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| I have voiced my concerns for a while now about Hall.
Rarely does he take a man on the outside, does not run with any venom at the defence and has scored many of his tries thanks to Senior .
Maybe he was lucky to go on tour but the only player who could have ousted him was Fox.
Now maybe if Hall had not bulked up so much he would still have his pace
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[quote="Odemwingie":34o3cs52] I hope his career is over.(regarding danny mcguires injury 2010 play offs)[/quote:34o3cs52]
[quote="Ewwenorfolk":34o3cs52] I'm glad McGuire got injured, hope he's out for about 10 months[/quote:34o3cs52]
[quote="Bulls4Champs2010":34o3cs52]Price, Civ, Beaver, Moz and Wiki. Peacock is not in the catagory of these special players.[/quote:34o3cs52]
[quote="McLaren_Field":34o3cs52] To be fair, their teams are also inconsequential to their own fans judging by the amount of traffic that all the other boards get [/quote:34o3cs52]
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| Quote: Andy Gilder "Why is it obviously a troll?
Hall was frankly garbage against the Maori. Even if he hadn't been injured he would have been lucky to keep his place ahead of Briscoe and Goulding. When he was fit again, he only got a game through Goulding's injury and McNamara's "give everyone a go" selection policy against PNG where he looked way off the pace again.
The rest of your post just reeks of defensive, one club mentality. Trying looking at Hall's "contribution" to the tour through something other than blue and amber glasses.'" I follow more than one rl team and i also attend as a neutral in the uk and Oz. I've also made the effort to follow England on tour/world cup. I have an open view to club and international rugby so I think you are way off the mark with your Leeds specs comment. I've seen this poster trolling his way through rl fans and saw the post for what it is, purely in my opinion of course. hall might well have been poor but to single him out from a warm up match and a dead rubber where plenty of others contributions have been nonexistent or ineffective throughout the tour is frankly blinkered at best. Calling hall lazy is just trolling imo and his skills in attacking and defence have been no more exposed than the entire squad(maybe with the exception of Gaz Ellis), again in my opinion.
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| Quote: sgtwilko "I follow more than one rl team and i also attend as a neutral in the uk and Oz. I've also made the effort to follow England on tour/world cup. I have an open view to club and international rugby so I think you are way off the mark with your Leeds specs comment. I've seen this poster trolling his way through rl fans and saw the post for what it is, purely in my opinion of course. hall might well have been poor but to single him out from a warm up match and a dead rubber where plenty of others contributions have been nonexistent or ineffective throughout the tour is frankly blinkered at best. Calling hall lazy is just trolling imo and his skills in attacking and defence have been no more exposed than the entire squad(maybe with the exception of Gaz Ellis), again in my opinion.'"
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| Quote: sgtwilko "I follow more than one rl team and i also attend as a neutral in the uk and Oz. I've also made the effort to follow England on tour/world cup. I have an open view to club and international rugby so I think you are way off the mark with your Leeds specs comment. I've seen this poster trolling his way through rl fans and saw the post for what it is, purely in my opinion of course. hall might well have been poor but to single him out from a warm up match and a dead rubber where plenty of others contributions have been nonexistent or ineffective throughout the tour is frankly blinkered at best. Calling hall lazy is just trolling imo and his skills in attacking and defence have been no more exposed than the entire squad(maybe with the exception of Gaz Ellis), again in my opinion.'"
IMV Ellis was steady but no more. Our best player was without doubt Roby.
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| Quote: Old Feller "IMV Ellis was steady but no more. Our best player was without doubt Roby.'"
Blasphemy!
But agreed.
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| I agree OF Roby by plenty i think the Kiwis and Aussies did enough to snuff out Graham ,Ellis and Burgess although they can walk away from the tour with their heads held high.
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[quote="Odemwingie":34o3cs52] I hope his career is over.(regarding danny mcguires injury 2010 play offs)[/quote:34o3cs52]
[quote="Ewwenorfolk":34o3cs52] I'm glad McGuire got injured, hope he's out for about 10 months[/quote:34o3cs52]
[quote="Bulls4Champs2010":34o3cs52]Price, Civ, Beaver, Moz and Wiki. Peacock is not in the catagory of these special players.[/quote:34o3cs52]
[quote="McLaren_Field":34o3cs52] To be fair, their teams are also inconsequential to their own fans judging by the amount of traffic that all the other boards get [/quote:34o3cs52]
[quote="Warrington Wolf":34o3cs52]If you win the weekly rounds then without doubt you are the champions.[/quote:34o3cs52]: |
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You wouldn't have a clue who I go and watch.
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| Quote: sgtwilko " You wouldn't have a clue who I go and watch. '"
Is it Leeds?
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[quote="Odemwingie":34o3cs52] I hope his career is over.(regarding danny mcguires injury 2010 play offs)[/quote:34o3cs52]
[quote="Ewwenorfolk":34o3cs52] I'm glad McGuire got injured, hope he's out for about 10 months[/quote:34o3cs52]
[quote="Bulls4Champs2010":34o3cs52]Price, Civ, Beaver, Moz and Wiki. Peacock is not in the catagory of these special players.[/quote:34o3cs52]
[quote="McLaren_Field":34o3cs52] To be fair, their teams are also inconsequential to their own fans judging by the amount of traffic that all the other boards get [/quote:34o3cs52]
[quote="Warrington Wolf":34o3cs52]If you win the weekly rounds then without doubt you are the champions.[/quote:34o3cs52]: |
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| Quote: Andy Gilder "Why is it obviously a troll?
