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    Jonathan Griffiths he had a really good stint with us reckon Llanelli we very happy to have after we improved his fitness.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blobbynator View Post
    I'm surprised Sean Long hasn't come up in this.

    He had barely played for Wigan and Widnes when we signed him and turned into the best 7 in the British game. Couldn't be more pleasantly surprised than that.
    He has been mentioned.

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    I was pleasantly surprised with the Jammer signing, a great bit of business.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blobbynator View Post
    I'm surprised Sean Long hasn't come up in this.

    He had barely played for Wigan and Widnes when we signed him and turned into the best 7 in the British game. Couldn't be more pleasantly surprised than that.
    Good shout!! Didn’t Wigan part ex him with Widnes and end up with Lee Hansen? Then we got Longy for a song. The rest is history. No offence to Lee Hansen but that wasn’t the best bit of business from a Wigan POV
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    Im not sure what we paid for Sean Hoppe but considering we got him at the back end of his career i thought he did good. He was a good tryscorer and turned up in the big games.

    As far as getting a good return on an investment goes, Maurie Fasavalu has to be up there surely. A youngster from union, before his body started to fall apart he was a wrecking ball over that 5 year period.
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    Good shout that fishy, on Maurie!

    I'd go with:

    Maurie
    Baloo
    Gleeson.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OoOGazOoO View Post
    Good shout that fishy, on Maurie!

    I'd go with:

    Maurie
    Baloo
    Gleeson.
    Nice pal!! Its easy to forget the talent we had. I always wonder if Baloo could have gone round for another year. He was actually fitter in 2006 than he was in 2005!
    As for Gleeson, i always remember a lot of folk at the time of his signing saying ‘this nobody from Huddersfield isn’t good enough for us’. I went to a pre season friiendly in 2002. He put Darren Albert away for a try with a flick pass and i thought ‘wow! This lad can play!’
    I always liked Gleeson.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fishy3005 View Post
    Im not sure what we paid for Sean Hoppe but considering we got him at the back end of his career i thought he did good. He was a good tryscorer and turned up in the big games.

    As far as getting a good return on an investment goes, Maurie Fasavalu has to be up there surely. A youngster from union, before his body started to fall apart he was a wrecking ball over that 5 year period.
    Hoppe - great shout.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fishy3005 View Post
    Nice pal!! Its easy to forget the talent we had. I always wonder if Baloo could have gone round for another year. He was actually fitter in 2006 than he was in 2005!
    As for Gleeson, i always remember a lot of folk at the time of his signing saying ‘this nobody from Huddersfield isn’t good enough for us’. I went to a pre season friiendly in 2002. He put Darren Albert away for a try with a flick pass and i thought ‘wow! This lad can play!’
    I always liked Gleeson.
    Gleeson is a good shout, I don't remember a great deal of us him signing but soon realised he was class.

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    I always found Des Clark a weird signing. Hanley signed him at the back end of 1999. He looked like he could play in those few games then was never seen again lol
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    One for the older amongst us but Jeff Heaton coming back from Huyton was immense really. Following Murphy and Tommy Bishop and giving us 300+ games for a £500.00 fee. The club really made a steal that day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dux View Post
    Surprises me, that - I remember Gibbs being unusually impressive for a union convert right from the off. Compare with Tuigamala, who moved just a bit before and took more or less a season to get fit enough to play (IIRC).
    Yeah Dux he had no problem settling into the phsyical side of League, his tackling technique was always very good, he just got more practice and became phenomenal. It was his fitness that alarmed the trainers, he was miles off for nearly all the first season, just shows how good he was as he was not targeted by the opposition.

    Personally I had never heard of Farleigh or Sheils but they were very good, shrewd signings, especially as their debut coincided with us being WCC champions

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blobbynator View Post
    I'm surprised Sean Long hasn't come up in this.

    He had barely played for Wigan and Widnes when we signed him and turned into the best 7 in the British game. Couldn't be more pleasantly surprised than that.

