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[quote:1pqtnbtj]Every player in our squad could probably earn more money with another club. But they prefer to sacrifice a few extra quid in their back pocket to share special memories. And playing at a place like Old Trafford on a night like this makes it all worthwhile.[/quote:1pqtnbtj]
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As a leeds player Crooks was, overall, a massive disappointment with a few good moments in between.
He never got near the standards he set at Hull (think of a young Sam Burgess who could goal kick and pass) and even though his time at Cas was better than at Leeds the ale had taken it's effects and he was never the same from the moment he left Hull. Shame really.
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I'd actually argue he was as good at Cas as he was at Hull, but in a slightly different style.
He was a more mature, physically developed player at Cas who was an out and out front-rower with excellent hands and a good offload game, rather than the running game he had in his younger days when he emerged as a back-rower at Hull.
Both versions however were superior to the disinterested lump he was for large parts of his time at Leeds...
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[quote:1pqtnbtj]Every player in our squad could probably earn more money with another club. But they prefer to sacrifice a few extra quid in their back pocket to share special memories. And playing at a place like Old Trafford on a night like this makes it all worthwhile.[/quote:1pqtnbtj]
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Both versions however were superior to the disinterested lump he was for large parts of his time at Leeds...'" I concur. |
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| Quote: Gotcha "I remember clearly watching Crooks in the yorkshire cup tie against Hull at Headingley. We were losing at half time and Crooks was really poor, clearly not wanting to play against them, and got some stick. We won the game in the end and Crooks was absolutely immense in that second half.'"
Was that when Backo went over under/next to the sticks to win it? |
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| Quote: Norman Stanley Fletcher "4th June 1987.'"
What about it? Or am I being a bit dim.
Quote: Norman Stanley Fletcher "Was that when Backo went over under/next to the sticks to win it?'"
I think the reference is to another Yorkshire Cup (1st round) game V Hull at Headingley, when Crooks eventually contributed a try and 6 goals in a comeback 28-24 win once he'd got over his reluctance to play. My other major recollection from that game was that it was Peter Tunks' Leeds debut (another try scorer that day) and that he was a big ba5tard after he walked off the cricket pitch during the pre game warm up.
It was the season before the Backo game and Backo moment that made his journey over worthwhile. Pure joy. |
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| Quote: Era of the Biff "Was that when Backo went over under/next to the sticks to win it?'"
That was a great night and great days! SS full of fc fans! no bother! it was a cold night(i think)
I remember it been half way between the sticks and the touch line to right as you face the western terrace. perhaps slightly nearer the touch line. |
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| Quote: Era of the Biff "Was that when Backo went over under/next to the sticks to win it?'"
No, I think that one was a night match. The one I was talking about was a Sunday afternoon.
Perhaps tvoc can help, he usually has a good memory of these things. |
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| Quote: tvoc "What about it? Or am I being a bit dim.
I think the reference is to another Yorkshire Cup (1st round) game V Hull at Headingley, when Crooks eventually contributed a try and 6 goals in a comeback 28-24 win once he'd got over his reluctance to play. My other major recollection from that game was that it was Peter Tunks' Leeds debut (another try scorer that day) and that he was a big ba5tard after he walked off the cricket pitch during the pre game warm up.
It was the season before the Backo game and Backo moment that made his journey over worthwhile. Pure joy.'"
I'm sure you're mixing up to different games against Hull. The Backo try with half of Hull hanging onto his back I recall winning a tight game. The comeback win featured Brooke-Cowden and Medley coming off the bench, and Deadly Medley scoring a hat-trick. He got man of the match for something like 30 minutes play, IIRC. Next week, Reilly picked Brooke-Cowden to start. He really, [ireally[/i didn't like Paul Medley.
All of this is from my aging memory, of course. I will happily bow to your superior knowledge if I'm wrong. |
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| Quote: gulfcoast_highwayman "I'm sure you're mixing up to different games against Hull. The Backo try with half of Hull hanging onto his back I recall winning a tight game. The comeback win featured Brooke-Cowden and Medley coming off the bench, and Deadly Medley scoring a hat-trick. He got man of the match for something like 30 minutes play, IIRC. Next week, Reilly picked Brooke-Cowden to start. He really, [ireally[/i didn't like Paul Medley.
All of this is from my aging memory, of course. I will happily bow to your superior knowledge if I'm wrong.'"
Wasn't that game with Medley against Cas?
My memory too is aging, it just seems to ring a bell. |
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| Right, lets see
Already dealt with above.
Quote: Gotcha "That was a great night and great days! SS full of fc fans! no bother! it was a cold night(i think)
I remember it been half way between the sticks and the touch line to right as you face the western terrace. perhaps slightly nearer the touch line.'"
The Backo try was slam dunk under the sticks at the Eastern Terrace end of the ground. In addition there can be no confusion with any other try Backo may have scored for Leeds as ...... eh there weren't any.
Quote: Gotcha "I'm sure you're mixing up to different games against Hull. The Backo try with half of Hull hanging onto his back I recall winning a tight game. The comeback win featured Brooke-Cowden and Medley coming off the bench, and Deadly Medley scoring a hat-trick. He got man of the match for something like 30 minutes play, IIRC. Next week, Reilly picked Brooke-Cowden to start. He really, [ireally[/i didn't like Paul Medley.
All of this is from my aging memory, of course. I will happily bow to your superior knowledge if I'm wrong.'"
Yes one of us is getting mixed up.
The game I think you are recalling was against Bradford Northern in the Yorkshire Cup 1st round at Headingley in the 1988/89 season. And here's why; Brooke-Cowden and Medley were the subs that day - Check. The following game Reilly picked Brooke-Cowden to start - Check. (Incidentally that following game was a 32-0 home win V St Helens with Slammin Sam making his Leeds debut.)
Nah then, Paul Medley only scored the one try hat-trick in his Headingley career and that was at home V Castleford (January 198icon_cool.gif in a game he started rather than coming off the bench. I think what secured his MOTM in the YC game V Bradford (from the bench) was he literally turned the game on it's head by scoring one long range try and making a huge break for another by Carl Gibson both down the left hand flank in front of the Southstand heading towards the Western Terrace. |
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| Quote: tvoc ". I think what secured his MOTM in the YC game V Bradford (from the bench) was he literally turned the game on it's head by scoring one long range try and making a huge break for another by Carl Gibson both down the left hand flank in front of the Southstand heading towards the Western Terrace.'"
I knew you set me straight. Cheer TVOC! |
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