Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sun Mar 17, 2013 2:50 pm  

shawshank wrote:

Lauaki and shaun wane have had words in pre=season [did lauaki pull out of the warrington game in pre saeson]

Sort of, he was included in the Warrington game in pre-season, went out on the pitch at half time to do a warm up with the physio and was visibly struggling with what I think was a hamstring injury.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Mar 18, 2013 1:29 pm  

Would anyone here want Chris Ashton back? After this year's Six Nations-and especially yesterday- I can't believe he has an international future in Rugby Union any more

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Mar 18, 2013 1:36 pm  

Cherry.Pie wrote:

Sort of, he was included in the Warrington game in pre-season, went out on the pitch at half time to do a warm up with the physio and was visibly struggling with what I think was a hamstring injury.

Correct

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Mar 18, 2013 2:04 pm  

Union people are having a go at Ashton as he's not scoring tries for England.
He's a wingman so how many passes is he getting?
I don't know why they are having a go anyway. Union is about kicking penalties if you want to win a game. Tries are a luxury in the 15 man code. The two tries Wales got in the 6N match were luxuries, it was the number of penalties kicked that made the difference.
Would I have him back, yes!
We are thin on the ground re backs and as long as they wouldn't play him full back I'd be ok with him returning. Not that he ever will though!

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Mar 18, 2013 2:41 pm  

I think the criticism is less to do with Ashton's lack of try scoring and more to do with chronic defensive problems and ineffectual all round contribution at the moment. I think he would possibly be up for a return to RL in principle but I'm not sure anyone could afford or justify trying to afford his current package

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Mar 18, 2013 3:29 pm  

Dai Jones wrote:

I think the criticism is less to do with Ashton's lack of try scoring and more to do with chronic defensive problems and ineffectual all round contribution at the moment. I think he would possibly be up for a return to RL in principle but I'm not sure anyone could afford or justify trying to afford his current package

You mean the same problems that he had years ago when in Rugby League. I see absolutely no improvement in Ashton and he is just the good support player that he always was. Apart from this though he has very little to his game and is fairly average/poor in all of the other areas and I dont think any of the top RL teams would be interested in him.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Mar 18, 2013 3:50 pm  

Dai Jones wrote:

I think the criticism is less to do with Ashton's lack of try scoring and more to do with chronic defensive problems and ineffectual all round contribution at the moment. I think he would possibly be up for a return to RL in principle but I'm not sure anyone could afford or justify trying to afford his current package

Correct. I've heard that he'd be up for a return if the money was right, but the money will never be right because in League they wouldn't be prepared to equal what he's getting in Union, and that's before you even consider that, in performance terms, he'd probably be a long way behind what's expected in SL.

It doesn't surprise me, however, that Ashton's attitude is starting to cause annoyance in Union. His attitude left a lot to be desired while he was at Wigan - to say the very least.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Mar 18, 2013 7:13 pm  

Cruncher wrote:

Correct. I've heard that he'd be up for a return if the money was right, but the money will never be right because in League they wouldn't be prepared to equal what he's getting in Union, and that's before you even consider that, in performance terms, he'd probably be a long way behind what's expected in SL.

It doesn't surprise me, however, that Ashton's attitude is starting to cause annoyance in Union. His attitude left a lot to be desired while he was at Wigan - to say the very least.

If there is any truth in Ashton wanting out of RU then it would be a good for dear old Dr. Koukash as his first signing. Would certainly get him a few headlines in the nationals that he so craves!

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Mar 19, 2013 12:59 pm  

Ashton would be a fool to return to League. In League his weaknesses would be further exposed, better to stay in Union.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:22 pm  

Some good news on the way [new player]