Re: Tom Lineham : Sun Apr 24, 2016 7:14 pm  

give him a sniff and hes one of the best,but in defence hes shocking ,was for us and it doesn't look as though its improved,but still time for him,

Re: Tom Lineham : Sun Apr 24, 2016 7:22 pm  

OK - scored 2 tries but how well did he play otherwise?
Interested ?
Alert?
Looking for work? (no puns about P45's please....)
Defensively?

Re: Tom Lineham : Sun Apr 24, 2016 10:08 pm  

He's not the most agile of wingers but scores trys, none of our wingers are particularly defencively sound key often shoots in too early. I think it's his attitude that has seen him droppednot necessarily his performances.

Hopefully this will bring him back down to earth and he can knuckle down and really kick on. I think we need to calm ourselves here he's on course for 30+ trys this season yet some are still moaning!! An observation from the widnes game only one try scored on opposite wing to Kev, without lineham on other wing we lose a massive try threat. I believe what we gain in attack with him outweighs his defensive shortcomings. He has signed for a fee, in a new town and probably on more money too, if this.is his blip then it's been nipped in the bud early and hopefully it will spur him on to fight for his spot back.

[Bullseye]

Re: Tom Lineham : Mon Apr 25, 2016 11:09 am  

He's still very young and will get better with experience. Ryan Hall was of similar ability at the same age.

Re: Tom Lineham : Mon Apr 25, 2016 3:12 pm  

mark_m wrote:

Two tries for Lineham this afternoon but Rochdale could only manage a draw with Toulouse.

That was a good result for the Hornets. apparently this was a very bad tempered match. Alan Kilshaw was very critical of some of the Toulouse tactics and one of their players was put on report for biting.

Re: Tom Lineham : Sun May 22, 2016 3:06 pm  

A post from Lefty has prompted me to ask the question.
Good or Dud?

He looks more overweight than the start of the season and can he turn at the hips?

Re: Tom Lineham : Sun May 22, 2016 3:16 pm  

I'm more worried by the amount of missed tackles from Westerman yesterday

Re: Tom Lineham : Sun May 22, 2016 3:27 pm  

Well, now you've resurected the thread duckie, I STILL can't make my mind up.

I've always said (in any sport) never drop/sell a scorer. The lad does what he"s paid to do. Score tries. However, his "efforts" in defence and general play, leave a lot to be desired.
The ones I feel sorry for, are Smith and Moran. Smith, for going to Moran and asking him to buy TL, and Moran for giiving Hull £150,000 (in an era where tranfer fees are as rare as Thursfield tries).
I'd say that there's a lot of collective egg on faces, regarding Lineham (including himself). That "effort" for the try down his wing, was, at best, poor.

The best thing about the whole wing situation, is that our best winger, is Kevin Penny, who has been pilloried since 2008. There's time for Lineham to reach the standards that we (the fans and club) desire.

Re: Tom Lineham : Sun May 22, 2016 8:49 pm  

I thought both Lineham and Bailey looked to have slimmed down and toned up.

Re: Tom Lineham : Sun May 22, 2016 9:10 pm  

In the first half, Lineham actually gave Solomona the outside and nailed him, taking him into touch. I recall the incident specifically because, such was my shock, I over-dunked a Rich Tea biscuit and ruined a perfectly good cuppa.

Fortunately, one fresh brew and about 15 mins later normality was restored when he got totally done for pace, in a manner I've not seen done as convincingly since some 80 year old dear elbowed me out of the way, sherry glass in hand and stockinged-legs going like pistons, at last orders in the Bulls Head.