True, he was simply awful there last time round. Should have played Shaul. Other options, Horne and Whiting, were needed elsewhere.

Agree 100%

Horne was past his sell by date by 2007 but as he's from Hull and loves club, well hey let's sign him up for another year when he has 1 good game per year!

Problem is Horney is better now than Nicklas ever will be. Pity we can't bring a good young un through in that position but we can't.

We're slowly drifting up the creek............unfortunately he is the only paddle we have.

He's not the future but plays his role OK when next to Holdsworth. It's a different type of player we need more. Good on him for salvaging a point for us today though - it certainly pleased me at least that we came back and got a point notwithstanding the fact I would have preferred two.

Rubbish players, terrible recruitment..

How far down the food chain do we go to lay the blame for that? Out of all the kids playing the game at school/youth/amateur level we cant find 1 !!!!!!!!!! Is it a consequence of the coaching systems and the coaches at youth level drumming into the kids 'keep your structure' and stifling talent and flair?
Harry Tyson-Wilson is the next 'superkid' and RU is sniffing around him now (so I'm told), we need talent and we need to nurture it not stifle it at a young age.

No, he didn't. He said the conditions were atrocious to play in, but not the reason why we didn't win. He didn't give excuses, I don't think he ever really gives excuses apart from blaming his players' performances.

Last year wasn't so bad, and slightly differing circumstances. We genuinely were threadbare, so I could understand it more. In an ideal world though, Horne and Yeaman would have had spells in the stand.

This year, at various stages the following have all been worthy of being dropped and escaped it:

Galea
Lynch
O'Meley
Whiting
Yeaman
Pitts (although he finally was left out of the squad until injury gave him a reprieve)

What I think makes it harder to swallow though, is that somebody like Green IS left out after one dip in performance despite probably being our best forward for the opening 4 rounds. It just makes it seem as though it's easier to leave out the younger, less experienced players than it is the older faces, regardless of who is the more deserving case. I just can't see that this breeds a healthy attitude amongst players.

Not in the transcript I've now read he didn't. He did say he was happy with a point given the conditions - something I don't agree with BTW - but he didn't use it to excuse the performance. In fact he criticised the performance.


What's your definition of competitive?


You seriously think we have a better squad than Saints? 4.13623046875:5