I remember from the 1960's we signed Bob Fleet from Swinton. He was an ex Gt Britain centre, although past his best was deemed to be a good signing.
The biggest cheer I can remember at Wilderspool was when he actually caught a pass. Never seen so many knock ons from 1 player.
Makes Andy Currier seem like a Wilderspool legend

I nominate the one and only David Kidwell.

After leaving Wire and returning to the NRL, he was a major success, but over here he couldn`t be ar$ed.

was reading this thread and he was my first thought, beat me too it.

Kevin Campion, I know he never played but had a big rep, only likes to play in warm weather! apparently

I'd put Leroy Rivett on the wing instead of Matty Russell.

Unfortunately Leroy could never match up to his CC Final tryscoring record.

Coach: Steve Anderson

1) Daryl Cardiss
2) Leroy Rivett
3)
4) Andy Currier
5) Stuart Reardon
6) Kevin Walters
7) Tyrone Roberts
8 ) Roy Asotasi
9) Micheal Sullivan
10) Andrew Gee
11)
12) David kidwell
13)

14) Logan Swann
15) Craig Teizel
16) Reg Bowden
17) Steve Roach


Russell and Evans dropped after a successful objection.

Maybe I had unrealistic expectations, butI thought Adam Fogerty might have done a decent job for us in the 2nd row. Can't recall us getting much game time out of him though.

What a team that is.

I thought about Kidwell, but his reputation wasn't that big when he got here, he hadn't played that much for Parramatta. It was after he left us that he went on to be good in the NRL.

Rivett - big name based on one game really but I guess we haven't got a winger so he may as well go there. I remember one of the papers (or maybe it was Ceefax) saying that Warrington had signed "Lance Todd".

Sullivan did have a fair bit of expectation, probably because we built him up as a big talent, rather than him doing anything significant in the NRL.

Put Simms in there for me. Labelled as "enforcer" and "mongrel" prior to joining. Powder puff. I guess he did develop the standing on hand trick.

To fill in the vacant No. 3 slot, can I humbly suggest Terry Day.
Scored bucket fulls of tries for Hull, came here, and was lazier than someone on Benefits Street.

Martin Dermot at hooker

To fill in the remaining back row slots I would like to nominate Richard Eyres, Paul Hulme and/ or Steve Mc Currie all of whom were outstanding whilst at Widnes but once they came to us they were simply standing.

Francis Maloney at stand-off.

Nikau never delivered for me considering he just got man of the match in the NRL Grand Final.

Chris Morley

Michael Sullivan was ok the couple of games he played at 9. He was pants at 7, but I think Roberts has that sewn up. Or maybe it should go to Andrew Johns - one good game and two mediocre ones. Roberts had one good game too and had less of a reputation.

Nikau must be 13, surely.

Totally and utterly wrong. He didn’t come with a massive reputation, but he did a good job and the season before our total meltdown he and Hill were our only 2 frontline props and we made a GF.
I know we have diametrically opposed views on any issues but this is staggering.

Quote ="Captain Hook"Totally and utterly wrong. He didn’t come with a massive reputation, but he did a good job and the season before our total meltdown he and Hill were our only 2 frontline props and we made a GF. I know we have diametrically opposed views on any issues but this is staggering.'" I don't think we have opposite views on all issues, but this one for sure. I remember the posts on here before he joined us and the words "enforcer", "hard man" and "mongrel" were used. Hardly ever/never broke a tackle. Very low AG, never saw a punch. Currently playing in the 2nd tier, says it all to me. The word enforcer is used here. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/ashton-sims ... warrington and here fijisun.com.fj/2017/10/09/lets-g ... -enforcer/ and here https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sp ... _his_cool/ and here www.totalrl.com/ashton-sims-brother-beyond/ Hard man here https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/video- ... 6ab9fcdde4 Mongrel here i.rlfans.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=573059

Quote ="Captain Hook"Totally and utterly wrong. He didn’t come with a massive reputation, but he did a good job and the season before our total meltdown he and Hill were our only 2 frontline props and we made a GF. I know we have diametrically opposed views on any issues but this is staggering.'" I don't think we have opposite views on all issues, but this one for sure. I remember the posts on here before he joined us and the words "enforcer", "hard man" and "mongrel" were used. Hardly ever/never broke a tackle. Very low AG, never saw a punch. Currently playing in the 2nd tier, says it all to me. The word enforcer is used here. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/ashton-sims ... warrington and here fijisun.com.fj/2017/10/09/lets-g ... -enforcer/ and here https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sp ... _his_cool/ and here www.totalrl.com/ashton-sims-brother-beyond/ Hard man here https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/video- ... 6ab9fcdde4 Mongrel here i.rlfans.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=573059

For me Nikau is in a separate category of 'some good games but not what I expected' rather than being a total flop. He is joined in this category by Paul Rauhihi, Ashton Sims and Vinnie Anderson.

Warrington Flopstars RLFC

Coach: Steve Anderson

1) Daryl Cardiss
2) Leroy Rivett
3) Terry Day
4) Andy Currier
5) Stuart Reardon
6) Kevin Walters
7) Tyrone Roberts
8 ) Roy Asotasi
9) Micheal Sullivan
10) Andrew Gee
11) Richard Eyres
12) David kidwell
13) Chris Morley

14) Logan Swann
15) Craig Teizel
16) Reg Bowden
17) Steve Roach

Can't give you and argument Dezzie

Its interesting to note that the majority of the backs are British whereas the majority of the forwards are Antipodean.

Mm, I'd dispute some of that, eyes was pretty good when we had him on loan, he contributed to keeping us up in 97, inexplicably being frozen out at Leeds, iirc.

Paul hulme(spit) was a handy mid season addition in 96 but looked well off the pace in 97,

Mccurrie, well I would agree he was hit n miss but he was up there as one of the best forwards in the league for 99 and 00 when we got some weight off him.

He was the forerunner of bmm now.

Nah, the kevin champion thing has been debunked many times over, the weather has nothing to do with it, but still gets pedaled

Putting Mitch Dodds in there seems harsh, terrible injury saw him miss most of the season. Hence for me it'd be bit like putting Brian Carney on the wing.