Wonder who made the decision to offer him a 3 year deal after he missed almost a full season due to inury

Rule said Agar squad!!

teachers pet!!!!

Would if it's a case of the coach being in awe of the players a la Mclaren for England

mr nice guy horne,if he is to re-discover the form we no he has,he needs to add something to his game,we watch in hope he can produce a flash of brilliance we have seen before, only to see a average performance,players go through these spells,when been at one club for so long,yes he has had a torrid time over the last 18 months but will the real richard horne,,please stand up

No, he just needs to start performing like one of our top earners should. He won't though because he can't

Hope Horney has a blinder tonight, this is getting boring.

Well said Paul. .

We all do Paul, it would be the first time in a long time though. I understand it is boring but the fact remains it is a major concern, a player in a pivotal spot who is indeed one of the top earners, undperforming and still getting selected.

Well he did well in the Rovers friendly, and against Saints. Was a bit quieter against Hudds but it was a dour kind of a game. He was poor on Sunday but then again a lot of the side were.

Agreed.
Hope he's MOM tonight.
It'll keep the Rich and Rich knockers at bay..................well at least for a couple of days!

Disgaree, he was poor in the Rovers friendly, (his defence),and was indeed substituted, like you say he was ok in Saints, I assure you I would like nothing better than Rich to hit his straps again, however I doubt he will and I am starting to believe it is the psychological effects of his injury, if you watch him the majority of the time he tackl,s opponents up top, not below any-more, the problem is he does not have the strength to do this so is batted off, and the fact remains he will be one of the higher paid SO's in SL.

He made two of our tries.

Are you sure he was substituted due to form? Is it not more likely that as it was a pre-season friendly Agar just wanted to mix it up a bit?


I've expressed similar concerns about his future myself. No need to re-write the past or make a bad situation seem even worse though. The number of people exaggerating just how long Horne's form has been poor for is getting ridiculous (not saying you are one of them). Most seem to have forgotten that he missed all of 2008 for instance.

True but the one he made for Dowes was actually the wrong play (I know that doesn't seem to make sense as we scored) as Dowes still had to power over the line IIRC but if he had missed Dowes out we had a walk in try. TBF my recollection may be clouded 3.49267578125:5