Re: Rocky : Mon Oct 14, 2019 6:10 pm  

League Express report it as a STRONG POSSIBILITY that he'll re-sign; League Weekly report says that he HAS re-signed. Hope the latter is correct.

Re: Rocky : Mon Oct 14, 2019 6:39 pm  

I hope he has re-signed. Committed and creative.

Just on Broughy though, after ten rounds he was on the Man of Steel leader board. His injury side-swiped him perhaps more than we realised. Would Rocky have been on the leader board?

Re: Rocky : Mon Oct 14, 2019 9:29 pm  

Slugger McBatt wrote:

I hope he has re-signed. Committed and creative.

Just on Broughy though, after ten rounds he was on the Man of Steel leader board. His injury side-swiped him perhaps more than we realised. Would Rocky have been on the leader board?

I cant understand why people are happy about this - a mediocre player has held the club to ransom and looks like has won - taking money we could of probably sign someone who may take us further than the relrgation scrap we will be in- I am actually looking now as to who we will beat?

Re: Rocky : Mon Oct 14, 2019 10:18 pm  

BOJ042 wrote:

I cant understand why people are happy about this - a mediocre player has held the club to ransom and looks like has won - taking money we could of probably sign someone who may take us further than the relrgation scrap we will be in- I am actually looking now as to who we will beat?

What a tool, think of it this way, maybe he thinks he’s been given bad advice and realises it was wrong? As for mediocre, Chester liked him, apart from the sin binning in the London game the lad has played every minute of the season. Also look at his season stats, far from mediocre.

Re: Rocky : Mon Oct 14, 2019 10:35 pm  

BOJ042 wrote:

I cant understand why people are happy about this - a mediocre player has held the club to ransom and looks like has won - taking money we could of probably sign someone who may take us further than the relrgation scrap we will be in- I am actually looking now as to who we will beat?

Normal service has been resumed with your dire posts.
Come and see him play more than once before you make comment.

[PopTart]

Re: Rocky : Mon Oct 14, 2019 10:59 pm  

BOJ042 wrote:

I cant understand why people are happy about this - a mediocre player has held the club to ransom and looks like has won - taking money we could of probably sign someone who may take us further than the relrgation scrap we will be in- I am actually looking now as to who we will beat?

He might not take us to the top but I'm certain he isn't going to take us down.
If he's not good, we play Walker, TJ, Miller and Brough in the positions he plays.
Best case he takes one of those positions because he's better than them and adds some great goal kicking, probably fastest man on the field off the mark and has a great step.

In terms of money, how can you possibly know what he has accepted.

I'm not in the Rocky is God camp but I'm closer than I am to yours.

Re: Rocky : Tue Oct 15, 2019 5:49 am  

Ok, so hes not Jonathan Thurston, but hes not mediocre either.

For me he was our best and most consistent player last year.
Also, hes local, loves the club and plays with heart and passion.

Re: Rocky : Tue Oct 15, 2019 6:39 am  

Right back on the forum after a short ban, my first. Fair call no issues it was getting silly and needed cooling down.

If this happens then brilliant news, a bit of a pantomime that must have involved a certain amount of humility on both sides.

My last comment on the subject was by the way 'One more go, I wish we’d been able to keep him, I think we will miss him a lot and IMO this may have been an error.'

Re: Rocky : Tue Oct 15, 2019 6:45 am  

PopTart wrote:

He might not take us to the top but I'm certain he isn't going to take us down.
If he's not good, we play Walker, TJ, Miller and Brough in the positions he plays.
Best case he takes one of those positions because he's better than them and adds some great goal kicking, probably fastest man on the field off the mark and has a great step.

In terms of money, how can you possibly know what he has accepted.

I'm not in the Rocky is God camp but I'm closer than I am to yours.

In a team decimated by injuries he filled in were needed , was consistently. Our best back. Having him pushing the likely incumbents has to be a good thing. As regards the money the club will have only paid what it thinks he’s worth similarly he probably feels he’s received best offer he’s going to get.

Much rather have Hampshire than a rent an Aussie or ‘development’ player.

Re: Rocky : Tue Oct 15, 2019 6:57 am  

JINJER wrote:

What a tool, think of it this way, maybe he thinks he’s been given bad advice and realises it was wrong? As for mediocre, Chester liked him, apart from the sin binning in the London game the lad has played every minute of the season. Also look at his season stats, far from mediocre.

Seems fair, advice can be well-meant but wrong if this is the case these things happen.

He was far from mediocre regardless of whether you think he's an HB or not. I thought Hampshire along with Green and Kirmond was the three players who really made a difference in the last few weeks of the season. Not saying others didn't but these were the ones who stuck in my mind

Green gave us real grunt upfront.

Kirmond offered little in attack but in defence rallied time and time again.

Hampshire may have been out of position but he seemed to be the only one in our backline who seemed to want to play an attacking game, his try tally proves that.

For me, he's wasted on the wing. He's a decent FB but it's at HB where his future lays in my mind. Do I think he's a genius HB? Well no not yet but there's time. That said it's nonsense to say he must replace Brough immediately, thats so wrong as to be just daft, instant destruction of a team IMO. Those two are the incumbents and it's Hampshire job to keep the pressure on and take his chance when it comes and it will, Brough is ancient and Miller has started picking up injuries more regular, it will happen. He only needs to look at Kirmo or big Dave to see that it often comes late even for the best or better still Brough who didn't really settle at 7 until he joined us for the second time.