: Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:32 pm  

HULLMAD wrote:

but Horne isnt creative enough so they say

Atleast your starting to see sense now.



Anyways as you said it's boring now and there is no convincing you!

: Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:34 pm  

A unknown superstar wrote:

Atleast your starting to see sense now.



Anyways as you said it's boring now and there is no convincing you!

im opinionated as you will have gathered.

: Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:54 pm  

I personally think Richard Horne would be the best full back in the country if were ever brave enough to put him there. Not going to happen this season as Reardon will play there now i guess.

Not creative as a half back but his running game would suit full back far better. great catcher of ball and would be running at broken lines as opposed to fully set defence when he's at 6

I'd like to see 2 different half backs from whiting/lee/washbrook/berrigan instead of horne and thorman

: Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:01 pm  

mikegreen673 wrote:

I personally think Richard Horne would be the best full back in the country if were ever brave enough to put him there. Not going to happen this season as Reardon will play there now i guess.

Not creative as a half back but his running game would suit full back far better. great catcher of ball and would be running at broken lines as opposed to fully set defence when he's at 6

I'd like to see 2 different half backs from whiting/lee/washbrook/berrigan instead of horne and thorman

I agree. FWIW I'd like to see Horne at FB next season with two new half backs.

: Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:05 pm  

mikegreen673 wrote:

I personally think Richard Horne would be the best full back in the country if were ever brave enough to put him there. Not going to happen this season as Reardon will play there now i guess.

Not creative as a half back but his running game would suit full back far better. great catcher of ball and would be running at broken lines as opposed to fully set defence when he's at 6

I'd like to see 2 different half backs from whiting/lee/washbrook/berrigan instead of horne and thorman

We tried R.Horne at FB a few seasons ago and his game was pretty much the same as it is now but with a slow ball return.

For me he is an out and out 6. The main problem as i've raved on about time and time again is you can't expect players to create when their team mates don't give them options. With space to move Richard Horne is one of the most devastating Stand Offs in this country.

Once we stop playing with an acting half back, two distributers and 10 props we might get to see some effective plays.

: Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:10 pm  

In addition i believe if Horne had been playing full back he would now be regarded as the best ever hull number one in front of kemble, keegan, woods etc

if we'd signed top quality half backs in his career to go along with the top drawer 9's such as jackson, swain and berrigan we would have a trophy cabinet bulging at the seams. all the great sides have the spine of the team (1, 6, 7, 9 ) laden with top quality

withers, harris, deacon, lowes
wellens, martyn, long, cunningham
webb, maguire, burrows, diskin
hampson, edwards, gregory, mcdermott

: Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:14 pm  

mikegreen673 wrote:

In addition i believe if Horne had been playing full back he would now be regarded as the best ever hull number one in front of kemble, keegan, woods etc

if we'd signed top quality half backs in his career to go along with the top drawer 9's such as jackson, swain and berrigan we would have a trophy cabinet bulging at the seams. all the great sides have the spine of the team (1, 6, 7, 9 ) laden with top quality

withers, harris, deacon, lowes
wellens, martyn, long, cunningham
webb, maguire, burrows, diskin
hampson, edwards, gregory, mcdermott

I dint think we've stopped bitching over Thorman yet

: Mon Apr 13, 2009 12:12 am  

Horne has never been creative, he often puts good kicks in and the odd through the gap pass but, he is a support player and a great runner of the ball hence why he scores a fair few tries, but on the topic of Thorman, hes not a leader or organiser but i think his kicking game is good and a kick is as good as its chase and in the last few games the chase hasnt been thier but personally if we really want to go far in this comp we need a top class SH simple as but geting one isnt that simple isit, also replacing G.Horne wouldnt go a miss.

: Mon Apr 13, 2009 8:27 am  

When the team started making inroads into Rovers' half, then Throman was able to dictate as Dobson did early on. I don't remember seeing Dobson in the last 10-15 minutes because they were on the back foot.

We simply made too many mistakes. We started by giving a penalty away, dropped the ball in silly positions early in the tackle count and were slow at the process of playing the ball (I mean the part where the player rolls it back, not the whole trying to stand up with four blokes on your back part). I think we finally learnt in the second half that no-one was going to get pinged for lying on or for being off-side and played the ref far better.

If I was to take a plus out of the game it would be how fit we looked at the end of the game. If we can just stop dropping the bloody ball.... And I hope Hall gets another chance - I know he had a bit of a 'mare but he is helping us out in a position he's not natural in.

: Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:25 am  

I would love to think that it could be us he is lining up for next season http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/nrl/news/art ... eing-storm It is believed the deal would only be for the remainder of this season, with a more permanent deal - possibly in England - to be sorted out over the coming weeks

I would love to think that it could be us he is lining up for next season http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/nrl/news/art ... eing-storm It is believed the deal would only be for the remainder of this season, with a more permanent deal - possibly in England - to be sorted out over the coming weeks