Re: Eastmond to Bath RU confirmed : Tue Feb 15, 2011 5:22 pm  

What a tool Neil Fissler is "...#rugbyleague is a joke sport"

Re: Eastmond to Bath RU confirmed : Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:17 pm  

There has been no official news from Saints yet about Kyle's decision. It will be known this week at some time though as Kyle himself has said so.

If he goes at the end of the season then either we will buy someone to replace him or one of our three other halfbacks will step up. So long as Leon remains at the club we will be fine. Leon is our key halfback. But his contract is also up for negotiation at present, although he has stated in the press that he would like to stay, if the price is right.

If he goes now then one or all of our other three halfbacks will have to step in until the position is filled long term.

As a Saints fan it would be a real shame to see him go from our club but it would also be a shame for RL to lose him because he is a talent. I don't think he's an organising halfback but he is a talented one nonetheless.

Re: Eastmond to Bath RU confirmed : Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:47 pm  

SaintMarshy wrote:

What a tool Neil Fissler is "...#rugbyleague is a joke sport"

Never heard of him

I think Unions a joke sport. Everyones entitled to their opinions!

Re: Eastmond to Bath RU confirmed : Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:58 pm  

there is nothing on the bath website or on the bath twitter he may be right but i feel he jumped the gun on this one

Re: Eastmond to Bath RU confirmed : Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:01 pm  

Remarkable_Rhinos wrote:

So Pre-Season is what June/July/August??

Any chance they might try and want him for then?! I know if I was running an RU club I'd want him for then.

I'd think it would be vital. He's going to have to learn another sport from scratch. I can see that they would want him to be released early.

It would be a shame to see him played on the wing, and that's about all he will be able for if he doesn't get a good pre-season. FWIW I think he could do well, but he is going to have to face the Chev factor. Local Northern lad moves to the Westcountry away from all family and friends.

Ashton has done well partly because he started in a great team in a lesser league, and not that far away from his hometown. He was able to learn the game with relatively little pressure. I did laugh when hearing Jeremy Guscott talking about his tries on Saturday, saying that "you can't coach support play like that". Maybe not in Union, but it's a fundamental of League and Ashton will have been coached support on the inside shoulder from the day he started playing the game.

Re: Eastmond to Bath RU confirmed : Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:08 pm  

[quote="DHM"]I'd think it would be vital. He's going to have to learn another sport from scratch. I can see that they would want him to be released early.

It would be a shame to see him played on the wing, and that's about all he will be able for if he doesn't get a good pre-season. FWIW I think he could do well, but he is going to have to face the Chev factor. Local Northern lad moves to the Westcountry away from all family and friends.

Ashton has done well partly because he started in a great team in a lesser league, and not that far away from his hometown. He was able to learn the game with relatively little pressure. I did laugh when hearing Jeremy Guscott talking about his tries on Saturday, saying that "you can't coach support play like that". Maybe not in Union, but it's a fundamental of League and Ashton will have been coached support on the inside shoulder from the day he started playing the game.[/quote]

The match commentary team made that very point on a number of occasions on Saturday.
Guscott is only there because he (allegedly) looks good.

Re: Eastmond to Bath RU confirmed : Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:29 pm  

not thee jeremy guscott a man of virtue who is known for telling the truth http://cdnedge.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/541890.stm

not thee jeremy guscott a man of virtue who is known for telling the truth http://cdnedge.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/541890.stm

Re: Eastmond to Bath RU confirmed : Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:30 pm  

SaintMarshy wrote:

What a tool Neil Fissler is "...#rugbyleague is a joke sport"

Fissler used to write for the League Express in the days when I was in the capital as an economic refugee ....

Re: Eastmond to Bath RU confirmed : Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:33 pm  

Remarkable_Rhinos wrote:

Yep!!

RU really doesn't suit those "Jason Robinson" style players does it!! "Jason Robinson" style players always come back with their tail between their legs. In fact... I can't think of a single "Jason Robinson" style player who's ever gone on to do anything in RU. Can anybody think of a "Jason Robinson" style player that's gone on to win the RU World Cup? or a "Jason Robinson" style player that's even gone on to represent England RU?

Hmmm.... who players a similar sort of style to "Jason Robinson" that's gone on to do well in RU....?

Who...?

Nope!! Can't think of anybody!!

For every Jason Robinson, there's a Lee Smith or Chev Walker.

I wonder if Danny Williams thought he was going sweep all before him when he left Leeds too ?

Likewise, in the days we used to get players from the coal fields of S.Wales, for every Lewis Jones, there were the likes of David Young, John Gallagher or that big bloke that occasionally turned out for St Helens.

Re: Eastmond to Bath RU confirmed : Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:38 pm  

On the fact of it, it might be bad news for Saints, but let's face it has hardly been a state secret that a) he fancied a pop at Union and b) he might go when his contract was up.

Surely, any half decent CEO would have his mind on this factor when undertaking the recruitment not only for this season, but when in a couple of weeks times, he starts dusting the cheque book off and heading down under for next seasons players.

The other obvious point is, given the fickle nature of our sport, it could be quite possible for any play to run out next week and suffer a season-ending injury. Far more devastating than someone you know is going in xxx months time. Teams have to cope with that sort of thing most seasons.

The one thing we can be positive about, the Rugby League world is quite capabile of generating another Chris Ashton or Kyle Eastmond .... Not so sure the Rugby Union world is.