Mago : Mon May 13, 2024 1:05 pm  

Signed on for another 2 years.

Testament to where he was and where he has now taken his game.

To be honest I thought Eseh and Hill were likely to replace him
and Cooper in the pecking order next year but fair play to him for earning a new deal, just hope he doesn’t get too comfortable now he has that security again.

Re: Mago : Mon May 13, 2024 1:08 pm  

Well deserved. Something looks to have clicked in the lad and it's been great to see. You never know what not having to fight for a new contract can do to a guy but I do feel like there's been real change there with him, that isn't just coming from needing a new deal. He looks happy and really settled and is offering us a good point of difference.

Re: Mago : Mon May 13, 2024 1:55 pm  

I've seen him in Total Fitness a few times over the past few months. He's clearly putting some hard work in doing sessions in addition to those at the club so fair play to him.

Re: Mago : Mon May 13, 2024 3:04 pm  

Mago deserves credit for how well he has played, but this is also a massive pat on the back for our coaching team who keep showing how adept they are at getting players to the next level.

This has benefits for the players we have, but also for future recruitment. The next time we need to dip our toe in the transfer market we can point at players like Mago when talking to targets, and demonstrate that we can make them better players too

Re: Mago : Tue May 14, 2024 7:24 am  

Stu M wrote:

I've seen him in Total Fitness a few times over the past few months. He's clearly putting some hard work in doing sessions in addition to those at the club so fair play to him.

There's quite a few players use TF in Wigan on a regular basis and i think there is some form of sponsorship of Wigan too, which allows all players access to the gym

Scully is in there regular too, and i've had a few chats with him, but kept away from rugby and just spoken generally about training and other interests, but i'd love to have a real good chat with him about rugby (but we wouldnt get any training done )

one of the best i heard was an old fella in the changing rooms and Abbas and KPP came back from training and were about to get changed. Who do you play for son? Are you goal keeper for Liverpool? He was really polite with the guy and had a good chat with him, whilst also having a little chuckle to himself

Luke Thompson was in the pool about 3-4 weeks ago, just generally stretching / low impact stuff. God he's some athlete and physique about him

Re: Mago : Tue May 14, 2024 8:16 am  

Mark_P1973 wrote:

There's quite a few players use TF in Wigan on a regular basis and i think there is some form of sponsorship of Wigan too, which allows all players access to the gym

Scully is in there regular too, and i've had a few chats with him, but kept away from rugby and just spoken generally about training and other interests, but i'd love to have a real good chat with him about rugby (but we wouldnt get any training done )

one of the best i heard was an old fella in the changing rooms and Abbas and KPP came back from training and were about to get changed. Who do you play for son? Are you goal keeper for Liverpool? He was really polite with the guy and had a good chat with him, whilst also having a little chuckle to himself

Luke Thompson was in the pool about 3-4 weeks ago, just generally stretching / low impact stuff. God he's some athlete and physique about him

I used to train with Scully at the Lions Den years ago and got to know him well. I also donated to The Steve Prescott Foundation and got an old bike from him (he was giving it away free but it didn't feel right)

He also gave me some contacts in relation to my knee op so I do talk to him every time I see him in there, usually about Saints and rugby in general.

I had a Saints training top on weeks ago and Miski got talking to me, he told me I had just missed Welsby and we just had a small talk about rugby. Scully still looks fit enough to put a shirt on now although he's obviously skinnier now than his playing weight.

The funniest part was years ago when I was swimming with my lads who were very young then. It was literally about a month after the 2014 Grand Final and Ben Flower was in the small pool with his baby. I had my Saints shorts on and felt a bit nervous given what had happened. However he started small talk in general and seemed like a good bloke.

RL lads are a different beast to footballers, given they come from normal backgrounds they are predominantly the same as us other than they have a talent to play the game.

Re: Mago : Tue May 14, 2024 9:54 am  

Scully was in our carriage going to the GF,Wigan lads were taking pics of him with them.
Perfect gent,most of them are.