Jamie Peacock has reacted to Schofields criticism on twitter this aft.

"@JamiePeacock10: What a surprise. The Supercoach and fat slob @GarrySchofield6 won't answer his phone when I ring to give him my opinion of him. #coward"

"@JamiePeacock10: Mind you. @GarrySchofield6 must be busy polishing all those trophies he won as a player and a coach."

Schofields response,

"@GarrySchofield6: I missed @JamiePeacock10's call because I was polishing my Golden Boot. How the hell was I supposed to know it was him calling?! #notpsychic"

Whats Schofield actually said about Peacock in his column? Think Peacock should have conducted himself privately imo

I was annoyed with Schofield's comments both this aft and also in his column.

Now I've calmed down a bit looking in hindsight everyone is entitled to there opinion even if we don't agree with it.

I don't think JP should of been on Twitter before such an important game calling the shots?! Maybe that's for another day.

I've been reading the other thread on Schofield and I just feel he brings 99.9% of this on himself.

He's always bitching and moaning about all things Leeds RLFC either on Twitter or in the League Express. It's like he's bitter?!

I have no real issue with Peaock going public on this. As for preparation for the game tonight. I'm not sure how 5 minutes on the Internet affects this.

What do you imagine any sportsmen do on the coach to games?

Schoey is quick to jump on the bandwagon when the Loiners are doing well and not so well isn't he?!

Yeah, you are right I suppose.
Be it Footballers, Rugby Players, Cricketers they are always using some sort of technology before a game.
Tweeting is the "in-thing" to do these days I suppose.

If Schoey wants to chelp about players the he deserves what he gets he's had a huge chip on his shoulder for years and the jealousy he has about this group of Champions is there for all to see of course he never played in agame when Leeds got pasted and always showed his top form...........taxi for Pinschoey gob!!

why do you think he's jealous? he criticises all clubs when he sees fit, not just Leeds.

He's also praised them massively too, many times in the past and this season.

I sat next to him at a WCC once and a 4N final and I can vouch for the fact he's as big a Leeds and England fan as anyone. Jumping up and down when his team scores, gutted when they concede. And in criticising them when things aren't going well, he's no different to the vast majority of fans.

Just don't get how you reach the conclusion he's jealous. I doubt he'd swap his career for that of any of the current Leeds players.

How about his post-playing career?

Then he may not be jealous but it shows he's an idiot.

If he wouldn't want to savour being a champion and he wouldn't swap his personal accolades for team success it sums him up for me.

He should be very envious of Jamie Peacock. If he had any character his response would be "I would swap of of my wonderful personal achievements to have a taste of the team success enjoyed by the likes of Jamie Peacock and Kevin Sinfield."

I doubt he would and that is why he just doesn't get "it" and why he was never, ever, part of any success in a team environment (Yorkshire Cup Final apart).

He is a poisonous character. I've met and had personal dealings. They do no reflect those you have recalled.

Great timing by Peacock to spit his dummy out just before we're on tv against a team thats more than likely to embarass us. Should be concentrating more on tonight than messing about on Twitter!

He can't wait to stick the boot in he's done it for years since this current crop burst onto the scene if it's not Mags it's Burrow or Sinfield even when they've won he's had veiled digs either at their own abillity or that of the team.
I hero worshipped Schoey for years but his criticism is never constructive and stinks of jealousy why should Mcguire ,Sinfield ,peacock et al have gone to the NRL to "Prove themseleves"?
He's even admitted how he treated John gallagher ,the trouble before the CC final and the dummy spits over SL contracts.
How are Leeds a "disgrace" to SL??
He himself has been turned over and found wanting many times and not shown up in big games in a team of over-paid over-rated superstars.
A brilliant player but nothing but a bitter and twisted 10 a penny "critic" nowadays.

Yes and maybe Andrew Ettingshausen would want to swap careers with Shane Perry.



You're entitled to an opinion, even though you clearly have an agenda. The GS I know is a great bloke.

