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| Hopefully he will get a very good reception before kick off tomorrow . I for one will give him a round of applause when his name is announced before kick off .
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| Think it goes without saying he will get a good reception.
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| Still think he was the most important player we have ever signed.
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| he is a legend and will be welcomed back accordingly...No hopefully about it.
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| "Mozza is a Wire, Mozza is a Wire....."
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| Quote ="mark_m"Still think he was the most important player we have ever signed.'"
Really? I think there are other contenders. Briers? Bevan? Boyd? And I still maintain that the best signing we ever made was the late Peter Deakin.
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| great player for the wire and a great person off the pitch as well..i will defo applaud the lad..
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| Quote ="chinawire"Really? I think there are other contenders. Briers? Bevan? Boyd? And I still maintain that the best signing we ever made was the late Peter Deakin.'"
Without any doubt. It was the catalyst for us becoming a consistent top side which is a lasting legacy.
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| Fantastic player, however he's now the opposition, if Roy wants to get in our good books, a decent place now would be to play moz off the park tomorrow, including a couple of smashesor 3
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| I'm hoping for an audible 'Morley is a Wire"
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| Quote ="Fantastic Mr Cat"Fantastic player, however he's now the opposition, if Roy wants to get in our good books, a decent place now would be to play moz off the park tomorrow, including a couple of smashesor 3'"
And pigs may fly
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| Quote ="chinawire"Really? I think there are other contenders. Briers? Bevan? Boyd? And I still maintain that the best signing we ever made was the late Peter Deakin.'"
Without a doubt he's been a better signing. He brought a professionalism on the pitch and in the dressing room..... More than anything he had a winning mentality that rubbed off.
I'll always remember his first game back after a few months out with the eye injury. It was Wigan at home and he just lifted the side...... In an after match interview M Monaghan said it was a huge mental lift to the entire side.
And on a side note I loved him dropping McGoldrick against Cas at home. Not many saw it but it was a peach after McGoldrick tried to stand on his hand.
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| Quote ="citywolf"Without a doubt he's been a better signing. He brought a professionalism on the pitch and in the dressing room..... More than anything he had a winning mentality that rubbed off.
I'll always remember his first game back after a few months out with the eye injury. It was Wigan at home and he just lifted the side...... In an after match interview M Monaghan said it was a huge mental lift to the entire side.
And on a side note I loved him dropping McGoldrick against Cas at home. Not many saw it but it was a peach after McGoldrick tried to stand on his hand.'"
I remember that and was only talking about it last week,what a muppet to think he was going to get away with that,funny as hell watching him wobble about.
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| Quote ="karetaker"I remember that and was only talking about it last week,what a muppet to think he was going to get away with that,funny as hell watching him wobble about.'"
Wish I still had the sky recording.
Was only a little punch but McGoldrick fell forward then got up turning circles.
Monas spots it and just picks him out with the runners.
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| He deserves an ovation during warm-up and he'll get one from me, but from kick-off he's the opposition and the enemy and I'll be hoping Chris Hill tramples all over the top of him.
As for the importance of his signing, yes it was significant but I actually think the signing of Andrew Johns was the watershed moment in our recent history. Irrespective of what you think of his performances in a wires jersey, or the way the team played in his prescence, that signing made the WORLD sit up and say "WHOA! These guys mean business!"
And we did, and we're still riding the wave and furthering the cause.
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| Ten years next season since Joey played for us.
Let that one mess with your heads
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| Quote ="Fantastic Mr Cat"Ten years next season since Joey played for us.
Let that one mess with your heads'"
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| Quote ="morrisseyisawire"He deserves an ovation during warm-up and he'll get one from me, but from kick-off he's the opposition and the enemy and I'll be hoping Chris Hill tramples all over the top of him.
This Mr Morrisey (I'm not quite sure I can fully agree with the Johns part of your post)
BTW Morley did have a crack at Hill during the preseason warm up game really flew out of the line at him...quite strange like a point needed proving or perhaps just a simple rush of blood?
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Morley had a real temper on him in that game, going hard at Hill every chance he could with quite a few cheap shots too
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| Always target the weakest players when you attack and the strongest when you defend.
Think that says everything about what they think of Hill.
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| Quote ="Wire Yed"Always target the weakest players when you attack and the strongest when you defend.
Think that says everything about what they think of Hill.'"
Spot on that.
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| Quote ="Vespid_Wire"I'm hoping for an audible 'Morley is a Wire"'"
I'm hoping for an audible too but louder
"Koukash is a sh..house "!
All together now
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| Quote ="silvertail-wolf"Quote ="Vespid_Wire"I'm hoping for an audible 'Morley is a Wire"'"
I'm hoping for an audible too but louder
"Koukash is a sh..house "!
All together now'"
& exactly how much have you donated to the Steve Prescott Foundation? You ought to be ashamed of yourself with comments like yours.
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| Quote ="morrisseyisawire"He deserves an ovation during warm-up and he'll get one from me, but from kick-off he's the opposition and the enemy and I'll be hoping Chris Hill tramples all over the top of him.
As for the importance of his signing, yes it was significant but I actually think the signing of Andrew Johns was the watershed moment in our recent history. Irrespective of what you think of his performances in a wires jersey, or the way the team played in his prescence, that signing made the WORLD sit up and say "WHOA! These guys mean business!"
And we did, and we're still riding the wave and furthering the cause.'"
I wouldn't say there was one particular watershed, there were a succession of key moments in about 3 years that signalled we were a club on a different level to what we had been:
- opening the new stadium
- Simon Moran taking majority ownership
- signing Gleeson
- bringing Johns over for a short spell
- signing Morley
- signing King and Monaghan
Johns was important but possibly gets overplayed as it was basically a gimmick, he came for three games. That will have raised the club's profile overseas but then so did signing Allan Langer and he did two years at a time when he was still good enough to play Origin.
The importance of Morley I think was his attitude and professionalism gave credibility to the fact that Warrington was a serious club and not just a chance for a payday. The problem that "new money" gives is it attracts players that are past their best (and their agents) who sense an opportunity to bid up their salary and play a couple of years when they don't expect or are really driven to win trophies or play their peak rugby, they are just riding on the back of past achievements. Salford are going to have this problem. Man City did for a bit when guys like Robinho came in and loafed about.
The danger for us when we first started to spend money was that players wouldn't respect Warrington in the way they would respect signing for Bradford, Saints or Wigan, we were a mid-ranking club with money so the interest in us was motivated by money.
Morley came over, signed a long term deal, and delivered quality performances from the start and also brought a great professionalism to the club. From then on that changed the respect players showed us because this was a club that had signed the best forward of the modern era and he was taking us seriously, so we were a serious club not just a payday transit lounge.
Another point about Morley that sometimes gets forgotten is how much he had matured on the field. Remember when he signed he was known as the bad boy of SL and then the bad boy of the NRL. People were muttering about how often would we keep him on the field as he would spend most of his time either injured or banned.
How many red cards did Morley get with us?
How many bans did he get for his disciplinary record?
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| The way he still applauded the crowd on his way off at the end, what a player and what a person. Resign him for next year.
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