Another poor performance again today. Three or four handling errors, missed tackle for the first try on the stroke of halff time. Poor kicking but this is the norm. People so quick to point the finger at Thorman but for me Horne has been poor all season. Why is nobody calling for Horne to be dropped like Thorman? Is his commitment to his testamonial more important to him that putting in a proper shift on a weekend for our team?

Put him at fullback

did you go today? was you watching through beer fuelled eyes!! granted he made handling errors, (2 of wires tries came from thackray and berrigan knocking on) and missed a tackle for the first try, but he wasn't the only player to miss tackles in that try, as for his kicking game, especially in the first half it was much improved

Haven't posted on here for ages but the rubbish I've just read from the original poster has really got my back up. Yes we're having a poor season but to question Horney's commitment is nothing short of ridiculous. You have a very short memory.

He's from Hull you know!

Yeah I was there I drove! Typical response from the blue eyed boy supporters! His kicking was poor again and I am struggling to remember a single kick that stayed in the field of play or didn't get caught by the full back or winger on the full. He missed the one on one tackle for the first try which was a major turning point in the game. He is shocking in attack wrong options every week poor kicking and defence this year is proving to be suspect. Watch the replay of the leeds game and see how many tackles he drops off. Leeds score three tried from his poor effort. I do take your point that he wasn't the only one to make errors today but just feel too many people are pointing fingers at anybody but richard horne when the truth is he is not playing any where near to his best!

Damn right. He's made no mistakes at fullback, and he's a total professional. The problem is that Agar doesn't stand by his decisions, and listens to too many full on morons on here! We're partly in this position because we have sooooooo many moronic fans that want to jump on Horneys back, and defend Motu.

Yup.

Didn't see his performance today

but he's having a poor season, and I don't care how long he's played for the club or where he's from, he's meant to be an international, one of our best players (with no doubt wages to match) yet he is barely noticeable these days.

I don't think he lacks commitment, but he just isn't doing it for us at the minute, whether his diabetes and neck injury are having an effect I don't know.

Clearly not - he's just a waster

He may have played poorly in your opinion but show me any player near the top of his game. However you cannot question his commitment.

Im sorry but I have had to question every players commitment to this club at one point or another this season and that does include Horney i'm afraid !

Spot on with that.

I think there's no doubt that the weight he's lost due to his injury has affected his defence. As far as the rest of his game is concerned, he seems to be struggling with not having an organiser again. We've seen his game collapse before when he gets too much responsibility.

Since we aren't going to fix that problem until next season we either have to hope he can pull himself together, move him to FB where he has less responsibility, or maybe even drop him for a game or two and see if he comes back refreshed.

didn't mention he had a good game did i?

kicking the ball behind the dead ball line on a hot day like today isn't a bad option, when he did manage to keep one in play, matt king had to force a drop out to stop a certain try from g horne

you cant keep singling players out. you will soon run out of players to blame, THEN WHAT?

they'll blame each other

Horne had a poor game today, but I think its unfair to say he's had a poor season. Admittedly he hasnt been firing on all cylinders of late, but lets be honest, theres only really 2-3 players that are playing consistantly well for us atm.

We make it far too easy for sides to send their second rowers at Horne, Rich and Graeme should switch positions to lessen his work load in defence.

Drop agar a line, I doubt he's even realised

I blame us fans we are always moaning.. then we come on the forum and kick seven types of Sh-- out of them

before anyone has a dig for 'trolling' this is just my opinion.

not seen much of your lot this season but the sky games have shown that in general, your pack doesnt get as much momentum as others, any half back would struggle behind a struggling pack.

You dont become a bad player over night. horne hasnt, a dip in form of himself and the pack is struggling, lets face it, he's not the only one not playin up to scratch.

And no dig at the end that you was probably expectin. I'm a rugby league fan, not a point scoring div that we see too often on here

Richard Horne is a professional sportsman who was diagnosed withe type 1 diabetes only last year. I was diagnosed with the same condition 11 years ago after losing 3 stones in weight over a short period. The inital feeling is one of relief when you are told you don't have the big c but the effect this condition has on your everyday life is huge. Trying to balance blood sugar levels while training as a full time sportsman will be very difficult for Rich and his energy levels will also be affected. Its gonna take him some time to adjust, more than he has had already and i realise that for non diabetics this will be difficult to understand. Every physical exerstion, different ambient temperatures and different foods all have an effect on the bood sugar which is normally regualted by the pancreas. We diabetics have to learn to regulate our sugar levels ourselves. He just needs the time to come to terms wth this and i'm sure he will be back to his best.

After having a very good first 4 games, Hornes been rubbish ever since at halfback. He did good at fullback but even then I think his performances were been overhyped. He's not as bad as Thorman but he really needs a kick up the backside

Well said that man!