Re: New No6 Desperately Needed : Sun Jun 03, 2012 5:25 pm  

Horne was very poor today,too slow and ineffective with distribution,we are crying out for a decent no 6 and thats been happening for a few seasons now,squad player next season but we need a bit of class in the pivots at fb and hb

Re: New No6 Desperately Needed : Sun Jun 03, 2012 5:39 pm  

Very disappointing game from Horne today.

Has to be a utility player next season.

Re: New No6 Desperately Needed : Sun Jun 03, 2012 5:46 pm  

Sheldon wrote:

There's plenty of quality s/o and fb about.

Which is why I said if all goes to plan.

Re: New No6 Desperately Needed : Sun Jun 03, 2012 5:49 pm  

Awaits all the posters coming on here later on somehow trying to defend him yet again.

Re: New No6 Desperately Needed : Sun Jun 03, 2012 5:54 pm  

A unknown superstar wrote:

Awaits all the posters coming on here later on somehow trying to defend him yet again.

don't think anybody is defending him, he wasn't the only poor player out there today, houghton and westerman were both below standard imo

Re: New No6 Desperately Needed : Sun Jun 03, 2012 6:02 pm  

I'd send russell back, stick horne at full back and give whiting the rest of the season at stand off. westerman should be kept well away from any pivot role

Re: New No6 Desperately Needed : Sun Jun 03, 2012 6:06 pm  

Jake the Peg wrote:

I'd send russell back, stick horne at full back and give whiting the rest of the season at stand off. westerman should be kept well away from any pivot role

Sounds like our best option for this year.

Re: New No6 Desperately Needed : Sun Jun 03, 2012 6:15 pm  

Jake the Peg wrote:

I'd send russell back, stick horne at full back and give whiting the rest of the season at stand off. westerman should be kept well away from any pivot role

I would agree with that. The off the ball runners were very poor also today but Horne and Houghton in particular were way below par. Horne did well to score his try and Houghton was good in the lead up to Tickle's try but apart from that there were a massive number of wrong options taken. I thought Westerman looked to have been told to play up the middle and didn't really play a pivot role at all. The sooner Heremaia is fit the better in relation to Houghton. Seymour needs another 6 to take some play making responsibility away from him.

Re: New No6 Desperately Needed : Sun Jun 03, 2012 6:23 pm  

Both Horne and Westerman have had long spells out and Houghton has played 80 minutes for god knows how long.
I thought both Horne and Westerman were disappointing today, but they were not the only ones.
Earlier in the season, when he had had a run of games Horne had shown glimpses of his former self, especially in the first derby. I don't think he is our answer to our half back issues, but still don't think we can write him off completely.
If we had won these last to weeks, I don't think half of the threads we have had would have existed.

And I'm sorry if that makes me an apologist (see what I did there?)

Oh, by the way, Heremia said he is back in full training and should be back for the Wire game.

Re: New No6 Desperately Needed : Sun Jun 03, 2012 6:38 pm  

As much as I like Horney and try to fight his corner somewhat, today he was slow and poor. Tackled too much with the ball, he even nearly cocked up his try when all he had to do was fall over the line.

Thought Seymour had a very good game, tried all he could and basically did it himself. Nice kicks, short and long, and some nice passes. He is getting better every game and could be better still with a decent SO.

Again, we play below par and draw with a top side.