He talks some about rugby like we all do, but the bile on that other thread says far more about the posters, including tourself, than the attempted target.

Raising thousands of pounds for charity? Going well beyond the call of duty to help that cancer stricken lad in Wakefield in April? He got a call at 11am one day asking if he could send some signed stuff for auction. By 12pm, he rang back with a team of legends he'd organised in an hour!

He's got into boxing rings for the Steve Prescott Foundation, he plays in legends games for other charities, he convinced hundreds of people to sign a Hillsborough petition recently on twitter, he donated his most prized GB shirt (1985 v NZ) to help raise funds for YOUR club recently...

The truth is, you and others dislike him because you live in this fantasy world where you think ex-players should sit on the fence and say nowt. I can't ever recall him ever being personal or offensive about anyone, like JP was about him today - not that he was offended, he's been laughing about it al afternoon.

What has he done/said that's offended you? He thinks London shouldn't be in Super League? He's against licensing? He thinks Bradford are crap sometimes? Is that it?

Post six words, get a response...

If I thought he genuinely said what he thinks, rather than he says what will get him attention, I'd have more sympathy.

Kudos to him for all his charity work, but it's a false dichotomy. He didn't quit a successful coaching career to do it, did he?

10 a penny critic? He's easily the best pundit in the game, and from what I understand, hiring him as a columnist is the best commercial decision League Express have taken in ages.

I'm sure he'd admit to playing many a poor game, but his argument is (and he used this when he spoke to JP today) that he could always take criticism. When he was pilloried for his stand-off performance against PNG in 1990, he didn't spit the dummy. He went on to produce some of the best performances any GB international has produced in years.

As for criticism of the current players, did you see his column about Hall/Hardaker/Watkins/Jones-Bishop earlier this year? Full of praise! If I was one of those lads, I'd have framed that piece. But, it's human nature that we remember the negative stuff, not the positive.

What's he admitted to, and where, in regard to the 1995 CCF? Bit of proof on this wouldn't go amiss!

Absolutely spot on - the rubbish aimed at Schoey is well below the belt. He was a super player who clearly loved and still loves the club. Yes he has made mistakes in his life - who hasn't - but he's also done alot of good, both within the game and outside of it.

Even though I don't always agree with his point of view, it's refreshing to hear an ex-pro tell it how he really sees it - rather than just rolling out all the same old politically correct cliches we get from most.

At the end of the day, although he may be a pundit (of sorts), he is primarily a fan of the game and this club - and his opinions and criticisms are no worse than any you read on here. If the players don't want this sort of criticism, how about they put in some better performances and focus more on giving the supporters of this club their monies worth on a weekly basis instead of just for the last couple of months of a season.

I've alot of respect for JP, but today he has shown the petulant spoilt brat attitude that has become an unfortunate characteristic of this team.

Can you give an example of something you think he said but didn't mean just for attention. You think deep down he really supported the Crusaders?! He tips teams to win and others to lose. Big deal. There are loads like him in football, cricket and rugby union.

Ah the coaching dig. You'll be bringing up his lack of medals next. And he's put on a few pounds since he finished playing...!

He donated a Great Britian shirt he scored four tries in to help save your club. You don't have to like him, but a bit of perspective wouldn't go amiss...

He doesn't think Jamie Peacock is playing very well this season. Is he wrong in that, or simply wrong to say it?

I personally welcome input from ex-players whether positive or negative but slating teams /players for sake of it or to justify having a column is bollox.
I don't think anyone on here is claiming to be experts and our opinions are expressed as fans with emotion sometimes coming into it he just sits back and 90% of the time slags anyone and everyone.
As for the personal insults you have to draw the line somewhere true but have you forgotten how he's slated players like Mcguire ,Sinfield and the team in the past?
Never be good enough ,never be this never be that blah blah he's had more egg on his face from this group of players than Clarke has orgasms about the Pies.
His charity work is well known and to be applauded but does that mean we have no right to discuss or question his opinions or rants about our club and team?

