Quote: carl_spackler "Personally I think the main problem has not always been Horne himself, but the fact that we haven't signed the right sort of partner for him. Regardless of the fact that Horne wore the 7, Cooke played most of that role for us in the leadership sense, organising a team has never been a strength of Horne's. Since Cooke left we've signed a succession of players who either weren't organisers either, didn't have 2 working legs, or had attitude/motivational problems.
I do think that Horne is past his best now, too, though. We can't rely on him to stay fit and produce consistent performances, unfortunately.'"
I also think with Horne teams know exactly what to expect from him when he was younger and fitter he had the speed to do what he's is still doing now, Unfortunately the speed he once relied on is no longer there so he gets caught out too easily.
That's why although as pointed out putting Miller and Rankin in the halfs now may not be instantly rewarded we have to let them build a partnership (the fact they have played together in the halfs previously may speed there interaction up)
