you tell 'em

absolutely and I really think his diabetes and his previous serious injury have played a part in his dip in form

you are obviously unaware of how diabetes can affect the "normal" person when it is not controlled without the added extras of playing sport

The whole team is not performing and he is playing behind a set of forwards that have been punching below there weight all season. The ball never gets back in time or gets to players who simply drive it in or the half backs get it far too late.

Next year not even Long will be able to play behind a beaten pack. Even with the reinforcements due to arrive ( visa's permitting ) they are not on there own going to shore up that pack.

Maybe just maybe this is why Thorman is so crap this season too?

Sounds like the same excuse the Board are using for Rich Agar's $hite season too!

First of all, cut the insults or you will lose your posting rights!!

With regards to Horne I don't think he has ben as bad as some make out this season. The first 6/7 games he played very well but he has struggled in the last couple of months albeit he did well against Rovers. I honestly maintain what I said at the beginning of the season about him, that is that this season is very muhc a learning curve for him due to his illness. He lost a lot of weight last season and trying to put that back on aswell as dealing with his diabetes will not have been easy and he will have learnt from what he has done this season.

He still looks a little frail to me but with a better pack, Long and Tansey in place and hopefully more awareness of what works for him in terms of his diet I still have every faith he will get back to his best.

I certainly won't be writing him off just yet.

Richard Horne once had potential to be something special. Most people who watched his early junior progress agreed. Unfortunately he never reached the dizzy heights predicted and therefore expected by the fans. He has been an excellent servant to the club , a very solid defender and totally committed but when Cooke left he was exposed as very much the support act and never a half. Regrettably the people in charge of his career continued to believe he was creative and a leader when he patently is not. That in conjunction with his injuries and illness has created the Rich Horne we have now who is very ordinary and at times pretty awful.
I hope he can get back to health and fitness and that a proper coach can find the key to him and he can once again be part of a good FC team. I wouldn't play him again this year , just let him have time out to get sorted. What's the point of punishing him for the next 6 weeks as Agar plans to?
If we can find a creative or running 6 then a fit Horny would do a job for us in the centre otherwise if he plays 6 someone needs to tell him he's only allowed to kick short.

I would have Richard Horne at Rovers tomorrow. A true pro in every sence of the word and would be dynamite used in conjunction with Dobson and Cooke.

If he regains his form you'd be right. If he plays like he has this season he would be worse than what you have already.

what a total tool you come across as