: Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:21 pm  

debaser wrote:

Can he play scrum half?

Might be worth giving him a shot in the circumstances...

: Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:28 pm  

Is Purdham playing tommorow?

: Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:34 pm  

Terry Monster wrote:

Is Purdham playing tommorow?

No, he is injured, and has been for awhile now.
Might not play for the rest of the season.

: Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:55 pm  

tim791 wrote:

No, he is injured, and has been for awhile now.
Might not play for the rest of the season.

Perfect! swap a stong running forward who seems impervious to injury for a cocked one.
Any takers now?

: Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:58 pm  

bobsmyuncle wrote:

Perfect! swap a stong running forward who seems impervious to injury for a cocked one.
Any takers now?

For the avoidance of doubt...I'd not be keen on getting shot of Langley as the price for e.g Purdham. I'd take a fit Purdham otherwise.

: Sat Aug 01, 2009 9:01 pm  

bobsmyuncle wrote:

Perfect! swap a stong running forward who seems impervious to injury for a cocked one.
Any takers now?

I'd hardly say hes cocked.
Hes injured.
And rarely gets injured.
Would you say you would never take Randall because hes injured right now?
If you had a fit hooker?
Who would you prefer?
Randall or Newton?

: Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:47 am  

Terry Monster wrote:

He doesn't have bad attack, he makes a hell of a lot of ground and carries the ball shed loads of times. If making lot's of ground when carrying the ball is poor attack then then I'm chinese.

I can't say I agree. With the exception of the one home game this year (was it Wakefield? can't remember), the only yards he makes are the ones between catching the ball and finding the first defender. He doesn't break the line, he makes hardly any yards pushing the defender. He just plods the ball in to the nearest defender and goes down.

He may carry it a lot, but I'd rather he didn't, as other players make far better yards with it when they do.

: Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:14 am  

Terry Monster wrote:

Andy Farrell, Paul Sculthorpe, Gareth Ellis, Kevin Sinfield, Tonie Caroll and Bradley Clyde are and were great players. Rob Purdham is nowhere near this catagory.

He wouldn't even make the Bulls starting pack.

There are plenty of players that wouldn't be as good as the names you list above but still be top quality.

Purdham over Langley any day. He kicks as well as having a good football brain - so that's one less reason to pick Deacon too

: Sun Aug 02, 2009 4:31 pm  

Terry Monster wrote:

He doesn't have bad attack, he makes a hell of a lot of ground and carries the ball shed loads of times. If making lot's of ground when carrying the ball is poor attack then then I'm chinese.

Yeah, he made loads of ground today and countless offloads . He should be dropped for next week.