Come home agents Farrell and ford : Sat Oct 03, 2015 9:56 pm  

Mission accomplished

Re: Come home agents Farrell and ford : Sat Oct 03, 2015 11:37 pm  

I've never really thought Farrell would be more than a Matty Smith level RL player. The only reason he gets in the side is nepotism. I'd much rather see Eastmond, Falou, and Burgess back in RL than those 2.

Re: Come home agents Farrell and ford : Sun Oct 04, 2015 9:46 am  

Quite agree with that

Ford never has been a league player and with a Championship level skill set isn't likely to be when he can make a good living in yawnion.

Re: Come home agents Farrell and ford : Sun Oct 04, 2015 10:05 am  

Baring in mind the massive lack of decent English half backs in league I'd like to see them both give it a shot.

Would love to see Eastmond and Luther Burrell back as well.

Burgess goes without saying.

Re: Come home agents Farrell and ford : Sun Oct 04, 2015 12:47 pm  

Both wouldn't be good enough for SL. Union half backs are generally below average compared to RL ones and both Farrell & Ford are average by Union standard anyway.

Re: Come home agents Farrell and ford : Sun Oct 04, 2015 4:34 pm  

Gronk! wrote:

Both wouldn't be good enough for SL. Union half backs are generally below average compared to RL ones and both Farrell & Ford are average by Union standard anyway.

What about Myler? below average for RL but up there in terms of Premiership FH's.

Farrell would not be a HB, he would most likely play loose. He is a great tacker, who can run very direct with a great kicking and passing game.

Ford would be an excellent number 6. No doubt about it! I would say both would play for England within a couple of years were they to switch.

Don't get why people are so afraid to admit great players in the opposite code. I like both, I dislike the way our coaches make us play union in the northern hemisphere. Ford is obviously of the same opinion. He is as clear a Rugby League player playing union that you will see! They force him to kick up and unders when his instinct says run the ball!

Whilst we are getting those two lets have Eastmond, Burrell and Tuilagi! Lets see the RFL support teams who want to go and get these guys. Maybe pay a percentage of their wages like Union would do when they look at a league player.

Re: Come home agents Farrell and ford : Sun Oct 04, 2015 6:03 pm  

jimlav wrote:

What about Myler? below average for RL but up there in terms of Premiership FH's.

My point exactly.

Union half backs arent anywhere near close to the quality RL has and plodders like Myler prove my point.

Farrell & Ford wouldn't do anything in SL and would run back to Union in under 12 months.

Re: Come home agents Farrell and ford : Sun Oct 04, 2015 6:09 pm  

They're made for life and lauded by the masses in union, why would they even contemplate likely failure in league? The money available to even average players in union is massive compared to league

Re: Come home agents Farrell and ford : Sun Oct 04, 2015 7:32 pm  

I think there are quite a few union lads that'd do just fine in league, it's just that they might need a few adjustments ball handling, fitness are the two that spring to mind, the physical contact aspect shouldn't be a problem.
No top union player would want to try league when at the top of their game in any case, not these days.

Re: Come home agents Farrell and ford : Sun Oct 04, 2015 10:59 pm  

Ford would be a Richie Myler-level player in League. There's nobody I've seen in limited viewing of the RUWC who I've thought "he'd be great at league" other than Folau and the massive Fijian backrowers who can offload at will. That does include Burgess though so maybe Union isn't the best place to judge their skills.