Your teams duds?

[innsaneink]

Which players has your club purchased that has had a fair bit of expectation but for some reason or another theyve just failed to live up to that expectation?
Does your team regularly get duds from a certain other club?

Nick Graham- 9 1st grade games over 2 years, no injuries.

Matt Reick - 6 games over 1 year...goooorne.

Tim McGann- Rugby union- 0 games in 1sts

Mark Meredith- Come back from knee recon, also had heart ailment I think, 0 1st grade games in one year, showed touches of class in reggies but ???

Ben Reynolds,- a handful of games, signed the year Prince arrrived and just after Benji emerged on the scene, been hit with injury after injury, unluckiest player runnin around.

Ronald Prince and Luke Branighan, PL only.

Matt Jobson, a handfull of games...never really kicked on though looked promising occasionally.

 

[skeepe]

Brad Drew - showed flashes of brilliance in first grade but was poor overall, finishing his Raiders career in reserve grade

Adam Mogg - started well but over the last two years has shown absolutely nothing of the player he can be. Disappointing.

Matt Rua - quit for "personal reasons" before ever donning the lime-green

Tyran Smith - enough said

It's hard to make this sort of list for the Raiders, because most signings we make are younger players who don't have all that much expectation placed on them... the Raiders are very active in Premier League recruitment and sign one or two fringe first graders to go with them - way it's always been. The exception is when we seemed to raid the Parramatta stocks a few years back and picked up Schifcofske, Mogg, Hindmarsh, Drew, Hodgson over a couple of seasons.

 

[The Camden Leisure Pirate]

George Carmont!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ParraDude_Jay]

Brad Drew - showed flashes of brilliance in first grade but was poor overall, finishing his Raiders career in reserve grade

I'm pretty sure Drew played in the 2004 quarter final, he didn't finish in reserve grade.

Adam Dykes from the Eels, no need to mention any other names. One of the worst buys in history, Fitzy paid alot of money for that nuffy.

 

[The Colonel]

Mark Meredith- Come back from knee recon, also had heart ailment I think, 0 1st grade games in one year, showed touches of class in reggies but ???

Big shame. Showed a lot of promise in the lower grades but injury has really hampered his progress.

 

[The Colonel]

Dean Raper - Grand Final fullback to Swans wannabe......

 

[Mr Saab]

I'm pretty sure Drew played in the 2004 quarter final, he didn't finish in reserve grade.

he did play in the semi loss to the chooks in 2004 and didnt play well. Bad kicking game

 

[Baron Vo Mandor]

George Carmont!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Quinns worse, atleast Carmont scores try's.

 

[brook]

Which players has your club purchased that has had a fair bit of expectation but for some reason or another theyve just failed to live up to that expectation?
Does your team regularly get duds from a certain other club?

Nick Graham- 9 1st grade games over 2 years, no injuries.

Matt Reick - 6 games over 1 year...goooorne.

Tim McGann- Rugby union- 0 games in 1sts

Mark Meredith- Come back from knee recon, also had heart ailment I think, 0 1st grade games in one year, showed touches of class in reggies but ???

Ben Reynolds,- a handful of games, signed the year Prince arrrived and just after Benji emerged on the scene, been hit with injury after injury, unluckiest player runnin around.

Ronald Prince and Luke Branighan, PL only.

Matt Jobson, a handfull of games...never really kicked on though looked promising occasionally.

I think we could add owen craigie to that list

and Matt Nightingale - remember the hype on him before people saw him play and realised how useless he was?

 

[macavity]

M Gids has been a dud for a few years now. from worlds best centre to being outplayed by George Carmont....

can he justify his paypacket this year by making a linebreak?

 

[coolumsharkie]

Which players has your club purchased that has had a fair bit of expectation but for some reason or another theyve just failed to live up to that expectation?
Does your team regularly get duds from a certain other club?

Nick Graham- 9 1st grade games over 2 years, no injuries.

Matt Reick - 6 games over 1 year...goooorne.

Tim McGann- Rugby union- 0 games in 1sts

Mark Meredith- Come back from knee recon, also had heart ailment I think, 0 1st grade games in one year, showed touches of class in reggies but ???

Ben Reynolds,- a handful of games, signed the year Prince arrrived and just after Benji emerged on the scene, been hit with injury after injury, unluckiest player runnin around.

Ronald Prince and Luke Branighan, PL only.

Matt Jobson, a handfull of games...never really kicked on though looked promising occasionally.

And to think you guys nearly had Ryan McGodrick!

 

[The Colonel]

and Matt Nightingale - remember the hype on him before people saw him play and realised how useless he was?

He went from us to your mob and back again and you must be the first person who has noted that the bloke played a game.....

 

[innsaneink]

And to think you guys nearly had Ryan McGodrick!

You knew I was talkin bout the Sharks here...dunno what it is with the Sharks, hoping Kilo is the exception. ...and to think we give you the legend thats Covell, and whadda we get in return?

 

[MONY]

Fafita Moala - was prone to f**king up
Semi Tadulala - was prone to f**king up
Rodney Howe - was awesome when on drugs. became a pony when off them
Ben Macdougall - no idea why he was bought....now playing for scotland rugby onion

 

[Danish]

Joel Monaghan- one of the leading tryscorers in 04 turns into the slowest moving thing since that iceburg that sunk the titanic

Brett Finch- Quite possibly the most single dimensional play maker in the game. Nothing without a great 5/8. Lets hope Anasta doesnt carry him too much this year or Easts might actually choose him over Soward or Lewis.

 

[brook]

He went from us to your mob and back again and you must be the first person who has noted that the bloke played a game.....

nah we signed him from penrith

everyone was talking about this giant prop we'd signed from penrith and what an awesome player he was supposed to be.

I guess it was half right - he WAS big.

 

[The Colonel]

nah we signed him from penrith

everyone was talking about this giant prop we'd signed from penrith and what an awesome player he was supposed to be.

I guess it was half right - he WAS big.

He must have gone back to Penrith then because having a look that was where we got him from as well. Who knows. All I know is he never played for us outside of a trial somewhere..... then he retired.

 

[The Preacher]

Colin Best, he may have scored 20 tries ( which is pretty easy playing outside Gaz ) but he let 25 in down his wing. My 7yo has better tackle on his fishing rod. He put some amazing hits on thin-air all year.

 

[antonius]

George Carmont
Kirk Reynoldson
Josh Perry

 

[sooperdooper]

mark merediths career has been struck by many injuries!

watch out for his brother though