The only elaborate joke is the fickle attitude that a lot of sports fans seem to have.

Not as many people at all (except for the fans who favour Horne over other players because he's local) were saying Horne has been the best player so far 4/5 weeks/rounds ago. So why now? Even though he's found some form, he still performed to his mediocre level for the majority of the years. The things that he's now doing in games is what you should demand from your halfback for the majority of the year as a bare minimum. Therefore, he should be nowhere near the top 3 players so far.

What about this do people not understand?

You have no rugby knowledge at all, like to respect people's opinions but he's miles ahead of anyone in our team, fellow players will tell you, the coaches will tell you n most fans will. Coaching staff see worthy of a new deal, every fan on here can see it, his stats speak for themselves even in a hard to excel team at times this yr but you think it's bias? Even though most on here were openly critical of him prior to season and have eaten humble pie!

Just out of interest who would you say have been our top 3 players so far this season?

That can be the only explanation. I'm done now, there's little point in arguing with idiots.

Ad hominem



Nobody's eating humble pie because Horne's decided to put in performances that a proper halfback would consider to be a bare minimum for the past 4 games. He's a halfback, he's meant to assist tries, but should be doing this every game, not just for the last few.

Who's being fickle?


The stuff about him only being popular because he's local is undiluted bollox trotted out by folk with no other argument. Horne's had plenty of critics over recent seasons. He's getting praise now because he's playing well now. What part of that do you fail to understand?

And he's been getting praise pretty much from the first game he played. The reason why he's 'only just now' being mentioned as being in our top 3 players so far this season is because this is the first time anyone's asked the question.

You clearly have an agenda where Horne is concerned. Or you're trolling. Either way it's making you look daft.

Did you ring 5Live last night suggesting City hire Terry Venables for £5 million for a week's work?

These 2 instances are biggest loads of idiotic tripe I've ever heard/read in my life, seems too coincidental that they'd happen less than a day apart from different people.

This is the pinnacle of daftness in a thread full of daft posts by your good self.

He's only played well for the last 4 games? Really? Deary me.



I think you've given away the real reason behind your posts though. You were obviously one of those who wrote him off and you're simply not man enough to admit you might have been wrong. Poor show.

My favourite bit was 'halfbacks are supposed to assist tries'. So he's doing what he's supposed to do, and doing it to a higher standard than most others, then? The idea that four good games have propelled him to the top of the assists chart is too stupid for words.

Ad hominem again!

You can't address the argument, so you attack the arguer.

My premises stand:

There's nothing that Horne's done this year that can't be done comfortably by another capable halfback given the promise that the rest of the squad has. He has had the majority of a mediocre season thus far, with only peak in form for the previous few games, performing at the standard we should demand of our halfback to play at every week. This peak does not justify the other mediocre performances Horne has put in this season so far.

And the conclusion:

We will NOT be making any impact in the playoffs against the top teams if he's in your top 3 and your standards stay the same. More importantly, if Gentle's standards reflect yours.

I'd love to be proven wrong folks, but it seems you're all incapable of showing me instances that show that Horne has performed at this level for the majority of the year.

Hint: have a look at the games and see what he's done, or the lack of what he's done.