Nobody needs to prove anything of the sort. He's not being compared to 'another capable halfback'. He's being compared to the rest of the squad. That's [iour[/i squad by the way, so your assorted mumblings about top 4 sides are also irrelevant.


Classic. The stats destroy your argument so now you have to attack them.

Just because this is getting boring now with you repeating the same crap over & over, I'll humour you, provide your examples.

Even if he was, it's a dog argument. Can a halfback only be said to be playing well if they're regularly doing stuff that is beyond the abilities of other 'capable halfbacks'?

They're playing mediocre otherwise. Yes.

I'm as skeptical about statistics as anyone. However, you'd have to have an enormous sampling error in order to make any significant difference to Horne's showing relative to other halfbacks - all of whom are being assessed using the same methods. Moreover it backs up what you can see when watching games with an unbiased eye. It's also supported by who is scoring our tries - the majority being on the side of the pitch that Horne predominantly plays on.

I think RG had the right of it a couple of pages ago. I'm done. There's simply no helping some people.

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I'll just refer you to this what I said earlier:

We don't have another halfback who's fit in the squad, so you're saying you're comparing Horne's performances as a halfback to other players playing different positions? Seems a bit fishy. Are you judging Horne's performances on what he creates in a game (that's his job as a halfback as opposed to the other players you're comparing him too) or just his effort?

I'm saying to compare Horne to other halfbacks in other teams is therefore important because it's putting things into context. When you do that, you realise that Horne shouldn't be in your top 3 because he doesn't do what a halfback should do consistently enough.

This what I'm saying isn't all that controversial, and some will agree with me when they realise Horne cannot keep up this form for the entirety of the year. People are just being overly optimistic at the moment, even me, I can't wait until Holdsworth and Ellis are back. It's just some people don't like people who put a downer on things, I guess.

I actually would if I had the full games at my disposal and the time (It would take ages)

Just one example though would be Horne's performance against Rovers. It wasn't anything to boast about at all. He was the best of a really, really, really bad bunch in terms of attack. He did make a couple errors which then led to Rover's tries however, and people completely ignore this.

You'll just have to settle that I have too seen all of the games, every try multiple times etc.

I've edited the post that I replied to that. You might want to address what I've said again.

He didn't really 'hand me on my ar*e', but it was better than anything you've said thus far.

I'd put you in the bottom 3 compared to others so far in terms of arguing.

Righto mods. Its time to lock this thread. We've given this idiot more than enough time and space to expound his ludicrous theories. The man is obviously in need of care and we haven't the time or inclination to offer it to him.