Quote: billywizz "after watching golden balls holdsworth this year, was semour really that bad, does'nt seem to want to get his elbows dirty holdsworth, apart from a very good kicking game, was does holdsworth bring to the team, no pace, doe'snt take the line on, and only pops up when set plays are on, miller i will reserve judgments until next year, still very young but takes the line on sometimes. semour was a mixture of both but cant of been no worse than these two.
as for horne, remember people calling for him to retire last year, past it they said, we all know he was our best half back this year and after he got injured, we failed to make breaks down the middle and our attack suffered.
looking back, did semour get unfair critism as our golden pair half backs miller and holdsworth have failed to better semour,'"
Just because one HB fails to live up to expectation does not mean that previous opinions of past players changes. I fear for next season. I was clinging to the hope that Holdsworth and Miller would get better in the off season, but it will have to be a miraculous recovery from here.
I agree Horney is our best HB as things stand, but he has once again spent far too long out injured. The odd season you can say its unlucky, but I am afraid with Horney its no longer a case of being unlucky. His body has taken 15 years of high impact RL and it can not do it anymore week in week out. You have to accept with him that he will be out for more than he is in. That for me is the rub.
I suspect we are going to have to wait a further 5 years before our junior players mature and bring us anything like what we expect. The market is not awash with quality and certainly not the quality of a side with top 4 aspirations.
Sadly also we are now stuck with a lightweight packwho fail to dominate in a way that benefits the half backs. Paea and Feka only need to spend a dozen games out between them and all the go forward we see on paper will be lost.
I forecast more heartache for the faithful. But maybe I am a little raw after last night.
