: Mon Mar 09, 2009 4:31 pm  

I doubt that Monaghan is as unhappy as we are with his performances in his 1st season and 4 games of being here,
He imo underestimated super league and thought he was in for a holiday but since turning up and getting on the pitch he has found out it is tougher than the NRL , He is not the 1st and wont be the last ,just look at the amount of players who come here from the NRL supposed best league in the world and flop and don't live up to there NRL reputation of being a top star not just at warrington at a lot of SL clubs NRL stars come here and underwhelm us with there performances but then go back to the NRL and are stars again .
IMO if we are going to bring in an NRL player you might as well bring in 2 or 3 top quality than 5 over paid under skilled journey men .
When I say quality I mean Thurston or Orford or Folau or Slater top players not the dross we get this includes Kiwis as well .

: Mon Mar 09, 2009 4:35 pm  

The problem is that a season of Wire coaching soon gets rid of any skills or committment that any superstar player may have.

: Mon Mar 09, 2009 5:00 pm  

I always find it refreshing how being in here proves how little Phil Gould knows about the game.

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:24 pm  

Please go home monas

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:40 pm  

after 2 months we were all calling him a world beater and wondering why manly had ever let him go!!

i personally feel that he seemed to have a bad attitude especially while cullen was around but since he is still here and we have changed coaches again i say let's wait and see if smith can reignite the form he showed at first

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:53 pm  

all will be revealed in the morning at 7am on warrington-worldwide.

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:59 pm  

Doesn't look like Monaghan is enjoying his rugby over here, he started off quite well last season but has since gone Backwards rapidly. Also his kicking game is woefull, after watching him in his last season at Manly he always wanted the ball was always the go to man on the last tackle even when Orford was on the pitch, such as good his kicking was. I think he should be allowed to leave at the end of the season if he's so unhappy or we need to cut our losses if his performances don't pick up. Darren Lockyer is the man i'd like to see at 6 next year even if is only for a season, he's still world class at 33-34, and lets face it every wire fan would loved to have had Joey over here for a season even when he would have been 35.

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 5:02 pm  

Well I thought he was excellent at weekend. So clean slate and everything, I'm looking forward to watching him again and also what he can do with a decent coach over him.

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 5:06 pm  

bye michael, don't let the aircraft door hit your booty on your way home!

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 5:11 pm  

reckon he will be leaving at the end of the season, with orford coming to us:D