Re: All time Leeds team : Wed Jan 12, 2022 2:24 pm  

Sir Gregory Parsloe wrote:

In my time, I may have missed some but this is a more than useful outfit.
Prescott
Vaikona
Schofield
Kylie’s uncle
O’Hara
Topliss
Sterling
Skerrett
Swain
Crooks
Ellis
Fitzgibbon
Knocker Norton

No Sammy Lloyd

For a hotbed if RL Both Hull sides relied in kiwis and Cas lads, Norton Lloyd Millward Lockwood and a faire few others

Re: All time Leeds team : Wed Jan 12, 2022 2:30 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

Poor John Gallagher. Should never have switched codes.

Looked the nuts first half of season awesome game against Kangaroos in 90. One spear tackle on confidence shot, and he was never an RL fullback, his game always linking into the line with some gaps and space. If we used him as a centre he would have probably made it.

Re: All time Leeds team : Wed Jan 12, 2022 3:33 pm  

rollin thunder wrote:

No Sammy Lloyd

Helluva kicker, one of the best I've seen

Re: All time Leeds team : Wed Jan 12, 2022 6:13 pm  

GrahamBray wrote:

No Andy Gregory? If you're picking players at their peak Gregory would be in the conversation I'd think and apologies if he has been picked earlier - to me he was an extra prop playing 7 with all the natural gifts of a brilliant scrum half and of course , you had Ellery Hanley, the best player I have ever seen in my 50 plus years as a fan, wow - as a Hull fan I am slightly jealous but what a game that would be- the best Hull team against the best Leeds 13- who is having Lee Crooks?

Thought I’d have a go at a team in my time with my blue and amber specs on and I’ve picked you as well.
Marshall
Prendiville
Schofield
Kylie’s uncle
BRAY
Coleman
Hepworth
Mick Harrison
Jackson
Carvell
Crooks
Ellis
Crane

Re: All time Leeds team : Wed Jan 12, 2022 9:11 pm  

Gary Divorty worth a bench spot

Re: All time Leeds team : Thu Jan 13, 2022 7:17 am  

Sir Gregory Parsloe wrote:

Thought I’d have a go at a team in my time with my blue and amber specs on and I’ve picked you as well.
Marshall
Prendiville
Schofield
Kylie’s uncle
BRAY
Coleman
Hepworth
Mick Harrison
Jackson
Carvell
Crooks
Ellis
Crane

I'd have a few of those my all time Hull team to face Leeds would be:

Kemble
O'Hara
Leuulai
R Barnett Snr
G Bray (of course)
Topliss
Sterling
Skerrrett
Swain
Crooks
Ellis
Crane
Johnny Whiteley

All Hull fans laud Norton as the greatest loose forward but I'd have Whiteley Crane and Jason Smith ahead of him and I mention Johnny Whiteley out of respect for the opinions of people who saw him and the others, they all pick him as the finest, so I am not going to argue. I think Richie Barnett senior is one of the finest and hardest backs I have ever seen and what a pair of centres they would be . Schofield would have been in but Leeds got his best years , as we did Crooksy,(Cas not involved ) so you have him and we'll keep Lee!

A special mention to Willie Manu, Lee Jackson , Gareth Carvell (yes really) Paul Rose, Albert Kelly, Colin Best, Jake Connor and Karl Harrison, all worthy of including - sorry lads can only be 13!

Re: All time Leeds team : Thu Jan 13, 2022 7:23 am  

Clearwing wrote:

Gary Divorty worth a bench spot

Good but never lived up to his potential, I thought he'd kick on at Leeds but he never commanded a game, I'm not saying he was soft but he lacked that certain hard edge that the great loose forwards had.

Re: All time Leeds team : Thu Jan 13, 2022 12:55 pm  

GrahamBray wrote:

Good but never lived up to his potential, I thought he'd kick on at Leeds but he never commanded a game, I'm not saying he was soft but he lacked that certain hard edge that the great loose forwards had.

Yep, you'd never pick him over Norton, say

[Bullseye]

Re: All time Leeds team : Thu Jan 13, 2022 4:30 pm  

I wouldn't pick Divorty over Dave Heron yet Leeds brought him in as his replacement.

Re: All time Leeds team : Thu Jan 13, 2022 6:01 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

I wouldn't pick Divorty over Dave Heron yet Leeds brought him in as his replacement.

Heron was all class