Re: matt blaymire : Sat Mar 13, 2010 11:58 am  

crowt123 wrote:

criticised him big style last week and also thought that today he wasn't at his best. After just watching the game again on sky i want to apologise..missed a good chunk of pre season and needs to get back to full fitness but i am giving benefit of the doubt...keep it up matt or smurph will be taking your place..

btw..how many other teams can boast a 21 year old who can play centre, wing, fullback and second row !!
aaron murphy will be a star of the future..(ex churwell lad as well )

Like to think you have learnt a lesson but I doubt it. Blaymire had a poor game last week along with 16 others (Morrison the exception). Yesterday he gave the incumbant and usually excellent England FB a master class in FB play.

FFS give Blaymire a break, technically the hardest position on the pitch and generally he excels at it. We have a gem of a player here if only folk would open their eyes!

Re: matt blaymire : Sat Mar 13, 2010 10:00 pm  

Quite a few fans in crowd last night on Blaymire's back in the first half. He answered his critics in the best possible way with a solid second half, scored a try and his first drop goal.

Re: matt blaymire : Sat Mar 13, 2010 10:23 pm  

vastman wrote:

Like to think you have learnt a lesson but I doubt it. Blaymire had a poor game last week along with 16 others (Morrison the exception). Yesterday he gave the incumbant and usually excellent England FB a master class in FB play.

FFS give Blaymire a break, technically the hardest position on the pitch and generally he excels at it. We have a gem of a player here if only folk would open their eyes!

good job then that murphy got back to make the tackle blaymire missed in the first half wasn't it ? i wasn't dissing blaymire, just commented that he may be getting back to full fitness but if you want to get to excellent full back play then murphy takes the ball in far stronger, is much quicker and faster to react. blaymire had a good season last year but murphy being only 21 looks a better bet for the future already..and i would prefer to see him in the starting line up at the moment!

mr vastman will probably not agree but as we all know he is always but always CORRECT !!!

Re: matt blaymire : Sun Mar 14, 2010 5:18 pm  

What I hate is when players come back from injury or operations and people think they should play like wally lewis the weeks after and when they dont they slag them off big style..

Re: matt blaymire : Sun Mar 14, 2010 5:40 pm  

I'll get slated again for this, but I don't think Matt Blaymire is good enough to play at the standard we are aiming for.

Re: matt blaymire : Sun Mar 14, 2010 5:43 pm  

imwakefieldtillidie wrote:

I'll get slated again for this, but I don't think Matt Blaymire is good enough to play at the standard we are aiming for.

thank god for that or we'd sell him!

not in a good place with WTRLFC today!

Re: matt blaymire : Sun Mar 14, 2010 5:49 pm  

Blaymire is a natural full-back, he has the intuition to read the game and know exactly where the kick is going and the safe pair of hands to catch it.

If Matty had the pace that Murphy has then he would be easily be pushing for the England full-back shirt, unfortunately he hasn't and therefore doesn't offer that added dimension of attacking flair. But what he does offer is the reassurance that we have an excellent and dependable last line of defence.

Re: matt blaymire : Sun Mar 14, 2010 5:56 pm  

IngsRoader wrote:

But what he does offer is the reassurance that we have an excellent and dependable last line of defence.

Except when Hull broke though the other night and Blaymire wasn't fast enough to get across. Murphy came from behind him to make the tackle. Murphy has to be the first choice full back.

Re: matt blaymire : Sun Mar 14, 2010 5:56 pm  

imwakefieldtillidie wrote:

I'll get slated again for this, but I don't think Matt Blaymire is good enough to play at the standard we are aiming for.

Really? I know you should always aim high but what standards are you aiming for?

Re: matt blaymire : Sun Mar 14, 2010 5:59 pm  

J.T wrote:

Really? I know you should always aim high but what standards are you aiming for?

Improvement.