am i the only person who thinks he is a useless fat aussie who is vastly overated and a liability?? People seem to think he is one of our stand out players but i just cant fathom why

Yes, you are.

Armistead works hard enough but looks to me like he's carrying a bit to much timber. Runs good angles though and has an impressive beard.

oh and one thing i forgot to mention is he looks like Uncle Albert from only fools and horses

Give this lad a medal.

Pair of tools/trolls replying to each other one thinks....

Agreed, pair of absolute idiots.

looks like i am the only one with sense and doesnt rate armitstead then

for what its worth, i think he has done well this season.

thing is, he won 'Championship 1 Player Of The Year' 2008.
Last year, did not rate him, mentioned it on here... got slated for it.
Been much better this season, no doubting his enthusiasm, his strength is 'offloading in the tackle'. I would always have Armistead in the 17, but not always the 13.

Nah I just think I`ll agree with my last post...........

Lets just shoot him

Yep, your on your own there mate. Last year he was never fully fit and threw a few too many 'silly' offloads. This year he has looked more than capable at Prop and is a real workhorse. Makes a lot of tackles and is willing to make the hard yards in attack. He seems to have learned when and when not too offload and is running some good angles too.

The likes of Army and Goulden are real grafters who do the kind of work that often goes unnoticed by fans but is massively appreciated by the players around them.

Plus the beard is awesome

Did you see the Barrow game Leyther ?
I would have him in my 17 for sure.

[size=200leyther[/size

There you go Fred

Like most i did,nt rate him last season , this season tho he has been very good puts 100%
in week in week out and is offload game is excellent..Massive improvement from last year
Well Done Dave

I wasn't a fan of his either, last season - but he was definitely carrying an injury from one of the pre-season games. This year he appears fitter and sharper, and has been outstanding, in my opinion. I understand that he also works well with the Community Dept. & the schools - along with Duffy.

Keep it up Dave!

Adam Bristow anyone??? He got slated in his first season and then turned out to be one of our most influential players. Hope we'll be saying the same about Dave soon.

I thought he was very poor last season and said so. I am pleased to say this season we have a different player. Good.

who did you guys rate last year?
Armo was playing in a team poor in form most of last year not 100% fit but one thing is for sure he will give 100% in each game he plays. however he aint a loose forward imo.

he isnt playing at loose forward

Chris Hill and Ian Watson for me.

Watson another player i did,nt rate when we first signed him but last year he was outstanding
in a very poor team wish we could have kept him for another season he would have excelled
in this team with Robbie Paul Hartley n Duffy..

all i will say is a told you so

i argued with you all lasty year about how good this lad is he wasnt fit and carrying the team and was still the 2nd best forward last year (After Chris Hill) with clever players round him backing up looking for hes offloads and reading hes angles he is awesome end of

I must say ,i have been critical of Disco Dave , but i do think he has improved his game since Basil arrived, which must be good, i think a few players have upped their games in the last few weeks notably Robbie , Donlan, and Jock.