FORUMS > The Virtual Terrace > Phil Gould is right yet again imo |
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| I just rewatched Hullv Cas in the CC semi from 83, Dave Topliss gets ted time & time again by the Cas forwards and by the dirty barsteward Joyner. Most of them Billy Thompson just ignores, but despite him trying to to turn a blind eye to yet another toppo gets laid flat by a nasty late late deliberate head high (which made Matt Bowen's late hit on Grix last year look early) both touchies come on and he gives a penalty.. that was it. He continues to get the treatment and still manages to tackle the Cas forwards when they run at him. Now Toppo was pretty slight even for 60s/70s stand-off's, 11stone wet through.
My point is, refs and the RFL just didn't protect players like they do now, halves took much harder hits in the areas that does most damage..by todays stds even though fowrads and indeed backs are bigger/stronger and faster, yesteryears halves had it much tougher AND were much more inventive/skillful.
And yes that is down to the way the game has gone, aspects of the game are suffocating it and coaches are playing safe % rugby 99% of the time, tbh it gets dull as dishwater and so very predictable.
Removing the wrestling/holding down in the tackle, fewer interchanges and changing the deadball line kick out to a 30m restart (if kicked from in your own half) would be a start..but the best bits of the game from yesteryear are gone..we have to accept it and move on..that's not to say we can't improve what we have to remove th ridiculous awful bits that are ruining the game as a spectacle.
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| Quote: JB Down Under "Yet back in Gus's alleged golden hey day of skilful half backs they had to cope with elbows, late hits, punches and all manor of unsavoury treatment from forwards looking to take them out of the game.'"
Don't always agree with Gus, who does. However he has more experience and knowledge than anyone on the VT ever will yet you arrogantly dismiss him. I did that the other day with Gary Schofield, after thinking about it I accept now that even in his beer addled current states he still knows way more than me or you - Gould is way way way above Schoey so I suggest you rethink, there is nothing "alleged" in what he say - he was there and he still is
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| Quote: OzWelsh "Half-backs need to be protected, not just in the junior ranks but in 1st grade too. Being tackled after kicking, tackled in the air, late hits, hits that might not be that late but after he's passed the ball, but have unnecessary roughness in them. A front-rower on a front-rower, fine almost anything goes, but not a front-rower on a half-back, there's bullying in that, I don't want over-protection ok, just protection.'"
As an ex-half back of dubious quality I can confirm that today's HBs don't know they are born. Getting properly flattened after releasing the ball or kick was expected.
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| As a Warrington fan I've seen Richie Myler ( considered small today ) standing next to Alex Murphy a few times and Murphy makes Myler look like a second-row forward!
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| Quote: Asgardian13 "As a Warrington fan I've seen Richie Myler ( considered small today ) standing next to Alex Murphy a few times and Murphy makes Myler look like a second-row forward!'"
He would do, Alex is a frail 75-plus now.
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| Quote: miscreant "He would do, Alex is a frail 75-plus now.
Still a better scrum half than Myler.
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