teachers pet!!!!

Would if it's a case of the coach being in awe of the players a la Mclaren for England

mr nice guy horne,if he is to re-discover the form we no he has,he needs to add something to his game,we watch in hope he can produce a flash of brilliance we have seen before, only to see a average performance,players go through these spells,when been at one club for so long,yes he has had a torrid time over the last 18 months but will the real richard horne,,please stand up

No, he just needs to start performing like one of our top earners should. He won't though because he can't

Hope Horney has a blinder tonight, this is getting boring.

Well said Paul.







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We all do Paul, it would be the first time in a long time though. I understand it is boring but the fact remains it is a major concern, a player in a pivotal spot who is indeed one of the top earners, undperforming and still getting selected.

Well he did well in the Rovers friendly, and against Saints. Was a bit quieter against Hudds but it was a dour kind of a game. He was poor on Sunday but then again a lot of the side were.

Agreed.
Hope he's MOM tonight.
It'll keep the Rich and Rich knockers at bay..................well at least for a couple of days!

Disgaree, he was poor in the Rovers friendly, (his defence),and was indeed substituted, like you say he was ok in Saints, I assure you I would like nothing better than Rich to hit his straps again, however I doubt he will and I am starting to believe it is the psychological effects of his injury, if you watch him the majority of the time he tackl,s opponents up top, not below any-more, the problem is he does not have the strength to do this so is batted off, and the fact remains he will be [uone[/u of the higher paid SO's in SL.

He made two of our tries.

Are you sure he was substituted due to form? Is it not more likely that as it was a pre-season friendly Agar just wanted to mix it up a bit?


I've expressed similar concerns about his future myself. No need to re-write the past or make a bad situation seem even worse though. The number of people exaggerating just how long Horne's form has been poor for is getting ridiculous (not saying you are one of them). Most seem to have forgotten that he missed all of 2008 for instance.

True but the one he made for Dowes was actually the wrong play (I know that doesn't seem to make sense as we scored) as Dowes still had to power over the line IIRC but if he had missed Dowes out we had a walk in try. TBF my recollection may be clouded





He was actually substituted because he picked up a knock.



TBF I dont think he had a great 2007 either but then I prefer a HB to be able to pass the ball anyway. As I've said previously when he was able to use his other weapons (Pace, Footwork, Fend) it wasn't such a problem if he had an organiser who could do all of the other things but I still think it weakens the side not to have an extra ball handler at SO especially if your FB and LF are not the best passers of the ball either.

Exactly he made two tries yet people complain about his defence, what do we want from a halfback?

He needs to improve his form but it's not like he has been awful, the partnership between him and Long looks to have real potential imo.

We all know the parts of the game that he cannot do and that he certainly isn't an organiser nor a leader on the pitch. This has never really been a problem in the past (given the right HB partner) because he has always had many attributes to his game that have more than made up for this ie. pace, strength, line-breaking ability and being a genuine and natural try scorer. Unfortunately, these attributes appear to have all but left him which leaves us with a contracted and highly paid player that isn't fit for purpose.

Another example of our ridiculous retention policy of recent times. Sharp or Agar take a bow.

Take a bow son, had to be close for mom. Looked strong and sharp all the way through and had he had some more support could have created more tries for us. Cracking try!

rubbish paul, about time we got rid

More than anything, I want Horney to continue to be a great player for FC. Good game tonight, I love the man. Come on Horney!

Surely too young to write off, at 27!!!

had a great game tonight , wasnt far off man of the match for me ,well done horney!!!! took his try very well lets hope he gets the bit of confidence he needed from tonights game and moves on from the horrible past couple of years he has had

Looked a lot better tonight and started to show glimpses of his best at times. Took his try really well and put in some good kicks. Hopefully this will now give him the confidence to hit the top of his game again.

Thought he looked stronger last night. He wasn't getting pushed off tackles so easily

Well done Horney outstanding tonight shut all the doubters up. Stepped up to the mark.

Much better performance from him all round. Took extra responsibility this week and it showed. What he needs now is consistency to reproduce that level of performance week in and week out.

No, he didn't shut anyone up, what he did was prove he still has the ability, what he needs to do now is show it consistently.

One swallow does not a summer make!

No mate you are right but it stops some of the moaning and depressive gits on here who get on his back all the time, he will show is class this season don't worry about that.