force, hes gone.
Last year most on here said berrigan was a waste of quota , hes gone.
Last year most on here said Tansey was a dodgy fullback , hes gone.
Last year most said Calderwood was made of balsa wood, hes gone.
we replaced these with
Westerman regarded as one of the best young prospects in Uk.
Sharp is going to be an international there is no doubting that .
Phelps who was Wigans fullback until a cruel injury then kept out by a freak of a player in Tomks
what have the club done wrong here i dont get it??
we have replaced players who were issues to many posters with good young players and all of a sudden were a shocking set up with no hope this term??
I bet the rest of SL dont see it that way'"
Wasting your time mate trying to make the 'half empty' fans to think anything but pessimism , that's just how some people are. I personally believe that this season will probably mirror last season.
We never seem to keep a squad fit, the main problem we have this season is our depth. Im pretty sure you will see us plummet down the table if we lose Long, Phelps, Horne & Westerman/Fitzy long term.
We are well overdue a season that injuries don't hit us as hard. If we can keep our squad fit, we might finish top 4 (I won't shout that too loudly, though, I might be attacked by a pessimist! |
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| Quote: "At the end of last season, we needed to do a number of things to our squad in order to compete with the likes of Wigan, Wire, Saints.
1) Get rid of the likes of Cusack, Dowes and Radford (or at least two of them) and improve our front row with at least one quality prop............. FAILED
2) We needed at least one half-back and also some cover there.........FAILED
3) We needed to solve our right centre problem and get some strike out there..........FAILED
4) Berrigan leaving was rumoured for a while and welcomed by many(especially me) but we needed to spend his salary on some quality............FAILED
5)We also needed to get someone in who can spell Houghton (possibly linked to the HB cover)..FAILED
But we have brought in a winger, another backrower and a utility back that no club wants ! ![]()
I think it's plain to see that we've not strengthened in some areas that we needed to and that is disappointing. We do still have a competetive squad though when we dont have injuries to key positions which is the risk. (and likely to bite us in the backside at some point)
The main question for me to ask though in relation to the failures above which i actually agree with is 'how many were failures due to us not acting and how many were failures because things just didnt work out?'
For example we cant magically make a centre or a halfback appear of the right quality and for the right price. I'm pretty sure the club will have been looking, they made a statement didnt they several months ago that they would have to focus more on 2012 recruitment because no one was available for 2011?
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good signing this, gives you plenty of cover in your backs.
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| Quote: "And you wonder why ![]()
however i didnt post the photo modabe ... 
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| Quote: "WOW talk about negative imput
1) Get rid of the likes of Cusack, Dowes and Radford (or at least two of them) and improve our front row with at least one quality prop............. FAILED why failed?? Cusack went , Radford was consistently a banger all season and dowes is rarely injured so in those two we have the stoppers and in Fitz, Omeley, Moa and Hame we have rotational yard makers you have to have players who can do the ugly stuff in every team!
2) We needed at least one half-back and also some cover there.........FAILED why failed??
we have Long who is super fit right now, Horne a match away at best so we have our starting halves and then Turner, Westerman and some young guns who can step in if needed whats the issue??
3) We needed to solve our right centre problem and get some strike out there..........FAILED ???? We have two cracking centres already in yeaman and Whiting with a number of players who can cover if needed ?? 4) Berrigan leaving was rumoured for a while and welcomed by many(especially me) but we needed to spend his salary on some quality............FAILED
5)We also needed to get someone in who can spell Houghton (possibly linked to the HB cover)..FAILED Washy??
But we have brought in a winger, another backrower and a utility back that no club wants ! ![]()
He was not alluding to Sharp and Westerman
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| Quote: "good signing this, gives you plenty of cover in your backs.'"
You have to cover your back on here bud.  |
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| Quote: "You have to cover your back on here bud. ![]()
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the recriutment has been good but all we need now is a young british backup half (gareth moore) and we still have alot of monet left over to add to the squad if someone comes available.
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| Quote: "the recriutment has been good but all we need now is a young british backup half (gareth moore) and we still have alot of monet left over to add to the squad if someone comes available.'"
I doubt very much that Phelps has come for a year on peanuts, the only way to attract someone for a one year contract is to throw money at them, especially someone who is as brilliant as some on here are suggesting?
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| Quote: "we still have alot of monet '"
If we did mate,we could afford whoever we wanted,and still be in the black. |
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