Re: Ryan Hall : Fri Aug 23, 2019 9:53 pm  

Medley was an excellent player but lacked "heart, application etc". Another one was Simon Haughton who could/should have been one of the best second row forwards in the world, he too lacked the aggression of say a Gareth Hock, now what a player that would have been.

Re: Ryan Hall : Fri Aug 23, 2019 10:33 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Medley was an excellent player but lacked "heart, application etc". Another one was Simon Haughton who could/should have been one of the best second row forwards in the world, he too lacked the aggression of say a Gareth Hock, now what a player that would have been.

Simon Haughton could have gone down as GOAT if he'd had the right mindset. What ever happened to him?

Re: Ryan Hall : Sat Aug 24, 2019 3:22 pm  

krisleeds wrote:

It is though. Wingers need to start going for the ball rather than the man in those corner situations.

Goodwin must have read this based on his tackle today

Re: Ryan Hall : Mon Aug 26, 2019 9:29 am  

The Eagle wrote:

Goodwin must have read this based on his tackle today

That was brilliant. I wonder if more wingers and centres will follow suit on Makinson, he does this action most times when scoring in the corner.

Re: Ryan Hall : Mon Aug 26, 2019 9:53 am  

Biff Tannen wrote:

That was brilliant.

It was. Goodwin's timing and athleticism was even better than Makinson's.

Re: Ryan Hall : Mon Aug 26, 2019 1:44 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Medley was an excellent player but lacked "heart, application etc". .

Rubbish.

Re: Ryan Hall : Mon Aug 26, 2019 1:46 pm  

Clearwing wrote:

Nor from me. Merely reflecting upon a type of injury that has thankfully become far less common.

Yes, I got it.

Re: Ryan Hall : Tue Aug 27, 2019 5:49 pm  

DHM wrote:

Rubbish.

Why is it rubbish, facts are there for all to see, he never really became the player he should have been, and despite his natural abilities pace and power became a just above average player.

[Bullseye]

Re: Ryan Hall : Thu Aug 29, 2019 12:45 pm  

He had plenty of heart and application. What he didn’t have was mongrel or consistency in defence. He tried to put the big hit in and often missed completely. We all know Reilly didn’t rate him but I think that has coloured a lot of judgement and made people think he was some sort of softy, he certainly wasn’t.

Re: Ryan Hall : Thu Aug 29, 2019 12:56 pm  

He also became a totally different player at the bulls - far bigger than at Leeds and much less dynamic. That would probably have happened wherever he went.

Haughton was a slightly better version of Andy Hay.