Re: Wire team of the 2010s : Sat Dec 07, 2019 3:51 pm  

rubber duckie wrote:

Would you swap Hill Cooper and BMM
For Morley Carell and Solamona?

No, all three of the second list were better, if we're looking at Hill on 2019 form. If it was Hill in 2012 or 2013, I'd take him ahead of Morley or Carvell.

Solomona was more effective for us than BMM but some of that was due to who he had around him. Both of those guys are game changers that could be frustrating but you don't notice their flaws as much when you're winning easily. If Solomona played in the more recent teams, his work ethic and consistency would be much more under the spotlight. Similar to how perceptions of Kelly Shelford changed dramatically between 1994 and 1997.

BMM would have probably scored a lot in the earlier TS teams but Solomona brought something different so I'd have preferred him at the time.

Re: Wire team of the 2010s : Sat Dec 07, 2019 5:50 pm  

Can’t argue with a lot of that team. I’d juggle it around though and put King on a wing and squeeze Bridge in. He was fantastic for us, Monaghan in particular benefited from his creativity time and again.

And Harrison over Grix. I’m a card holding member of the Grix fan club, but Ben Harrison made us tick. His engine was superb.

Scary seeing the decline in talent across the league from the days where we had these players. Players like Hodgson and Monaghan just aren’t in the game anymore, the guile and craft they played with was mesmerising.

Re: Wire team of the 2010s : Sat Dec 07, 2019 10:10 pm  

Christ yeah how could i forget about Bridge, Quality player for us

Re: Wire team of the 2010s : Sat Dec 07, 2019 11:09 pm  

rubber duckie wrote:

Would you swap Hill Cooper and BMM
For Morley Carell and Solamona?

All playing in their pomp ?

No.

Re: Wire team of the 2010s : Sun Dec 08, 2019 10:17 am  

Myler? Goodness me that tells you as much as you need to know about the ragtag collection of playmakers we've had.

For talent, Sandow was streets ahead of the rest including Austin.

Re: Wire team of the 2010s : Sun Dec 08, 2019 4:16 pm  

Halfbacks: Lee Briers and Richie Myler
The first 4 seasons of this decade saw Briers become a Wire legend. For me he's second in our history with only Bevan ahead. What a complete player he was at the back end of his career, he was the best player I've seen at taking a team round the park and being able to dictate the agenda

If you think lee briers is second only to brian bevan in the list of wire legends it probably helps to explain why you lot havent won a championship since old bandaged knees was playing, as for being the best youve ever seen at taking a team round the park , i take you never saw andy gregory, sean long, bobby goulding, kevin sinfield, alex murphy, john woods not too mention a load of aussie halfbacks......you lot really are the gift that keeps giving

Re: Wire team of the 2010s : Sun Dec 08, 2019 4:40 pm  

Redvee69 wrote:

Halfbacks: Lee Briers and Richie Myler
The first 4 seasons of this decade saw Briers become a Wire legend. For me he's second in our history with only Bevan ahead. What a complete player he was at the back end of his career, he was the best player I've seen at taking a team round the park and being able to dictate the agenda

If you think lee briers is second only to brian bevan in the list of wire legends it probably helps to explain why you lot havent won a championship since old bandaged knees was playing, as for being the best youve ever seen at taking a team round the park , i take you never saw andy gregory, sean long, bobby goulding, kevin sinfield, alex murphy, john woods not too mention a load of aussie halfbacks......you lot really are the gift that keeps giving

Why are you bothered Redneck69?

Re: Wire team of the 2010s : Sun Dec 08, 2019 4:57 pm  

Captain Hook wrote:

Why are you bothered Redneck69?

Im not but you lot are soooooo easy, champions can laugh the rest of you can please your bloody selves

Re: Wire team of the 2010s : Sun Dec 08, 2019 7:20 pm  

Redvee69 wrote:

Im not but you lot are soooooo easy, champions can laugh the rest of you can please your bloody selves

SL Champions in RL are soon forgotten...that's how it is...however the gilt of a Challenge Cup win lingers on.
The greater number of people always remember the winners on terrestrial TV.

Re: Wire team of the 2010s : Sun Dec 08, 2019 9:43 pm  

Oh dear, here he is again (redvee69), can't help himself can he!
keep sticking the boot in pal.
don't forget the higher you climb the further you fall,
you might think you are clever & funny but spouting guff about the Wire but our day will come!
By the way can I borrow your jag on Wednesday, have some crap taking to the tip.