Re: Help needed : Tue Apr 21, 2020 11:25 am  

Trebor1 wrote:

Yes I remember him. Great call

didn't paul bell get injured after 1 game same yr as barnhill

Re: Help needed : Tue Apr 21, 2020 11:31 am  

Dwayne Dibley wrote: So called great overseas players who have come to the UK and failed, should refer to State of Origin representatives,or test players;But if it's a free for all then the ultimate flop should be Joe Vickery , Rex Terp, or possibly Esene Faimalo .Wasn't there a period in the eighties when we imported some dross after the overseas ban was lifted ?On the flip side, I thought Craig Izzard/ Mark Laurie,ET did us proud. vickery and terp never had expectations 84-85 think we signed most https://www.therhinos.co.uk/timeline/1980s/1984-1985/ and trevor paterson was the most consistent for me .

Dwayne Dibley wrote: So called great overseas players who have come to the UK and failed, should refer to State of Origin representatives,or test players;But if it's a free for all then the ultimate flop should be Joe Vickery , Rex Terp, or possibly Esene Faimalo .Wasn't there a period in the eighties when we imported some dross after the overseas ban was lifted ?On the flip side, I thought Craig Izzard/ Mark Laurie,ET did us proud. vickery and terp never had expectations 84-85 think we signed most https://www.therhinos.co.uk/timeline/1980s/1984-1985/ and trevor paterson was the most consistent for me .

Re: Help needed : Wed Apr 22, 2020 2:10 pm  

doc-rhino wrote:

didn't paul bell get injured after 1 game same yr as barnhill

Buggered his Shoulder away at Fev in the CC iirc.

[Ex-Swarcliffe Rhino]

Re: Help needed : Wed Apr 22, 2020 2:56 pm  

Running theme for most of them is they think they can just rock up, put absolutely bare minimum effort into the side, rack up the £££'s and be a world beater.

Although super league isn't the NRL by any stretch I think it surprises a few of these egotists and they quickly cba, lose interest and respect of their team mates.

Eastwood would've been a masterstroke of a signing IF we had got him before he had his visa issues leading to his head being turned by the Bulldogs.

Orford for the Dulls was a disaster.

Re: Help needed : Wed Apr 22, 2020 3:40 pm  

glp wrote:

Paul Bell a centre signed by dean bell in 2000 , he had played at perth and melbourne , he was released by leeds

Hang on, he was injured so early in his Leeds career, how do we know he was rubbish?

Re: Help needed : Wed Apr 22, 2020 7:26 pm  

Fallon wrote:

Hang on, he was injured so early in his Leeds career, how do we know he was rubbish?

Thank you! He's everyone's 'go to' on this topic. He only played a couple of times for us.

Re: Help needed : Wed Apr 22, 2020 8:15 pm  

It's ridiculous who the fans slate. Some players just got injured and were unlucky. Others were on low wage and were a long shot.
Achurch was given a 4 year contract.
I repeat he played for Leeds for 4 years!

Re: Help needed : Thu Apr 23, 2020 10:00 am  

Shabino wrote:

It's ridiculous who the fans slate. Some players just got injured and were unlucky. Others were on low wage and were a long shot.
Achurch was given a 4 year contract.
I repeat he played for Leeds for 4 years!

played an exaggeration

Re: Help needed : Thu Apr 23, 2020 3:52 pm  

doc-rhino wrote:

played an exaggeration

Beat me to it!

I actually saw achurch have some decent games attack wise when he was running wider but he was often used as a battering ram and despite his size never seemed to like that. Just didn't seem to want to get his hands dirty.

Re: Help needed : Thu Apr 23, 2020 4:53 pm  

Shabino wrote:

Achurch was biggest flop for me. Had all the physical attributes to be a top player....

Looked like Tarzan but played like Jane.
Mitch sadly had the heart the size of a pea whilst he was at the club