Warrington Wolves • Livett
Sibbit played in the second row for about six years when he was at Salford and he didn't pull up any trees. It's not like he was old and washed either, I think he was 24 when he left us. If he had really been a good second rower he would have done it then.
Compare to Westwood, who spent the first five years of his career being played at centre/wing at Wakefield and with us. Cullen put him in the back row and his career took off. No lasting damage for him through being played in the outside backs.
There's always an excuse for some players, about how unlucky they were, how badly they were treated at Wire, could have been a great if only....
We never had excuses for Grix and Bridge - both of whom had to deal with bad injuries, and were shunted around different positions. You could easily have had stories saying "this lad had all the talent in the world, but Wire ruined him by never letting him settle in a position", but they weren't needed, because like Westwood, they were quality players, whereas guys like Sibbit, Livett were no more than average SL standard.
Compare to Westwood, who spent the first five years of his career being played at centre/wing at Wakefield and with us. Cullen put him in the back row and his career took off. No lasting damage for him through being played in the outside backs.
There's always an excuse for some players, about how unlucky they were, how badly they were treated at Wire, could have been a great if only....
We never had excuses for Grix and Bridge - both of whom had to deal with bad injuries, and were shunted around different positions. You could easily have had stories saying "this lad had all the talent in the world, but Wire ruined him by never letting him settle in a position", but they weren't needed, because like Westwood, they were quality players, whereas guys like Sibbit, Livett were no more than average SL standard.
Statistics: Posted by sally cinnamon — Sat Dec 12, 2020 10:00 pm — Replies 30 — Views 1561