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| Quote ="Uncle Rico"
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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| Fantastic performance from Moz, good too see the reception at end of game from wire players and crowd.
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| Quote ="wiresdave"Fantastic performance from Moz, good too see the reception at end of game from wire players and crowd.'"
Undoubtedly, although I didn't enjoy the frankly baffling love-in for him after he scored. I felt like choking the woman next to me with her Domino's pizza such was her heightened state of excitement.
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| From where I was stood I am not sure he did score.
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| Last ever game at the HJ?
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| Quote ="sally cinnamon"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
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You've forgotten the most important key moment. We signed Tony Smith.
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| Quote ="morrisseyisawire"Undoubtedly, although I didn't enjoy the frankly baffling love-in for him after he scored. I felt like choking the woman next to me with her Domino's pizza such was her heightened state of excitement.'"
It was all a bit embarrassing really. What would the cheerers have done if he went on to score the winning try, or smash one of our forwards.
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| Quote ="mark_m"From where I was stood I am not sure he did score.'"
I'm interested to see the try on the Super League show as well, as from where I was sat, I thought he was short of the try line as well?
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| Quote ="Wire Yed"Last ever game at the HJ?'"
I would like to think that is the case. I wouldn't like to see him go on for any longer than the end of this year.
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| Just to turn back to one of our own players, Ben Harrison ladies and Gentleman...
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| Quote ="Fantastic Mr Cat"Just to turn back to one of our own players, Ben Harrison ladies and Gentleman...'"
Absolutely right. A few weeks ago some on here were saying he was finished. All he ever needed was a bit of regular game time.
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| Quote ="Teessidewire"Absolutely right. A few weeks ago some on here were saying he was finished. All he ever needed was a bit of regular game time.'"
Harrison is a superb player, and a really huge asset to the side thanks to his versatility. He's got safe hands, is one of our best offloaders, has good ball handling skills, low error rate, a great tackling technique and a huge appetite for work.
I suspect he's one of the first names on TS teamsheet every week.
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| Quote ="latchfordbob"It was all a bit embarrassing really. What would the cheerers have done if he went on to score the winning try, or smash one of our forwards.'"
Still would have cheered him because he is a Warrington legend.
But after the game would have posted a thread on here saying we should have given him one more season with us.
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| He could have scored 10 and it wouldn't alter the image of him lifting the CC with LB in 2009 that is engraved on my brain.
Some people, regardless of their choices on leaving the club and beyond, naturally deserve celebrating as legends. He is one.
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| Quote ="morrisseyisawire"Harrison is a superb player, and a really huge asset to the side thanks to his versatility. He's got safe hands, is one of our best offloaders, has good ball handling skills, low error rate, a great tackling technique and a huge appetite for work.
I suspect he's one of the first names on TS teamsheet every week.'"
I would like to agree with all those singing the praises of Ben Harrison. He is like the glue that holds the pack together.
He is not a flash player but an eighty minute grafter whose tackles are really effective as was witnessed when Hock had a go at him out of sheer frustration. I don't think it is any coincidence that the team's return to form came about after his return from injury.
He would certainly be one of the first names on my team sheet
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| Ben Harrison is doing very well at present & maybe that is due to being able to get regular game time. He has shown promise all his time at Warrington but his career has been blighted by injuries which have interrupted his consistency.
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| Quote ="mark_m"From where I was stood I am not sure he did score.'"
+1.
I think Mr Child was swept up in the emotion of the moment.
I too, like Wire Weaver, will await a video replay via the Super League Show
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| Quote ="IvDiv"+1.
I think Mr Child was swept up in the emotion of the moment.
I too, like Wire Weaver, will await a video replay via the Super League Show'"
My Husband was in the East Stand & said he was def short of the line
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| I was in the North East corner - best seats in the house I reckon - and I doubted he'd reached the line. Having seen it on Super League Fulltime, I think he probably did.
However, even if he'd run the length of the field, I wouldn't have cheered him. Bizarre behaviour.
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