Quote The Prof="The Prof"I get it now. Bradders is right. Horne did nothing at the start of the season. At least not in the first game against Leeds because he wasn't chosen. From then on, I'm afraid Bradders is talking B**l*cks Horne’s first game of the season against Bradford: The latter started in a new-look half-back partnership with Richard Horne, who responded to being left out at Leeds with a man of the match display. Read more: www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... z2Rm9kubP9 Horne’s 2nd game: For the second successive week Holdsworth forged a fruitful partnership with Horne, with the duo complementing each other in a combination Hull seem set to stick with for the foreseeable future Read more: www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... z2RmAfMphF His 3rd game Despite missing key playmaker Daniel Holdsworth because of concussion, Hull proved more than a match for last season's beaten Grand Finalists for 60 minutes of a tight and entertaining affair. On his 350th Hull performance, Richard Horne's methodical kicking game and his side's robust defence earned them a platform to win the game, before Warrington cut loose as Hull fell away. Read more: www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... z2RmBbZojn Follow us: @thisishull on Twitter | thisishull on Facebook And his 4th game, against Cas What Friday showed is that our right edge is developing. We have always had strike on our left edge, but now we are starting to get strike on our right as well." "Richard Horne has played a big part in how well they've done and his service to the young guys out wide has been exceptional Read more: www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... z2RmCkWQxo Follow us: @thisishull on Twitter | thisishull on Facebook'" This is more like it. Now we're arguing properly. Thank God for that. Although, all you've seemed to have done is copy and paste third party sources that mention Horne. I don't really care about what people say about Horne, I want to know special things he does each game to warrant a place in the top 3 players thus far. A "methodical kicking game" is too opinion based for me. Sorry.

Quote The Prof="The Prof"I get it now. Bradders is right. Horne did nothing at the start of the season. At least not in the first game against Leeds because he wasn't chosen. From then on, I'm afraid Bradders is talking B**l*cks Horne’s first game of the season against Bradford: The latter started in a new-look half-back partnership with Richard Horne, who responded to being left out at Leeds with a man of the match display. Read more: www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... z2Rm9kubP9 Horne’s 2nd game: For the second successive week Holdsworth forged a fruitful partnership with Horne, with the duo complementing each other in a combination Hull seem set to stick with for the foreseeable future Read more: www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... z2RmAfMphF His 3rd game Despite missing key playmaker Daniel Holdsworth because of concussion, Hull proved more than a match for last season's beaten Grand Finalists for 60 minutes of a tight and entertaining affair. On his 350th Hull performance, Richard Horne's methodical kicking game and his side's robust defence earned them a platform to win the game, before Warrington cut loose as Hull fell away. Read more: www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... z2RmBbZojn Follow us: @thisishull on Twitter | thisishull on Facebook And his 4th game, against Cas What Friday showed is that our right edge is developing. We have always had strike on our left edge, but now we are starting to get strike on our right as well." "Richard Horne has played a big part in how well they've done and his service to the young guys out wide has been exceptional Read more: www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... z2RmCkWQxo Follow us: @thisishull on Twitter | thisishull on Facebook'" This is more like it. Now we're arguing properly. Thank God for that. Although, all you've seemed to have done is copy and paste third party sources that mention Horne. I don't really care about what people say about Horne, I want to know special things he does each game to warrant a place in the top 3 players thus far. A "methodical kicking game" is too opinion based for me. Sorry.

Nobody needs to prove anything of the sort. He's not being compared to 'another capable halfback'. He's being compared to the rest of the squad. That's [iour[/i squad by the way, so your assorted mumblings about top 4 sides are also irrelevant.


Classic. The stats destroy your argument so now you have to attack them.

Hint: I have. I've seen every single game, and more importantly every single try. The latter multiple times.

Just because this is getting boring now with you repeating the same crap over & over, I'll humour you, provide your examples.

Well we don't have another halfback who's fit in the squad, so you're saying you're comparing Horne's performances as a halfback to other players playing different positions? Seems a bit fishy. Are you judging Horne's performances on what he creates in a game (that's his job as a halfback as opposed to the other players you're comparing him too) or just his effort?

I don't see how a single statistic "destroys" my argument. Sorry. It goes towards your argument, but as I've already said, that single number is quite disputable and it's not certain whether it discredits mine.

Even if he was, it's a dog argument. Can a halfback only be said to be playing well if they're regularly doing stuff that is beyond the abilities of other 'capable halfbacks'?

They're playing mediocre otherwise. Yes.

I'm as skeptical about statistics as anyone. However, you'd have to have an enormous sampling error in order to make any significant difference to Horne's showing relative to other halfbacks - all of whom are being assessed using the same methods. Moreover it backs up what you can see when watching games with an unbiased eye. It's also supported by who is scoring our tries - the majority being on the side of the pitch that Horne predominantly plays on.

I think RG had the right of it a couple of pages ago. I'm done. There's simply no helping some people.

Me too. Brilliant.

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