Re: Disappointing players : Mon Oct 03, 2022 2:39 pm  

PopTart wrote:

I think it's actually the other way round.
He started at 7 and scored a try every game until we moved him to hooker.
Good to have his distribution but I think we would have seen more from him at 7. A bit like Lino in playing style.

On that, I've previously thought that Lino would be more suited to playing at 9 as he's not the organiser we were led to believe he was. But apparently he refused to play there according to Poching. I know Lino has a fair few fans, but I've been quite underwhelmed to be honest.

[PopTart]

Re: Disappointing players : Mon Oct 03, 2022 2:50 pm  

imwakefieldtillidie wrote:

On that, I've previously thought that Lino would be more suited to playing at 9 as he's not the organiser we were led to believe he was. But apparently he refused to play there according to Poching. I know Lino has a fair few fans, but I've been quite underwhelmed to be honest.

Big change to play at hooker. You need to build up your bulk/strength as you take a battering in the middle.
I can see why he wants to remain a 7.
You can switch, but you can't easily keep switching.

Re: Disappointing players : Mon Oct 03, 2022 2:57 pm  

Did Matt Peterson come over with a big rep for you lot? Remember him being pretty rank.

Sorry for bringing up bad memories

Re: Disappointing players : Mon Oct 03, 2022 3:07 pm  

imwakefieldtillidie wrote:

On that, I've previously thought that Lino would be more suited to playing at 9 as he's not the organiser we were led to believe he was. But apparently he refused to play there according to Poching. I know Lino has a fair few fans, but I've been quite underwhelmed to be honest.

Is there a player you wouldn't convert to a 9?

Re: Disappointing players : Mon Oct 03, 2022 3:41 pm  

imwakefieldtillidie wrote:

On that, I've previously thought that Lino would be more suited to playing at 9 as he's not the organiser we were led to believe he was. But apparently he refused to play there according to Poching. I know Lino has a fair few fans, but I've been quite underwhelmed to be honest.

He wasn't brought to Trinity to play at 9.
Just because WP said he asked him, I'm with Mason on that one

Re: Disappointing players : Mon Oct 03, 2022 3:42 pm  

vastman wrote:

Is there a player you wouldn't convert to a 9?

Liam Kay.

Re: Disappointing players : Mon Oct 03, 2022 3:43 pm  

Steve Mcnamara & Bobby Goulding.

Both were tosh.... Goulding only turned up when he played Alfie Langer off the park at Wilderspool.

That said, neither of them were getting paid so I suppose they could be excused for being disappointing.

Re: Disappointing players : Mon Oct 03, 2022 3:44 pm  

mwindass wrote:

Did Matt Peterson come over with a big rep for you lot? Remember him being pretty rank.

Sorry for bringing up bad memories

Turned us down once but we still went back to sign him!
That CC semi-final, enough said!

Re: Disappointing players : Mon Oct 03, 2022 3:46 pm  

FickleFingerOfFate wrote:

Turned us down once but we still went back to sign him!
That CC semi-final, enough said!

He certainly made a difficult task even harder. Some poor goalkicking didn't help either.

Re: Disappointing players : Mon Oct 03, 2022 3:47 pm  

Someone has already mentioned Aaron Whitaker but he wasn't bad and better than David Bailey and Robert Piva.