Hall was frankly garbage against the Maori. Even if he hadn't been injured he would have been lucky to keep his place ahead of Briscoe and Goulding. When he was fit again, he only got a game through Goulding's injury and McNamara's "give everyone a go" selection policy against PNG where he looked way off the pace again.
The rest of your post just reeks of defensive, one club mentality. Trying looking at Hall's "contribution" to the tour through something other than blue and amber glasses.'"
He took issue with the WIgan fan claiming Hall was "lazy and makes too many mistakes" which is, frankly, either a troll or, being politically correct, ill informed opinion because, whatever his displays in this tournament, he is neither lazy nor makes too many mistakes.
He is is arguably England's best winger so the initial statement laughed at by the Wigan fan was not defensive or one club mentality at all, but the Wigan fan's response was.
Nice to see the knives out for Hall based upon some pretty abject team displays in a pretty poor and mis-matched squad coached by a pretty clueless buffoon. How anyone could expect any winger to shine in such circumstances is beyond me. I take it on the same basis people have now concluded Tomkins is garbage based upon his pretty oridinary displays in our very ordinary England team?
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| Quote: Old Feller "IMV Ellis was steady but no more. Our best player was without doubt Roby.'"
Absolutley.
Ellis and Burgess didn't look out of their depth like some but still were a little dissapointing.
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| The problem for players like Burgess and Ellis is that they are having to play roles for England that they don't for their clubs, and are also far easier to target given the abject nature of England's 'attack'. I suspect both would look absolutely devastating playing for Australia rather than England.
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| Quote: G1 "He took issue with the WIgan fan claiming Hall was "lazy and makes too many mistakes" which is, frankly, either a troll or, being politically correct, ill informed opinion because, whatever his displays in this tournament, he is neither lazy nor makes too many mistakes.
He is is arguably England's best winger so the initial statement laughed at by the Wigan fan was not defensive or one club mentality at all, but the Wigan fan's response was.
Nice to see the knives out for Hall based upon some pretty abject team displays in a pretty poor and mis-matched squad coached by a pretty clueless buffoon. How anyone could expect any winger to shine in such circumstances is beyond me. I take it on the same basis people have now concluded Tomkins is garbage based upon his pretty oridinary displays in our very ordinary England team?'"
I agree with your comments re Hall, but Tomkins is not as good as many make out both internationally and domestic. He was part of a team that wore the opposition down physically and mentally with tactics that rightly or wrongly helped them dominate throughout the season. His decision making is questionable, and his attitude is out of place on a rugby pitch. Give him any other jersey and he would look abject at best. The fact that he looked so bad playing in these internationals, yet will probably be chosen to play in the next international is, I suppose, more a reflection on the choice processes of the England coaches, based on how they performed within their club.
Unfortunately the England coaches never look at the bigger picture. Yes pick a player that works well in a team, but if that teamwork can't be utilised with another set of players, then their club skills are irrelevant. I realise it is probably quite difficult to ascertain how to find out how well a player will adapt to playing in a different team. Probably the simplest way of realising this would be to play regional games such as yorks, lancs, cumbria, etc, although with the one club players only playing for their 'local' team, it could be difficult to mix it up very much. You could obviously only pick players that originate from that region though, although perhaps the inclusion of NL1 players could open up the player pool generally.
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| Quote: BrisbaneRhino "The problem for players like Burgess and Ellis is that they are having to play roles for England that they don't for their clubs, and are also far easier to target given the abject nature of England's 'attack'. I suspect both would look absolutely devastating playing for Australia rather than England.'"
I agree I've often thought that many of the Aussies that we laud over here - particularly in the pack - only look good because of the team they play in.
Mark Carroll anyone? Or for us Backo.
Ellis & Burgess didn't go from being arguably the best in their positions in the world, ie the NRL, to ordinary in the space of 3 weeks. Despite McNamara's best efforts.
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| Quote: west_leeds_rhino "I agree with your comments re Hall, but Tomkins is not as good as many make out both internationally and domestic. He was part of a team that wore the opposition down physically and mentally with tactics that rightly or wrongly helped them dominate throughout the season. His decision making is questionable, and his attitude is out of place on a rugby pitch. Give him any other jersey and he would look abject at best. The fact that he looked so bad playing in these internationals, yet will probably be chosen to play in the next international is, I suppose, more a reflection on the choice processes of the England coaches, based on how they performed within their club.'"
He was clearly a stand out player for Wigan this year. I'd be confident in saying they would not have achieved top spot and a Grand Final win without him as part of their squad.
He'd look outstanding in any club side.
Don't let a poor team display for an overmatched (we just don't have strength in depth. Whilst I'm not suggesting we'd have won this, Morley, Peacock and one of Mcguire/Eastmond in there would have helped make a bit more space) fool you. And I have to think it's the internationals you are basing your opinion on, because it just can't be the club season, where he's been outstanding.
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