Another poor performance again today. Three or four handling errors, missed tackle for the first try on the stroke of halff time. Poor kicking but this is the norm. People so quick to point the finger at Thorman but for me Horne has been poor all season. Why is nobody calling for Horne to be dropped like Thorman? Is his commitment to his testamonial more important to him that putting in a proper shift on a weekend for our team?

Put him at fullback

did you go today? was you watching through beer fuelled eyes!! granted he made handling errors, (2 of wires tries came from thackray and berrigan knocking on) and missed a tackle for the first try, but he wasn't the only player to miss tackles in that try, as for his kicking game, especially in the first half it was much improved

Haven't posted on here for ages but the rubbish I've just read from the original poster has really got my back up. Yes we're having a poor season but to question Horney's commitment is nothing short of ridiculous. You have a very short memory.

He's from Hull you know!

Yeah I was there I drove! Typical response from the blue eyed boy supporters! His kicking was poor again and I am struggling to remember a single kick that stayed in the field of play or didn't get caught by the full back or winger on the full. He missed the one on one tackle for the first try which was a major turning point in the game. He is shocking in attack wrong options every week poor kicking and defence this year is proving to be suspect. Watch the replay of the leeds game and see how many tackles he drops off. Leeds score three tried from his poor effort. I do take your point that he wasn't the only one to make errors today but just feel too many people are pointing fingers at anybody but richard horne when the truth is he is not playing any where near to his best!

Damn right. He's made no mistakes at fullback, and he's a total professional. The problem is that Agar doesn't stand by his decisions, and listens to too many full on morons on here! We're partly in this position because we have sooooooo many moronic fans that want to jump on Horneys back, and defend Motu.

Yup.

Didn't see his performance today

but he's having a poor season, and I don't care how long he's played for the club or where he's from, he's meant to be an international, one of our best players (with no doubt wages to match) yet he is barely noticeable these days.

I don't think he lacks commitment, but he just isn't doing it for us at the minute, whether his diabetes and neck injury are having an effect I don't know.

Clearly not - he's just a waster

He may have played poorly in your opinion but show me any player near the top of his game. However you cannot question his commitment.

Im sorry but I have had to question every players commitment to this club at one point or another this season and that does include Horney i'm afraid !

Spot on with that.

I think there's no doubt that the weight he's lost due to his injury has affected his defence. As far as the rest of his game is concerned, he seems to be struggling with not having an organiser again. We've seen his game collapse before when he gets too much responsibility.

Since we aren't going to fix that problem until next season we either have to hope he can pull himself together, move him to FB where he has less responsibility, or maybe even drop him for a game or two and see if he comes back refreshed.

didn't mention he had a good game did i?

kicking the ball behind the dead ball line on a hot day like today isn't a bad option, when he did manage to keep one in play, matt king had to force a drop out to stop a certain try from g horne