Re: Gareth Hock : Wed Jun 26, 2013 5:50 pm  

The thing is that The Salford area is mad on Man Utd and football.They have a stadium in a bad location and won't get a lot more fans anyway.May go to a average of 5000 maximum and we all know it is called Salfraud.lol

Re: Gareth Hock : Wed Jun 26, 2013 6:23 pm  

OFFTHECUFF wrote:

The thing is that The Salford area is mad on Man Utd and football.They have a stadium in a bad location and won't get a lot more fans anyway.May go to a average of 5000 maximum and we all know it is called Salfraud.lol

Maybe the reason Salford are struggling to get the crowds in the 20000+ seater stadium is cos the fans are all in the Casino and Hotel they built on site....

Re: Gareth Hock : Wed Jun 26, 2013 10:31 pm  

Hock is going to Australia, Salford fans are being led a merry dance by the Dr and Noble.

Re: Gareth Hock : Thu Jun 27, 2013 5:57 pm  

Just choked on my dinner as I heard they'd got Morley!
Good player, but injuries make him an expensive risk!

Re: Gareth Hock : Mon Jul 08, 2013 8:47 pm  

We've seen enough of Hock now to form an opinion, so how does everyone rate him as a player?

I might be alone here, but I don't think he brings any benefit to the team. Yes he has moments of shining brilliance, but for every such moment there is a negative moment to counter it. Tonight again, scores a decent try but lost the ball on first tackle in attacking position twice and conceded needless penalties.

I do think at Wigan that his contributions may have outweighed the errors due to players around him, but at Widnes he doesn't have that luxury. I wonder what Paramatta make of his performances.

(Btw, I'm not blaming him for loss tonight, just seems a good point to discuss!)

Re: Gareth Hock : Mon Jul 08, 2013 8:50 pm  

^ think I agree wholeheartedly Ste

Re: Gareth Hock : Mon Jul 08, 2013 9:25 pm  

He had a poor game tonight. Isn't capable of lifting our pack. Makes far too many mistakes for a player of his experience.

Re: Gareth Hock : Mon Jul 08, 2013 9:45 pm  

Poggies wrote:

He had a poor game tonight. Isn't capable of lifting our pack. Makes far too many mistakes for a player of his experience.

Problem with Hock is he's playing out wide so he relies a lot on our other pack members providing the go forward, which they don't have.

Re: Gareth Hock : Mon Jul 08, 2013 10:00 pm  

being a bit unfair but I do see your point. When Hock was at Wigan you would often see him running over players , but that was after the pack had sucked them all in and left him one on one with someone half his side. A bit like what Wakefield did tonight with Big Ali. Also due to his presence in the team he seems to be the go to man , whether the ball is on or not. On two or maybe three occasions tonight Brown gave him a short ball and got him murdered when the btter ball was out the back ? So maybe he hasnt made the sort of impact we wanted but he would be my first name of the sheet every week. Or would you prefer Big Frank ??

Re: Gareth Hock : Tue Jul 09, 2013 6:07 am  

Frank Wintersteine has played better than Hock in my opinion.Too many errors and offloads that are not on to be honest.