[Durham Giant]

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:59 am  

fredie wrote
f we could bring back the best team in history . dragons 11 GF team 8

if we could bring back the best team in historyit would be

Huddersfield ' team of all talents' 1914.


Go on prove me wrong

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 12:06 pm  

our team was undefeated for years

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 12:07 pm  

[quote="Alice's Phallus"]

Trent Barrett was a great player when he came to Wigan, and remains so. (We all pray that his neck injury suffered today will not be career ending).



quote] trent is ok . will be back in 1 too 2 weeks

Re: Who would win? Best imports vs the best English ever in SL? : Sun Mar 29, 2009 12:14 pm  

Alice's Phallus wrote:

IMPORTS:snip

I'd raise that team with the addition on Kevin Iro, Darren Britt and Adrian Lam. I'd also suggest that Robbie McCormack's very impressive stint at Wigan rank above Buderus's contribution thus far.

From a Saints pov, I'd also suggest Perelini and Albert have decent cases to present.

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 12:15 pm  

ECT wrote:

The imports could pick three or four halves combos that would be better than Long and Maguire but the locals stack up better in most other positions. But it's still just speculation so who cares.

That's why thje GB team would obvioulsy have to have Tommy Martyn in it.

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 1:36 pm  

Richard Swain over Buderus for me.

Jason Smith was outstanding for 2 seasons then was injured for 2 seasons after knees up mrs Fielden got him.

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 2:25 pm  

Albert and Dallas both better wingers than Donald.

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 2:38 pm  

Alice's Phallus wrote:

Are the above comments examples of the psychology of selective perception?

According to the famed mathematicians who advise me on my work, the clubs cited in this meticulous team selection have the following number of representatives:

Wigan: 9

Leeds: 8

St Helens: 8

Bradford: 4

Hull FC: 2

London: 2

Catalans: 1

Perhaps this selection is in fact a fair representation of the top clubs' performances over thirteen years of Super League?

Fairleigh played for Saints not Wigan, so its Saints 9, Wigan 8

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 4:59 pm  

Eurob0y wrote:

Fairleigh played for Saints not Wigan, so its Saints 9, Wigan 8

But Terry O'Connor, Barrie McDermott and Offiah all played for Wigan too.

Granted McDermott only for a short spell. But surely the other two would be classed as Wigan players?

Or is it because Offiah and McDermott only played for Wigan pre-SL?? But O'Connor played for Wigan in the SL.

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 5:23 pm  

In the light of the criticisms I have received on this thread, I have made some modifications to my selections, notably inserting Richard Swain and Darren Albert in place of Daniel Buderus and Scott Donald, and noting the correct club affiliations of David Fairleigh and Terence O'Connor.

Because Henry Paul was at his career peak in Super League, and Stacey Jones wasn't, I regard the performances of Henry Paul in Super League as superior to those of Stacey Jones. Overall in an evaluation of each person's life career, Stacey may well come in ahead of Henry.

Steve Renouf was not at his career peak in Super League, but still was better than his main rival for the position, Matt Gidley, in my opinion.

Now here is the revised teams:

IMPORTS:

Brent Webb (Leeds)

Leslie Vainikolo (Bradford)
Jamie Lyon (St Helens)
Steve Renouf (Wigan)
Darren Albert (St Helens)

Trent Barrett (Wigan)
Henry Paul (Wigan)

Jason Cayless (St Helens)
Richard Swain (Hull)
David Fairleigh (St Helens)
Jim Dymock (London)
David Furner (Wigan)
Jason Smith (Hull)


Bench:

Joe Vagana (Bradford)
Shaun Berrigan (Hull)
Ali Lauititi (Leeds)
Stacey Jones (Catalans)

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BRITISH:

Kris Radlinski (Wigan)

Jason Robinson (Wigan)
Paul Newlove (St Helens)
Gary Connolly (Wigan)
Martin Offiah (London)

Danny McGuire (Leeds)
Sean Long (St Helens)

Stuart Fielden (Bradford)
Keiron Cunningham (St Helens)
James Graham (St Helens)
Andrew Farrell (Wigan)
Jamie Peacock (Bradford)
Paul Sculthorpe (St Helens)

Bench:

Barrie McDermott (Leeds)
Terry O'Connor (Wigan)
Adrian Morley (Leeds)
James Roby (St Helens)