Transfers 2014/15

[Thingimubob]

Joel Tomkins has gone: http://www.saracens.com/joel-tomkins-returns-to-wigan-warriors/

i'm dissapointed with that.

Was he really all that good though? Didn't think he was anything more than average when I saw him for England.

 

[goodNumber10]

Was he really all that good though? Didn't think he was anything more than average when I saw him for England.

i liked him, a lot didn't - each to their own.

 

[ratsapprentice]

Even he realised he wasn't much cop - not getting ahead of Bosch let alone the England incumbents.

He was a decent club player... that was it.

 

[Thingimubob]

i liked him, a lot didn't - each to their own.

Yeah that's fair, never thought he was awful though, just not quite worth the hype he had coming over to Union. Although, I'm basing this off the games I saw him in the centre for England, only saw a little of his action for Sarries, and a fair bit of that was LV-Cup when he first started, so not exactly top level stuff.

 

[goodNumber10]

Even he realised he wasn't much cop - not getting ahead of Bosch let alone the England incumbents.

He was a decent club player... that was it.

here we go again - how was he not ahead of Bosch?

Bosch only joined Saracens in october, Tomkins joined up with England as he arrived, then got injured - Tomkins has only made like two appearances since then due to injury...

So i really don't see how Bosch has "kept him out of the shirt".

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Knew he wasn't making the RWC squad so ran off.


Bye!

 

[ratsapprentice]

So i really don't see how Bosch has "kept him out of the shirt".

Where did I say he had "kept him out of the shirt"??

The guy has clearly realised he's not going to be anywhere near an England shirt so has gone back to the sport he is more comfortable with.

 

[goodNumber10]

Where did I say he had "kept him out of the shirt"??

So this means something different?

Even he realised he wasn't much cop - not getting ahead of Bosch let alone the England incumbents.

Ahead of him how? in the dinner queue?

The guy has clearly realised he's not going to be anywhere near an England shirt so has gone back to the sport he is more comfortable with.

Don't think there is any doubt about that... I just don't agree he was being kept out by Bosch, they only overlapped by a few weeks.

 

[ratsapprentice]

"not getting ahead" = "not going to get ahead"

 

[goodNumber10]

"not getting ahead" = "not going to get ahead"

so you don't mean that Bosch was keeping him out of the team? which is exactly how it reads.

 

[ratsapprentice]

I've just ****ing stated how I meant it to read... are you being deliberately obtuse?

 

[SelimNiai]

I've just ****ing stated how I meant it to read... are you being deliberately obtuse?

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[Bada-Bing!]

LMAO. Reading the exchange between Rats and GN10 is classic. You both sound like a right old bickering pair.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

so you don't mean that Bosch was keeping him out of the team? which is exactly how it reads.

Not how I read it.
I read it as:
He's sitting there, looking at how well Bosch is going, how well Burrell/Tuilagi play, knowing he's going to struggles massively to get ahead of any of them, so has tucked his tail firmly between his legs and done one.

 

[goodNumber10]

Not how I read it.
I read it as:
He's sitting there, looking at how well Bosch is going, how well Burrell/Tuilagi play, knowing he's going to struggles massively to get ahead of any of them, so has tucked his tail firmly between his legs and done one.

cheers Olyy, that kind of makes sense now maybe "won't" would have worked better than "not", don't agree but spilt milk now innit?

I've just ****ing stated how I meant it to read... are you being deliberately obtuse?

How rude.

Na, i missed the "going" in the second sentence, it just looked like you were being difficult and re-posting the same sentence twice. lol!

 

[iINDOMINUSxx]

Euan Murray Worcester ---> Glasgow Warriors

 

[Maverick1987]

Tompkins probably behind Trinder aswell I expect . May aswell give the third choice shirt to someone young i suppose . There's a new "talented" Tomkins coming through the sarries academy anyway . He looks pretty tasty at u20s level

 

[welshglory]

Haven't been that impressed by trinder, i think he's been way over hyped by some. He's sort of like a faster version of frasers or sorell to me.

 

[jonny24]

Canadian internationals:
Jason Marshall (Prop) from Atlantic Stade Rochelais to Hawkes Bay in NZ.
Jon Phelan (second row) from Lille Metropole to Doncaster Knights.
Andrew Tieddemann (Prop) to Plymouth Albion.

Very pleased that we're getting more and more of our guys into pro contracts, that and our sevens success are sure to be a real boost next fall.

 

[ratsapprentice]

Tompkins probably behind Trinder aswell I expect . May aswell give the third choice shirt to someone young i suppose . There's a new "talented" Tomkins coming through the sarries academy anyway . He looks pretty tasty at u20s level

Tomkins and Tompkins are completely unrelated.