: Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:29 pm  

BIGAL1 wrote:

Why all the fuss over a guy who plays 8 games a season how much a game does that work out at.

That is really unfair. At leeds last year he was asked to play in the forwards because he knows no different he tackled like he was 16 stone plus ran the sam against the big guns, giving the team everything hes got. He injured is arm doing that, people like you ridicule him for it. Not fair at all. The lad gives everything for Trin when he plays far better player than rooney.

: Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:39 pm  

newgroundb4cas wrote:

That is really unfair. At leeds last year he was asked to play in the forwards because he knows no different he tackled like he was 16 stone plus ran the sam against the big guns, giving the team everything hes got. He injured is arm doing that, people like you ridicule him for it. Not fair at all. The lad gives everything for Trin when he plays far better player than rooney.

you are probably the only poster who could possibly say to another they are being unfair (TWICE) to slate a player then finishes of by saying hes better than Rooney.......how strange

: Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:36 pm  

newgroundb4cas wrote:

That is really unfair. At leeds last year he was asked to play in the forwards because he knows no different he tackled like he was 16 stone plus ran the sam against the big guns, giving the team everything hes got. He injured is arm doing that, people like you ridicule him for it. Not fair at all. The lad gives everything for Trin when he plays far better player than rooney.

thats quite something coming from you, no really


Read the bit in BOLD and think about it.

: Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:21 pm  

Im not ridiculein Rooney im just saying latu is better

: Wed Mar 04, 2009 11:20 pm  

BIGAL1 wrote:

If and when that happens i'll give him a break but i won't hold my breath waiting, IMO he's having our pants down.

You could say the same of Rooney, to be fair.

FWIW, I wouldn't exchange any player we currently have for Dave "The Comet" Halley. Not because I don't think he's a good player, but because I don't think we need so much cover on the wing. That said, I'd be more than happy if we signed him on regular terms without weakening the squad further with a swap deal.

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 6:20 am  

RebelRebel wrote:

You could say the same of Rooney, to be fair.

FWIW, I wouldn't exchange any player we currently have for Dave "The Comet" Halley. Not because I don't think he's a good player, but because I don't think we need so much cover on the wing. That said, I'd be more than happy if we signed him on regular terms without weakening the squad further with a swap deal.

Yes you could but Latu comes back from injury picks up a ban and then gets injured again, i don't have a problem with the injuries thats part and parcel of the game and he has put himself around on the pitch. Just do see any VALUE for money with the guy during the time he's been at our club, and i am not fooled by a silly side step.


I really wish it was different.

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:23 am  

BIGAL1 wrote:

Yes you could but Latu comes back from injury picks up a ban and then gets injured again, i don't have a problem with the injuries thats part and parcel of the game and he has put himself around on the pitch. Just do see any VALUE for money with the guy during the time he's been at our club, and i am not fooled by a silly side step.


I really wish it was different.

However its still worth waiting on him to see if he can string some games together, his performance at the world cup displayed what a quality player he is. Rooney, on the other hand has also barely played over the last two seasons but believe that his best playing days are behind him.

To be fair though everyone looks like they are stealing a living when they are on the sidelines, the same could be said for Sculthorpe and Peterson among others.

And Peterson is an isse in the thinking behind Halley, is he going to play, and who will be the other winger? If Blanch leaves then we have Peterson and George Halley would have to be an option, however if he stays we still have our first choice wingers plus Halley as back up, plus, Tony Martin leaves and George is the cover back centre/wing for a development season (ie will probably play every game) with Gleeson becoming first choice centre, then we would still need another winger. Long story short, try and get him on loan for as long as possible then sign him off contract at the end of the year.

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:07 am  

Adam Knighton's Step wrote:

However its still worth waiting on him to see if he can string some games together, his performance at the world cup displayed what a quality player he is. Rooney, on the other hand has also barely played over the last two seasons but believe that his best playing days are behind him.

To be fair though everyone looks like they are stealing a living when they are on the sidelines, the same could be said for Sculthorpe and Peterson among others.

And Peterson is an isse in the thinking behind Halley, is he going to play, and who will be the other winger? If Blanch leaves then we have Peterson and George Halley would have to be an option, however if he stays we still have our first choice wingers plus Halley as back up, plus, Tony Martin leaves and George is the cover back centre/wing for a development season (ie will probably play every game) with Gleeson becoming first choice centre, then we would still need another winger. Long story short, try and get him on loan for as long as possible then sign him off contract at the end of the year.

there are a lot of unknowns about what players are likely to do next year and there is nearly a full season for players to get injured, lose form etc etc.
i like the look of halley so far, it's nice to have a winger with pace as well as having a semblance of a rugby brain (unlike white). think he looks a bit dodgy under the high ball when being challenged by big lads but so far so good in the main and i agree that come the end of the season things may change to such an extent we could really do with keeping him

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:45 am  

Adam Knighton's Step wrote:

And Peterson is an isse in the thinking behind Halley, is he going to play, and who will be the other winger? If Blanch leaves then we have Peterson and George Halley would have to be an option, however if he stays we still have our first choice wingers plus Halley as back up, plus, Tony Martin leaves and George is the cover back centre/wing for a development season (ie will probably play every game) with Gleeson becoming first choice centre, then we would still need another winger. Long story short, try and get him on loan for as long as possible then sign him off contract at the end of the year.

We still have Aaron Murphy as a back-up winger, don't we? And Rooney has played on the wing as a stop gap too.

There'll be a few tough decisions to make for next season with players reaching the end of their contracts / sell-by date.

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:59 am  

I'd swap Daddy Cool for Aquila Uate