: Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:38 pm  

imwakefieldtillidie wrote:

Tracey Lazenby! What a player! Never seen someone look so scruffy and un-interested, but on his day could turn a game in an instant.

was at the game when he chased down and caught Offiah(who was in his prime athe time), very underated player tracy

: Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:42 pm  

imwakefieldtillidie wrote:

I preferred Ellis in the centre. I know he wasn't involved as much, but I felt he did some real damage out wide, similar to JD a few years ago.

Ged Byrne was another good centre we had, think he was only there for one season?

Ged was more known for his hard hitting in the tackle, Brian Jackson was a favourite of mine

: Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:56 pm  

owiepob wrote:

Ged byrne, wan't he a record signing? Come to think of it he still might be. I remember the galmour of signing a player from Wigan. His inventive half back partnership with mark Conway will stay in the memory for a long time. Who'd have thought that after nearly 100 years of RL it took these two to come together to invent the 'walk around' - shame it didn't develop to be more effective than its close cousin the 'run around'!

Lol

: Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:56 am  

kentcat wrote:

Ged was more known for his hard hitting in the tackle, Brian Jackson was a favourite of mine

I liked Brian Jackson too. Big, strong lad, who loved a scrap and he hit very hard in the tackle.

Darren Fritz was a favourite of mine too. I will never forget the Challenge Cup game when we played Runcorn Highfield at home and the sight of Darren Fritz running down the field with what looked like 5 blokes on his back LOL

Priceless!

Other players that stood out for me were:-

- Steve Ella - Class act

- Ray Price - Still amazing when he came to us

- Henry Paul - A different class at the time

- Andy Mason - Ahead of his time for me, very fast, underated, great warm up routine

- Michael Jackson - a surprise package, whatever happened to him ???

- Geoff Bagnall - A real leader and very underated player

- Nigel Bell - A real work horse and put his body on the line week after week for the team

- Nigel Wright - Shame he didn't reach his full potential but on his day was a very clever and intelligent player.

- Gareth Ellis - Best homegrown player I've seen at Wakefield, you could see he had the potential and he's developed into a far better player than I ever imagined TBF to the lad.

I'm sure there's many more I've missed.....

: Fri Oct 23, 2009 8:01 am  

pocket 4's wrote:

because his club canberra won about 8 games on the trot to get in the play-offs when it looked like they had no chance

Laurie Daley actually had knee ligament damage and had to withdraw from his contract and he didn't play out the end of that NRL season.Think he also had a shoulder problem.

He did sign before he picked up the injury albeit everybody saying it was just a publicity stunt.

: Sat Oct 24, 2009 12:05 pm  

Just been having another trip down memory lane and a name that crept in to my head and I don't think he's had a mention in this thread is Sonny Whakaru, he was a great player for us, imagine him Willie and Sololmona as a back three with Westwood and Ellis interchanging!

Two players I used to love weatching but weren't greats were the SDouth African Nick du Toit and Paul Round, two real rough houses who shall we say played it close to the edge! We've been pretty lucky in the back row department when we look back and with the signing of Morrison, the emergence of Fergie and the expected signing of Galea it looks like we'll be strong there again. In recent years we've struggled in the three quarters, lets hope Millard goes some way to altering this, really looking forward to see him play.

: Sat Oct 24, 2009 12:32 pm  

Uptoncat wrote:

Just been having another trip down memory lane and a name that crept in to my head and I don't think he's had a mention in this thread is Sonny Whakaru, he was a great player for us, imagine him Willie and Sololmona as a back three with Westwood and Ellis interchanging!

Two players I used to love weatching but weren't greats were the SDouth African Nick du Toit and Paul Round, two real rough houses who shall we say played it close to the edge! We've been pretty lucky in the back row department when we look back and with the signing of Morrison, the emergence of Fergie and the expected signing of Galea it looks like we'll be strong there again. In recent years we've struggled in the three quarters, lets hope Millard goes some way to altering this, really looking forward to see him play.

He posts on RLFANS from time to time, can't just remember is username but i'm sure someone will.

Falcon or something like that.

: Sat Oct 24, 2009 12:47 pm  

Does anyone remember the winger David Jones we signed from Oldham? Took ages to get his fist try but seemed to make a break every time he got the ball. I think him and Paul Round came together.

: Sat Oct 24, 2009 12:53 pm  

David Jones the bingo caller.
Another winger and fav of mine was Keith Slater, I think (and the memory is going) he once scored 7 in a match, but could be wrong!

: Sat Oct 24, 2009 1:16 pm  

Remember Jonah catching Offiah at Belle Vue when Offiah had ten yards start on him, was strong as an ox in defense but never seemed to take them on in attack even though he had pace to burn, came inside every time he got the ball. Bet he was one of the first names on the team sheet as he very rarely made a mistake.