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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 3676161, member: 1899"] Shannon Walker - I remember when the Gold Coast first came into the competition, one of the big talking points was their junior system and how they had three of the most exciting juniors - Chris Sandow, Bodene Thompson & Shannon Walker. Of the three, Walker had the most hype and it seemed like an inevitability that he'd join Bowen and Slater as one of the best game-breakers in the game. He got through his QRL test with flying colours, playing a key role in the Seagulls premiership year and it seemed like the Gold Coast had an embarrassment of riches. Yet it never transpired, Walker's form went backwards and by the time he did receive an opportunity he didn't set the world on fire and eventually he just went into the Rugby 7s after hardly doing anything for years. I never knew who the blame lied with. Did Cartwright struggle to coach Walker and give him the necessary tools to be successful? Or did Walker lose his marbles? Either way it was just another reason to be disappointed in the Titans, a team I actually admired a great deal in their early days. It may sound treasonous, but I liked their playing roster. Mat Rogers, Preston Campbell, Scott Prince, Nathan Friend, Chris Walker etc. were all players I admired and I'd go onto enjoy Deep Gordon and [USER=9116]@meady[/USER] too. However, they started to make some questionable signings and when they brought Bird in that was it for me. Richard Villasanti - I was never a fan after that dog shot on Freddy. Never really thought much of the Warriors for that reason. Yeah, great blindside hit, thanks for giving our players nerve damage - can't wait until the Broncos play you again. Outside of the stealing allegations, I just think time exposed Villasanti as a pretty average NRL player. Then again who knows, if the Warriors didn't go off Anderson so much maybe they wouldn't have had to break the salary cap to bring Price and Wiki over? [/QUOTE]

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