back on thread, now



Some of our late 20's plus fans, may remember the Andy Currier debacle from the mid 90's

He'd left Widnes, and signed for Fev in a mega-money deal, and got injured within minutes of making his debut

After his long layoff, the rumour mill kicked in, and we were linked with him

Cue a load of letters to the Guardian from fans, saying we DON'T want Currier under ANY circumstances (I think there were even chants from the Fletcher end)...then Peter Higham came out and said "we won't be dictated to by fans".......Higham signed him, and look how he turned out. Is there mileage in this one Sal?









Can you imagine Sally at the dentist

"Will you take your tongue out of your cheek, Mr Cinnamon, I can't see your teeth"

I think we should... we're quite obviously the most knowledgeable fans in the league.



I don't think any other set of fans would have picked up on Clarke's decline as quickly as we have.

Sibbitt playing a different position every week

Andy Currier - only Warrington player who ever got boo'ed BEFORE he turned out to be crap.

The Fletcher St end knew Clarke was in decline back in 2002, shortly before they picked up on Westwood not being as good for us as he had been for Wakey.

Steve Blakeley, Steve Georgiallis and Tommy O'Reilly were other players who the fans had decided were crap before their debuts.

Appo.

With Appo it wasn't so much of Wire fans deciding he was crap before his debut, it was Plange signing him mid season, him being on the bench for a couple of games and being blatantly out of shape and then being dropped, so the fans decided he was no good on the evidence of seeing a couple of half hearted cameos off the bench. Then when Cullen took over he put him in the starting line up and he looked dangerous so the fans started to like him.



Talking of Appo....he was one of the first signings Tony Smith made as a head coach.

I think that we should also vote in the board of Directors. And negotiate the players' contracts. And choose the catering companies. Oh and the price of the food and drink at the kiosks.

I'd like us to vote on whether we should listen to or watch the normally poor pre-game entertainment. Britain's Got Talent styyyle.

Hopefully, RL Manager becomes a hit before we resort to asking neanderthals and their siblings to vote on anything remotely challenging or thoughtful. It would probably result in us having a team of Rylands lads, as local talent is infinitely more passionate and committed.



However, the biggest problem with this would be the end of what is, arguably, the most belting aspect of being a Wire fan; the rumour mill.

At least they weren't boo'ed on debut. Currier's name got boo'ed when it was announced pre match!