: Tue May 12, 2009 5:20 pm
No. Out of all the players I have seen play for you I disliked him the most and rated him the least. I watched him play lots of times for you and two games stand out in particular, even by his standards of not being very brave, shall we say. One was away at Chorley and the other away at Carlisle. Both games got rather naughty and Cottrell limped off very wisely in both with supposed leg strains. He had rugby ability but was to be polite, not big on guts. Due to him being keen on bullying little wingers and scrum halves, a lot of fans thought he was tough. However, he would not go near league's hard men. I always thought he was like a pantomime character and a total embarrassment to your club. When the tough got going, TC always went missing. I am not a fan of those who like dishing out to little uns but won't go near big uns. I remember chatting with some of his former team mates at Leigh Miners before he signed for you. I asked them was he any good. They said yes, he has real ability but he goes missing when it gets tough. They recounted one story in particular of a match away at Queens. Predictably, it developed into a blood bath and all the Leigh team really got stuck in, apart from one.He disappeared. Guess who? I cannot say I blame him. He was smart and you will not be the only one to have been conned by good old TC. He was good at it. However, his old team mates saw things very differently. It was due to speaking to them I noticed it and boy were they were right. He had real ability but was very cute. As for Sorensen and Faimalo etc he'd (and I don't blame him) run a mile. Seems a nice and smart guy, but would definitely be in my nightmare team every time. By the way, if you are referring to the brilliant away match when Dessie was superb, in The John Player, Faimalo definitely was not playing. He had not signed for Widnes by then. I think you are getting your seasons mixed up.
