Re: Has Nobby .... : Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:30 pm  

rpw wrote:

Its a strange one is this one. I was talking to a mate of mine doing his dream team asking if he should put mathers in and I said to stay clear cos ever since his return from auz he's been sent to the sidelines more than jim gannon.. can't remember him being so dirty at leeds..???

He wasn't
It just highlights the coaching ability of noble that he destroys the potential mathers had and gets rid of wigans best player last year(higham) for fatty riddell!!

Re: Has Nobby .... : Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:31 pm  

rpw wrote:

Its a strange one is this one. I was talking to a mate of mine doing his dream team asking if he should put mathers in and I said to stay clear cos ever since his return from auz he's been sent to the sidelines more than jim gannon.. can't remember him being so dirty at leeds..???

As said above, he was frequently a bit borderline with his tackling, particularly as last man. More clumsy than malicious I would have said. I can also recall a couple of debatable late efforts on try scorers, but nothin worth more than a bit of a finger-wagging as far as I remember.

Re: Has Nobby .... : Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:40 pm  

rhinoms wrote:

fatty riddell!!

I don't know what you mean.

[Wigan6/Leeds1 Andy]

Re: Has Nobby .... : Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:12 pm  

rhinoms wrote:

Wigans best player last year(higham)

Only in Micky Higham's house was he regarded as our best player.

Re: Has Nobby .... : Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:16 pm  

DISA wrote:

All about opinions bud. But I certainly can relate to some of the grumblings of the oppossition support to some of his clumsy tackles.

Of course their moanings went overboard sometimes. But sometimes deserved.

Have to agree, his late 'tackle' on Motu Tony in the 2005 CC being the one that springs to mind immediately.

: Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:41 pm  

Mathers is just a desperate and frustrated character these days. What little pace he had at Leeds has deserted him, along with his confidence. He never was the best tackler in the world anyway. He's getting dirty these days to attempt to make up for his shortcomings in other facets of the game.
In 2004/5 he was so solid fielding any sort of kick, you'd have put your house on it. Now he looks shaky the whole time, just a sad case of injury ruining a very promising career IMO.

Re: Has Nobby .... : Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:48 pm  

thebloodbath wrote:

I don't know what you mean.

when did G1 play for parramatta?

: Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:50 pm  

Matt23 wrote:

In 2004/5 he was so solid fielding any sort of kick, you'd have put your house on it.

Indeed. In his pomp you never worried when the ball went in the air, you just knew he'd take it.

It's sad how badly his form has deserted him. I'll always remember that game at the KFC, where it was nil-nil at HT. He was immense in that one.

: Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:30 pm  

Mathers is just another example of players thinking the grass is greener away from Leeds in recent years.

Calderwood, Mathers.........erm...erm....yes.

Move along now, nothing ot see here.

: Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:36 pm  

Forumjacker wrote:

Mathers is just another example of players thinking the grass is greener away from Leeds in recent years.

Calderwood, Mathers.........erm...erm....yes.

Move along now, nothing ot see here.

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