Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Wed Oct 16, 2024 10:04 am  

Wires71 wrote:

Only £150k is that a marquee signing? You make fair points but I must admit when I read "we have the nucleus of the squad set and good enough to get to the playoffs" I was underwhelmed. Our target is to win the title surely?

Yeah he'd have to be a marquee player
What i ment is we already have a squad in place to get us there, so i'm not underwhelmed with the current squad. Dan Russell potentially has the size and experience to outshine Nicholson under the influence of Burgess, so does Leyland, and if we get Bullock back to his best, we're actually stronger than this year

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Wed Oct 16, 2024 10:07 am  

Or thane wrote:

Yeah he'd have to be a marquee player
What i ment is we already have a squad in place to get us there, so i'm not underwhelmed with the current squad. Dan Russell potentially has the size and experience to outshine Nicholson under the influence of Burgess, so does Leyland, and if we get Bullock back to his best, we're actually stronger than this year

There is a hard hitting decent prop inside Bullock somewhere. But at 31 and more clubs than Tiger Woods, he needs to find it soon.

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Wed Oct 16, 2024 11:26 am  

Currie wasn't as good as people made out this year, he was better than previous currie which was a nice surprise but i'd say he was ineffective in a lot more

I reckon you probably get about the same in terms of link play from yates, but with better defence and hit ups. plus two regular props

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Wed Oct 16, 2024 11:28 am  

infact, its been quite surprising that the more critical posters on here have been so easy on him for parts of this season

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Wed Oct 16, 2024 12:25 pm  

Interesting article in the https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sport/24646971.warrington-wolves-hardest-working-player-2024/ ranking our players by the NRL VB Hard Earned Index. Warrington Wolves ‘Hard Earned’ leaderboard 2024 Luke Yates – 1,324 (inc time at Hudds) Ben Currie – 1,212 George Williams – 1,151 Matt Dufty – 1,012 Paul Vaughan – 1,001

Interesting article in the https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sport/24646971.warrington-wolves-hardest-working-player-2024/ ranking our players by the NRL VB Hard Earned Index. Warrington Wolves ‘Hard Earned’ leaderboard 2024 Luke Yates – 1,324 (inc time at Hudds) Ben Currie – 1,212 George Williams – 1,151 Matt Dufty – 1,012 Paul Vaughan – 1,001

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Wed Oct 16, 2024 1:40 pm  

Fantastic Mr Catpiss wrote:

infact, its been quite surprising that the more critical posters on here have been so easy on him for parts of this season

My guess is that we've had lots less posters & less critical posts this season. Probably to do with winning more games.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Wed Oct 16, 2024 1:58 pm  

Smiffy27 wrote:

My guess is that we've had lots less posters & less critical posts this season. Probably to do with winning more games.

He has been better this year than 2023. Looked more involved and committed. I don't think any forward came out of 2023 looking great.

I do maintain that 3 years was one hell of a contract extension though.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Wed Oct 16, 2024 1:59 pm  

Douglas Black wrote: Interesting article in the https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sport/24646971.warrington-wolves-hardest-working-player-2024/ ranking our players by the NRL VB Hard Earned Index. Warrington Wolves ‘Hard Earned’ leaderboard 2024 Luke Yates – 1,324 (inc time at Hudds) Ben Currie – 1,212 George Williams – 1,151 Matt Dufty – 1,012 Paul Vaughan – 1,001 Thanks for this. I really like Luke Yates and think every pack needs a work horse like him.

Douglas Black wrote: Interesting article in the https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sport/24646971.warrington-wolves-hardest-working-player-2024/ ranking our players by the NRL VB Hard Earned Index. Warrington Wolves ‘Hard Earned’ leaderboard 2024 Luke Yates – 1,324 (inc time at Hudds) Ben Currie – 1,212 George Williams – 1,151 Matt Dufty – 1,012 Paul Vaughan – 1,001 Thanks for this. I really like Luke Yates and think every pack needs a work horse like him.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Wed Oct 16, 2024 3:15 pm  

Wires71 wrote:

Thanks for this. I really like Luke Yates and think every pack needs a work horse like him.

Interesting stats but they’re based on total number of performance's rather than prorated. If you look it appears that Crowther and Holroyd are way down on effort which we know isn’t the case.

Nevertheless Yates and Currie have been very industrious.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Wed Oct 16, 2024 3:19 pm  

I’ve always been a fan of Currie.
It’s no coincidence the episodes of his career that stagnated was where we weren’t so healthy in the front row or just plane bang average.