Post subject: Re: Rovers new boys v Hull FC new boys
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 8:30 pm
barton baird
Player Coach
Joined: Jun 11 2007 Posts: 12260 Location: south of Hull.
dum-dum wrote:No point coming on the forum until Feb, then.
Didn`t say that,I could for instance say Lynch is the best thing since sliced bread.Proving it is another thing until he plays. We can all carry on telling each other we have signed the better players,if only for something to talk about.
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Post subject: Re: Rovers new boys v Hull FC new boys
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 8:31 pm
Sandro II Terrorista
Player Coach
Joined: Jan 15 2007 Posts: 11924 Location: Secret Hill Top Lair. V.2
Our players are better than yours.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle.
Post subject: Re: Rovers new boys v Hull FC new boys
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 8:32 pm
Sheldon
Club Owner
Joined: Mar 26 2006 Posts: 22320 Location: York
Sandra The Terrorist wrote:Our players are better than yours.
Nrl better or Sl better?
Tarquin Fuego wrote: I love Jamie and have done since he was 10 years old.
The Reason wrote:Hi Andy
The Rugby Football League are in the process of reviewing the video that you are referring to. We do not condone behaviour of this nature and have contacted the player’s employer, Hull F.C., who have confirmed that they are dealing with the incident under their club rules.
Post subject: Re: Rovers new boys v Hull FC new boys
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 9:22 pm
Sandro II Terrorista
Player Coach
Joined: Jan 15 2007 Posts: 11924 Location: Secret Hill Top Lair. V.2
Sheldon wrote:Nrl better or Sl better?
Don't really care at the moment and I'll only care about yours twice a year unless we draw you in the cup.
I only know a little bit about yours and even less about ours as far as the NRL goes prior to you and roopy turning up.
Our SL ones, honestly? O'Hara, not as good as Vella from two years ago. Withers, improvement on Fisher who as much as I liked him had been on the slide since 2009 and Withers does offer better cover in the halves. Hodgson, not bad, we've obviously given him a two year deal in repayment for him almost single handedly winning us the game at The Willows in 2007 which secured our SL status. Horne, seemed to have done alright at Huddersfield but I'd rather have kept Cook who must go down as one of the most pointless signings ever.
Exciting eh!?!
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle.
Post subject: Re: Rovers new boys v Hull FC new boys
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 11:05 pm
Sheldon
Club Owner
Joined: Mar 26 2006 Posts: 22320 Location: York
fun time frankie wrote:whats that mean really
love knows mate, ask Rupert.
Tarquin Fuego wrote: I love Jamie and have done since he was 10 years old.
The Reason wrote:Hi Andy
The Rugby Football League are in the process of reviewing the video that you are referring to. We do not condone behaviour of this nature and have contacted the player’s employer, Hull F.C., who have confirmed that they are dealing with the incident under their club rules.
Post subject: Re: Rovers new boys v Hull FC new boys
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 1:09 am
nick hkr
International Board Member
Joined: Jun 12 2003 Posts: 4022 Location: Kingston Upon Hull (East)
I'm not sure O'Hara is not as good as Vella from 2 years ago. I'd sooner have signed Lynch but then I don't think he's going to be earning as much as Lynch either. O'Hara is going to be playing in a side that is better than the Crusaders squad by a mile. If Clinton fires and Paea is as hard hitting as we have seen then our front row could be a real threat in this league. Vella wasn't hard hitting, he never hurt opponents, we have been the softies in this league since 2007, there hasn't been a player other than Ben Cockayne who has enjoyed mixing it and we certainly haven't been feared (not saying Ben was btw).
I remember a few years back the players went out after the Catalans home game and were completely beat up, they physically hurt their opponents by sheer size. This is what our pack needs to do to teams. Stop being soft like Vella was and start mixing it. I'm not talking about fighting all the time and giving away penalties I'm talking about hard legal hits that make players think twice about running direct, force them to take it in softer so we conserve energy and we can play the game at our own tempo. The best teams in the world do this and only the teams around them have the players who'll carry on running for 80mins.
Post subject: Re: Rovers new boys v Hull FC new boys
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 6:01 am
Sheldon
Club Owner
Joined: Mar 26 2006 Posts: 22320 Location: York
loving hell nick, Mick Vella was the finest prop you've seen for a genaration to say he's soft is quite frankly a disgrace.
Tarquin Fuego wrote: I love Jamie and have done since he was 10 years old.
The Reason wrote:Hi Andy
The Rugby Football League are in the process of reviewing the video that you are referring to. We do not condone behaviour of this nature and have contacted the player’s employer, Hull F.C., who have confirmed that they are dealing with the incident under their club rules.
Post subject: Re: Rovers new boys v Hull FC new boys
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 6:17 am
Paul T - HKR
International Star
Joined: Aug 21 2011 Posts: 1326 Location: East Hull
Nick HKR, like yourself, I am also of the opinion Rovers have needed the presence of an enforcer in the pack, which was why Morgan signed Fozzard and then Mason. But we need look no further because the grit that has been missing is/has emerged; the young guns who have come thro the ranks (Welham, Watts, Cox, Taylor and Lovegrove) hurt the opposition and aren't afraid to mix it. Beaumont and Green (giant) and a few more in the Reserves are in the same mould. Cox in particular plays on a short fuse and it was no coincidence he took one on the chin over at Catalans, but not before he had dished out a bit of retribution. He reminds me of Paul Rose. One thing I don't agree with you on is saying Mick Vella was soft. He wasn't a dirty player but he hurt the opposition. Plus you don't get into the Australian team without being a big hitter. I would put Vella very high up on my list of being the best prop I have ever seen play for Rovers; for the record just behind Lockwood, Casey, Broadhurst and Neibling.
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