Totally agree. G1 is the best poster on here, always has been. But you can bet your bottom dollar that as soon as GS's name comes up he'll come up with the 95CCF nonsense and the 'didn't sign for Wigan because he wouldn't have been able to get to training'. Like the extra 80K a year he'd have coined, not to mention a collossal signing on fee, wouldn't have gone towards a driver or a pad in Wigan!

With regards gallagher he's publicly stated he didn't rate or welcome him into the team .
As for pre CC final in 95 did Schoey not have said to with Hanley and others over SL contracts etc etc??
Also Why are Leeds a Disgrace to SL??
It's not always been a pundit either he's had a dig at certain players for years questioning their talent and bottle etc etc so WHEN/IF he's trying to raise an actual debate how do ou think people will react?
Some of his RFL views and the structure of SL are very good but why doesn't say WHO Leeds should pick ,sign or give an insight how they could change their style??

Do posters on here "slate teams /players for sake of it"? No, they just express their opinion, and that's all Garry does. You're a big Leeds fans and you want to protect your heroes. That's fine too.

Personal insults: Garry keeps it to rugby. Never a reference to someone being fat, ginger or whatever. (I use those examples as I am both btw!). But,k having said that, it doesn't bother him when he gets abuse. It just says more about JP in this instance than it does Garry.

Of course you have a right to discuss what he says. But I don't get those who conclude he's bitter, jealous, attention seeking or whatever.

He gets off the fence unlike most ex-players, and I think that's great.

Richard, the coaching bit wasn't a dig. You said he had no reason to be bitter because of his illustrious playing career. I pointed out he had reason to be bitter, that he'd tried and failed in coaching, which could be that elusive reason for bitterness.

Don't know about Gallagher at the time, but he certainly doesn't rate him when he looks back. As for 1995 he was (rightly) livid about the loyalty bonuses which were a total joke. Shaun Edwards didn't get one either although kids like Paul Cook and Nick Fozzard did. When Leeds went up to get their losers medals, a pretty well known player (not GS) called Maurice Lindsay a "ing " for the way things had been handled.

when has he called Leeds a disgrace to SL? I'm not disputing he has, but just curious to know when and where?

If you read the latest column, it does say who Leeds should sign (Luke Gale) and he does suggest other team changes.

Schoey says things that rub people up the wrong way and also things that are very true. I read the column and agreed with 95% of it.(the only points I disagreed with were the ones about Ablett and JJB having no presence) But to come on here and deride him as a loser because of his medal tally is juvenile at best.( and I really find G1's posts to be informative and balanced normally). Its like saying Neil Cowie or Ryan Bailey are 5 times the player Kevin Ward was because of their medals!!! Or as Richard has said E.T to Shane Perry. There are 100's of examples of people who are lucky enough to win things and other much better players who havent won anything. And before you say Kevin Ward won an ozzie grand final..so did Harvey Howard...

To be fair this is probably the first time ive seen someone defend GS on here, who knows him well and i'm afraid Richard_delariv has shown a few people on here up with the points he's stated. I bet Boots n all would be better if GS was a regular and would create more talking points, both good and bad. In fact there's quite a few people who have been on Super League Supermen who would be better on Boots n all including Bobbie Goulding and Mal Reilly than bland Paul Cullen and Shaun McRae or Phil Clarke

Rich-He's done it to most of this team for years though that's the point not just after the games like last Friday night?
Look back to 2004 we had a bit of a wobble and he stuck every boot in possible questioning their abillity and bottle ,07 ST's were superior etc etc ,there's countless times when yer left thinking what brought that on??
Then we get this week and because it's seen to be "par for the course" with schoey and Leeds he gets the reactions he has ,again the personal stuff isn't needed but when its happend consistently for years thats where i think the bitterness and jealousy comes from and it's not a personal talent level i think its Leeds as a team.