Re: Gareth Ellis Retires : Fri Sep 27, 2013 4:40 pm  

airliebird,runninglate! wrote:

Hull have been mostly poor this yr. You can take Westwood n ferres n hock n anyone else you want but I'm more than certain they'd have faired no better.
Wanna see the level to which Ellis is still capable then you should re watch wire n hull semi! One of the best n most intense personal battles I've seen in many a yr with Westwood! Worth the money for that alone!

Can't disagree with that but given that Ellis should therefore be a stand out performer ,which he hasn't except for the 1 game you mention. As I said he would not have or rather should not have ,been picked on his seasons performances (plural not singular) but if he had not of quit the international scene McBanana would have picked him anyway.

Re: Gareth Ellis Retires : Fri Sep 27, 2013 4:43 pm  

So let's just all agree Ellis wouldn't get in the dobbins team . The jealousy is unreal haha

Re: Gareth Ellis Retires : Fri Sep 27, 2013 4:47 pm  

Legends and Icons wrote:

So let's just all agree Ellis wouldn't get in the dobbins team . The jealousy is unreal haha

No jealousy he matey. He would get in our team but he's not the Messiah he was made out to be.

( he's a very naughty boy)

Re: Gareth Ellis Retires : Fri Sep 27, 2013 6:28 pm  

meatpaste wrote:

No jealousy he matey. Cockayne would get in our team but he's not the Messiah he was made out to be.

( he's a very naughty boy)

Re: Gareth Ellis Retires : Fri Sep 27, 2013 6:45 pm  

No jealousy he matey. Crookes would get in our team but he's not the Messiah he was made out to be.

( he's a very naughty boy)

I'll see your naughty boy and raise it

Re: Gareth Ellis Retires : Sat Sep 28, 2013 5:52 am  

barham red wrote:

Why would any dream of having one of their players retire their England career.
Ellis never earned an England place this year and would have been picked on past reputation only, jumped before he was pushed.

Do you realise how contradictary this post is? You say he retired because he wouldn't get picked for England but before that you've said he would get picked but purely on past reputation. Which one is it?

Re: Gareth Ellis Retires : Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:24 am  

Ellis like andy lynch and ben galea have been a terrific players,but they all have a point where time catches up with them.All three are shadows of the player they once were,ellis's broken foot in his last season at wests seems to have started the decline,galea hardly missed a game in 4 years at rovers but his final season he missed more than he played,lynch plays but not to the same level of his first season with hull and hence his release to castleford.Long contracts to veterans not a good idea.

Re: Gareth Ellis Retires : Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:31 am  

injuries cant be helped and everyone knows the older you become the longer they take to get over, ellis is still 1 of the best 2nd rowers in the game and when you watch him most weeks hes still a good leader, just need to have decent ball players around him and he will do his job in attack.