    I remember stood on a half-empty Central Park kop end one freezing Boxing Day to watch a depleted Saints team get stuffed by a depleted wi*an team. The one player who I remembered most was this cocky pie kid who had the acceleration and balance of Jason Robinson and tore us to bits. I remember thinking 'Oh, FFS, they've got another Jason Robinson here' and then afterwards "Sean Long... must remember that name...".

    Forgot about him until reading he'd picked up bad injury. Then was involved in a swap deal with Widnes for Lee Hanson (ha! ha! ha!). When we signed him, I was actually quite excited and thought he could be very good. I knew he was signed initially as mainly cover for Goulding (hadn't he picked up another ban?) but was dying to see what he could do when he made his first appearance against Cronulla - and even though we were tonked, he showed flashes of just how good he could be.

    One of the few I've got right!

    But another one I was super-excited by was Scotty Gibbs. A bit disappointed in his early form, but that soon changed.


    I should do a 'Signings you were terribly disappointed by' thread sometime

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    Quote Originally Posted by Webbo Again View Post
    I remember stood on a half-empty Central Park kop end one freezing Boxing Day to watch a depleted Saints team get stuffed by a depleted wi*an team. The one player who I remembered most was this cocky pie kid who had the acceleration and balance of Jason Robinson and tore us to bits. I remember thinking 'Oh, FFS, they've got another Jason Robinson here' and then afterwards "Sean Long... must remember that name...".

    Forgot about him until reading he'd picked up bad injury. Then was involved in a swap deal with Widnes for Lee Hanson (ha! ha! ha!). When we signed him, I was actually quite excited and thought he could be very good. I knew he was signed initially as mainly cover for Goulding (hadn't he picked up another ban?) but was dying to see what he could do when he made his first appearance against Cronulla - and even though we were tonked, he showed flashes of just how good he could be.

    One of the few I've got right!

    But another one I was super-excited by was Scotty Gibbs. A bit disappointed in his early form, but that soon changed.


    I should do a 'Signings you were terribly disappointed by' thread sometime
    I suspect that would run to at least 10 pages and Saddended would fill half of them.

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    Thought Shannon McDonnell & Gareth O'Brien did a decent job for us while they were at the club

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ralph Fridge View Post
    Thought Shannon McDonnell & Gareth O'Brien did a decent job for us while they were at the club
    Throw Lance Hohaia and Josh Perry in there too pal
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    Quote Originally Posted by fishy3005 View Post
    Throw Lance Hohaia and Josh Perry in there too pal
    Ha ha ha ha.

    I thought they were ok particularly O'Brien who filled a gap at 7 for us for a time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dicko View Post
    Jonathan Griffiths he had a really good stint with us reckon Llanelli we very happy to have after we improved his fitness.
    Yeah he was good Griffiths

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ralph Fridge View Post
    Ha ha ha ha.

    I thought they were ok particularly O'Brien who filled a gap at 7 for us for a time.
    O’brien was ok to be fair pal.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fishy3005 View Post
    O’brien was ok to be fair pal.
    Got laid out twice in about 4 week. Think Taia did him actually at Catalans

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ralph Fridge View Post
    Got laid out twice in about 4 week. Think Taia did him actually at Catalans
    Didn't somebody do him with a head high and finish him playing for us?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blobbynator View Post
    I'm surprised Sean Long hasn't come up in this.

    He had barely played for Wigan and Widnes when we signed him and turned into the best 7 in the British game. Couldn't be more pleasantly surprised than that.
    Good call. I guess we can add Bobbie Goulding. Got sacked from Leeds for (allegedly) trashing the chairman's car. Almost beat Richie Eyres to be the first player sent off in Cup final at Widnes. After Saints he was a donkey at Salford and Wakefield. He took a break from self destruction for a few years to win us the league and the Cup twice.

    He could have easily been a Lance Hohaia or a Tricky Trindell
    I could agree with you but then we would both be wrong.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Angry Dave View Post
    He has been mentioned.
    Ah sorry missed the mention in the middle of your post.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Blobbynator View Post
    Ah sorry missed the mention in the middle of your post.
    Just don't let it happen again.

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    Great call on hoppe 2 more jarrod mcracken and darren albert

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