Edited for accuracy.

But you are dismissing their opinion of Horne, which to be fair a lot of people share. If you look at his form over the last 3 years he has not been good enough, but there is a chance he may improve if he is allowed to go back to his own game. There is just as much chance he will continue to be poor overall regardless of the game he is playing.

The link posted above suggests that this season he has been as good as Kevin Brown, who plays for a top 4 side and has played for England. Should Hudds be looking to get rid of him?

stats are not everything tho.

Try putting some different names from h/backs who are lower in the league than us, then you will get the objective evidence!

No it does not blow it out of the water, you have used one other player in the stats

I do not dismiss defence in any player, I expect h/backs to be good defensively, Longy had a superb defence game which was often unnoticed possibly due to his other strengths on show.
We disagree which is not a problem, you claimed Craig Hall was great and Yeamo pants which I disagreed with and still do and I was proved right there. As much as you claim we offer nothing objective in our argument nor do you in yours.

good post absolutely spot on.

Appearances:
Horne 22
Briers 18
Finch 19
Gaskell 19
Brown 21
Chase 22

Tries:
Horne 5
Briers 14
Finch 5
Gaskell 7
Brown 6
Chase 12

Try Assists:
Horne 13
Briers 16
Finch 13
Gaskell 9
Brown 12
Chase 22

Attacking Kicks:
Horne 102
Briers 112
Finch 83
Gaskell 60
Brown 49
Chase 170

Kicks in general play:
Horne 152
Briers 163
Finch 121
Gaskell 127
Brown 57
Chase 240

Clean Breaks:
Horne 12
Briers 11
Finch 9
Gaskell 6
Brown 9
Chase 12

Meters:
Horne 1647
Briers 1044
Finch 982
Gaskell 1014
Brown 1340
Chase 2539

Errors:
Horne 30
Briers 24
Finch 24
Gaskell 32
Brown 27
Chase 30

Although stats aren't everything, Horney's more than match up to the stand offs in the current top 4 sides.

And Rangi Chase has by far and away the best stats of the players I've compared.