And 2 trys today for Matt King.

Willie Talau and Matt Gidley are much better players.

Of course they are, their both world class after all.

Going off previous years it would be wise for you lot to not take the pi$$, keep shtum, and wait until your player comes over here and does the business first.

I remember all this happening with Rauhihi V Cayless and I remember it with Gleeson and Lyon and I remember how Morley was going to boss any other front row combination. I also remember the raving that was done about Michael Sullivan too.

I don't think anyone was taking the pi$$ out of the players ability, it was more having a pop at the Stains fans arrogant attitudes toward how their players are percieved.

Saints fans dont claim these things though. It is an imaginary view that stems from bitter opposition supporters.

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I think you might be in the minority of one there.

come on, fess up. Before he came over It was "Sullivan can do this and Sullivan can do that"...."ooh I watched Sullivan today and he's quality, he will rip SL apart".

If i'm being honest, I had never heard of him prior to us signing him. For anybody to say he was loooking the mutts nuts at seven would be total fabrication, the times I did watch him after we announced his signing was always coming off the bench at hooker.

I liked him to be totally honest as a player, he brought a dynamacism around the PTB not seen for a good while, however he was very much an 'individual' player.

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Piss off derailing threads.

I was being deadly serious.

At the end of the day we have signed 3 players for next year that are now grand finalists, and at least 1 will become a grand final winner.

People talk about losing Henry but in King we have signed a player who has scored 19 tries in the NRL this year, and set up a lot too. Monaghan will take a lot of pressure from Briers with the organising of play and the kicking game, he is a player that we've wanted and needed for a long time.

Roll on 2008

i only saw the second half today but i was cringing that king got sucked in 3 times in the first 10 minutes in defence, he'll get crucifed on here next year for that.


What was them rumours about us signing brett white earlier this year? feck me i'd have him in a shot!

and as for sully, hardly anyone on here had heard of him, even the nrl watchers amongst us, most of the props that he got was people reporting from the sharkies forum, on about him being best impact hooker and the white preston campbell and so wind yer neck in alright!

It's good that Chris Hicks will be playing for the final. I can't believe 3 of the players we have signed are in the NRL grand final.

I know its great isnt it Get in

your on glue then. He's a great player its just that he has to come here and do it otherwise he's no use to you!!!

He was all those things but I thought he also lacked composure and made crap decisions. Its a shame really because he would have been pretty good. It also didnt help him being played in the wrong position and then being made an (e)scape goat
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you lot love me really

Does Cullen like big tools?

they will be the big tools that give you a whooping next season

To be fair with the amount of money you spend on players year after year you should be giving quite a few teams a whooping as you call it.

If you don't break in to the top 4 next season it will once again go down as a season of under achievement. This is not a dig, I like to watch wire and Ben Westwood came throught the ranks at my local amateur team so I have a bit of a soft spot for your side.

That you didn't make the play offs this time round can only be described as terrible, I know you were very unlucky with injuries but in sport everyone has to go through time of adversity and I'm sure your board will have budgeted for a place in the 6 at the very least.

You should be very exciting to watch next season should your new signings gel with the rest of the squad, however Leeds have proved on numerous occasions that you can't simply go out and buy success, you need the grafters such as Westwood and Wood.

Good luck for 08 apart from against us of course!

Spot on, if we don't make the top 4 next season with the squad we've assembled then we never will.

Matt King was at fault for both the Eels tries, he came charging out of the line for the first Eels try attempting a big hit and Parra threw the long ball which left his winger with an overlap of 2 on one. He did this a few times in the first half but the Storm got away with a couple of the others.

The 2nd Eels try was very similar to the first, again King rushed out leaving his winger totally exposed with an overlap. The tries he scored were great work from Hoffman which left King with a run in for the 1st and the 2nd one looked like he had lost control of the ball from a short range barge over, it didn`t matter anyway as that was right on the siren.

It was a good game though, lots of big hits with plenty of claret on show, Inu was unlucky twice as that ball from Tahu deserved a try by itself. The turning point was when Riddell went off in the 1st half as the momentum swung then, Riddell was dominating the ruck and causing the Storm a lot of problems.

Have you also counted the many times that King drags his apponents into touch with his charging defense, which no doubt has saved many tries.

Barrel of laughs you are, always take a negative out of a positive.

Great to hear this. I have had a good feeling about the potential of Monaghan at our club since the announcement of his signing.