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: Fri May 22, 2009 2:40 pm  
I used to love it when Tommy made a complete hash of something or make a glaring error in the first quarter of the game. You knew then, without fail, that he would do something spectacular and of probably game breaking proportions, before the match was finished. It was almost as if he had to make a mistake in order that he could make up for it with something sublime.

Tommy was all class and I feel priveledged to have been there on the many occasions where he wove his magic.

As to his partnership with Long, at times it was poetry in motion and almost as if they had a telepathic link or were using the same brain. They were that good together. I'd say that it's certainly the best I've seen in the red vee and you could argue that it was as good as, if not better, then the Edwards/Gregory partnership which the Pies had during their glory-buying years.
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: Fri May 22, 2009 2:44 pm  
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as a partnership, the best i've seen in any team


Even better than Edwards & Gregory?

Come on.
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: Fri May 22, 2009 2:46 pm  
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Even better than Edwards & Gregory?

Come on.


The trouble is that some of them believe it.
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: Fri May 22, 2009 2:48 pm  
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He is one of the top 3 British halves ive seen, the others being Scofield and Tony Myler.


WHAT?

Schofield and Myler? Really? Honestly?

Myler, in particular, was shiit.
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: Fri May 22, 2009 2:51 pm  
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Tippling Tommy was never fit to be mentioned in the same breath as Edwards.


I think you're wrong.

Tommy Martyn was a great player. I'd have loved to see him at Wigan.

Edwards was a better player though, and for whoever it was to suggest that Long and Martyn were the best halfback pairing ever is, well, appallingly inaccurate.
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: Fri May 22, 2009 2:53 pm  
211 appearances - 743 points - 127 tries

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Oh and one wonder pass against Wigan

I agree well over rated :lol:
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: Fri May 22, 2009 3:04 pm  
How many England / GB caps?
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: Fri May 22, 2009 3:06 pm  
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How many England / GB caps?


He was Irish, everyoen knows that bit.... ;-)
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: Fri May 22, 2009 3:07 pm  
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I think you're wrong.

Tommy Martyn was a great player. I'd have loved to see him at Wigan.

Edwards was a better player though, and for whoever it was to suggest that Long and Martyn were the best halfback pairing ever is, well, appallingly inaccurate.


Wiganers are bound to say that Edwards/Gregory were better than Long/Martyn and vice versa - it's the Radlinski vs Wellens argument all over again.

BTW, I love it when anybody dares disagree with a Wiganer over RL, you ALWAYS know that persons opinion will always be branded as "rubbish", "foolish" etc or in your particular case you have used the phrase "appallingly inaccurate". You can see it coming a mile off.

HTH.
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: Fri May 22, 2009 3:18 pm  
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How many England / GB caps?



And your point is ?
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