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| Quote: vastman "You only have to look at the negative attitudes of some of our own fans to realise why it's so easy for Mildred to run with these negative preconceived notions. If the clubs own fans are negative then it projects the club in a negative way so why would you possibly expect an out of touch hack like Mildred to be any different.
If I were MC I'd walk away from this club because when he reads what some post on here or witnesses some of the hysterical over reaction on here one game into the season he must wonder why he bothers - I certainly do.
If any other club had signed some of the talent we have closed season people like Belly would be wetting themselves especially if it were Cas - a group of fans who know how to be positive even when it's beyond all reason.
I wonder sometimes whether the doom mongers really think about the damage they do. Apart from hitting ST sales because any hype the club try and do is instantly undermined it takes the pressure off the players to perform.
I don't care what people say players read these forums and they read Twitter and Facebook. Nobody likes being written off and despite this bizarre notion that it somehow spurs them on it actually just de-motivates the vast majority of them. Most players are just young men who can play a bit but if nobody expect them to win or even perform then human nature being what it is kicks in and they won't - they are beaten before they start.
However most are happy to spend what positivity they possess bigging up our biggest rival CAS so as far as I'm concerned Mildred is well within his rights.
I agree to a certain respect as far as the constant doom and gloomers but every team has their negative supporters, from Leeds, Sants, Wire, Hull, Widnes and Hudds, we don't hold the monopoly on that account. Just because a tiny handful are like that, it shouldn't affect players performance or the Chairman, simply because it is such a small segment.
From what I've read on here and Facebook the vast majority haven't written us off at all, quite the opposite. Just about everyone has us in the top 8 and above, even some of the doom merchants. I think the lowest a fan as placed us that I've seen is Belly putting us 11th. As far as I can see this is the most positive as a group of supporters we've been in quite a while.
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| You'd best not prove him wrong then. Unless you want him wobbling about your pitch starkers again.
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| Quote: Clearwing "You'd best prove him wrong then. Unless you want him wobbling about your pitch starkers again.'"
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| Quote: Trinity1315 "Rubbish. Schofield may have scored many tries but Toppo created many more for others.
We're talking about the Stand Off role here, which isn't just about scoring individual tries it's more than that. Schofield would never have created the try that got WT to Wembley in '79 - just an illustration of the artistry of Toppo in the SO role.'"
To Be fair to C65, the quote he responds to states that Schoffield couldn't live with Topliss for agility and speed and I'm afraid to say that I think Schoffield was far faster than Topliss and at least as agile.
As a creative stand off Schoffield crowbarred open the Australian international teams defences to both score and create try's for himself and others so stating that he couldn't have unlocked the Sts defence in 1979 is far fetched.
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| Schoey v Toppo? Seen them both in the same Hull side, both magical players, my fondest memory of Topliss is his masterclass in the Elland Road replay of the CC Final v Widnes 1982. Both were greats, both had speed, although Schofield slowed down a lot during his mid twenties, both had vision and flair. Hard to choose a winner, really , but from what I saw of them both, for me as a true no6 Toppo just edges Schofield, who was also a brilliant centre. Like comparing Messi and Ronaldo, both brilliant, depends on your own perspective.
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| Quote: The Avenger "To Be fair to C65, the quote he responds to states that Schoffield couldn't live with Topliss for agility and speed and I'm afraid to say that I think Schoffield was far faster than Topliss and at least as agile.
As a creative stand off Schoffield crowbarred open the Australian international teams defences to both score and create try's for himself and others so stating that he couldn't have unlocked the Sts defence in 1979 is far fetched.'"
At the end of the day Avenger we all have our opinions and that's all they are. I would have been happy to have had both of them in my team but Toppo would have been at No6! I'll leave it at that!
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