No i didn't, read again.

Agreed

Ive always viewed Paul Johnson as a poor mans Lee Gilmore, he seems to be a jack of all trades and master of none. He`s been living off that hatrick he scored for GB against the kiwis for a fair while now and nobody has seen the same sort of form since, he is no spring chicken these days and still gets these niggling injuries.

Anthony Watmough would do for me as a replacement for Paul Johnson as i would have let Louis Anderson go as well as we have no real ball playing 2nd rowers in this squad that hit the line like Mark Roberts used to do.

......if only

You can pick any player in the league and find mistakes they made. Why not highlight some of the good things he's done or would that be detrimental to your arguement.

Would our new signing not have to get out of bed to go to Church on a Sunday morning?

Because they are Wire supporters and only view the negatives.

its not David Strettle he played at lymm rugby club with me and he is commited to quins and getting back in england set up

If he's arguing somebody's not good enough, he's not going to list all of the positives, is he?

You insinuated (wrongly) that we'd get a fee for him.

I quite like the idea of Carney playing for us. He was very good at Wigan and the Newcastle. So providing he is fit then why not.

He's a taig?

Nobody's perfect.

Me too, obvious fitness reservations to one side.

If we were in a playoff, locked in a tight game, do I think he's capable of breaking a tackle and making a 50m+ break, yep.

He's strong out of acting half, looks for work. From those Lions DVD's, you can see that his ethics are good, he's a voice in the dressing room etc.

Good for team spirit as well. He's one player that's allowed to drink before games. It would probably be in his contract, with his address listed as

Various Pubs
King Street
Wigan.

yes you can find mistakes in all players ....I wish Wire Fans would realise this....I mentioned Johnsons mistakes because he gets away with them scott free...this can only because of his standing in the game i.e Like Rob mentions his hatrick for GB......playing for Wigan and Bradford Bulls etc....

Kevin Penny was never afforded this luxury.....?

lets be consistant ourselves Paul Johnson has NOT added to the Wing position since replacing Penny. why keep hold of him? Surely we want to start replacing one player with a better one......Wigan did it when they were good ...Saints do it....

saying a player is consistent is not good enough, if we want to win stuff they have to be good at what they do and Paul Johnson is not a good Winger in the memory of man...

but anyway this thread has found new levels of stupidity if we are seriously talking about Brian Carney playing for Warrington wolves

Reasonable statement this time?

Can somebody in the know inform me if our new signing would not have to get out of bed to go to Church on a Sunday morning?

Are you seriously suggesting its Gavin Henson........

What is the issue with Carney? We are down a winger, it is that simple. Johnson is full of application, but isn't particularly effective, King looks more comfortable back at centre, Riley is more effective at fullback. For whatever reason, Penny is back in the reserves with an imminent return looking unlikely. A winger would be a healthy addition, to a threequartrer line that looks a little lethargic, whilst not forgetting weare down a fullback and centre in Reardon and Gleeson.

No, I was after a reaction as this thread has gone on longer than the worlds longest thread. Can't wait for the signing to happen. (if it does). Who do you think it will be?

Apart from Trotsky?

Gavin Henson.

Firstly i would say age for starters, we are in danger of becoming an over 30`s club again if we send out this sort of message to players agents that you can get a game at Warrington regardless of age, i can hear Billy Boston polishing his boots and tightening his studs as we speak.

We currently have 7 players in our squad that are 30 and over.

Didn`t Brian Carney have long standing issues with his hamstring towards the end of his RL career ? I can remember him pulling up for GB with it towards the end and i`m sure i remember him being out injured with that problem at Wigan.

thats Exactly what he had Rob...if he stood for a Long time his Hamstrings gave up....

His hamstrings stood him in good stead at Newcastle. Chris Hicks is an over 30 winger who is still doing the biz, plus, it isn't as if Carney is not playing first team rugby albeit in an inferior sport. It comes down to the old chestnut; who else is out there?

I would rather we spent our money developing our own home grown talent than bring over a foreign crock from union to top up his pension plan. Better players on our own doorstep.