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| Quote ="SirStan"Yeah....but.....no.....but..yeah, but, no, but....SHUT UP!'"
I like you Stan, you're like a mini Mrs. B.
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| Another import at Hull KR, well i never!
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| Quote ="brearley84"Another import at Hull KR, well i never!'"
9 minutes late, dude.
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| Quote ="Mild mannered Janitor"The new Adam Dykes'"
The 16 games you got from Dykes in 2008 would be a fair return, just about. Hopefully with Kelly in the squad we'll be less reliant on TC than you were on AD.
Reading the Canberra forum, and if we're looking for a Hull FC equivalent, as we inevitably must, I was minded more of some Hull fans' attitude to Richard Horne over the last few years - with less diplomatic language, admittedly.
Stan mentions that it increases the risk of us carrying an injured half. On the flipside, it reduces the risk of that being hugely damaging to our chances.
It has positive knock-ons too - Blair becomes more of an option in the centres, in turn meaning that Horne should focus completely on being a second-row.
Boudebza for Hodgson is (prospectively) a major trade-down in an important position, but it's hard to maintain standards across the board in this market. Hull haven't really directly replaced Heremaia (Cunningham is still promising rather than proven, I think it is fair to say) and it's hard to find any quality of depth at the moment, particularly at hooker it seems.
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| Quote ="brearley84"Another import at Hull KR, well i never!'"
Very good! Assuming you did that fro the craic.
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| Quote ="Mild Rover"9 minutes late, dude.'"
The trouble with running a sweepstake and being the only entrant, is it's a break-even exercise at best.
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| Quote ="*1865*"icon_lol.gif
I like you Stan, you're like a mini Mrs. B.'"
I've been called worse.
Not much, but still, worse.
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| Quote ="deslawson"Think stan has shown you for what you are a complete tool.
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I didn't do it for that.
I prefer to banter with the opposition, not insult them. you should try it now & again, it can be fun.
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| Quote ="Mild Rover"The 16 games you got from Dykes in 2008 would be a fair return, just about. Hopefully with Kelly in the squad we'll be less reliant on TC than you were on AD.
Reading the Canberra forum, and if we're looking for a Hull FC equivalent, as we inevitably must, I was minded more of some Hull fans' attitude to Richard Horne over the last few years - with less diplomatic language, admittedly.
Stan mentions that it increases the risk of us carrying an injured half. On the flipside, it reduces the risk of that being hugely damaging to our chances.
It has positive knock-ons too - Blair becomes more of an option in the centres, in turn meaning that Horne should focus completely on being a second-row.
Boudebza for Hodgson is (prospectively) a major trade-down in an important position, but it's hard to maintain standards across the board in this market. Hull haven't really directly replaced Heremaia (Cunningham is still promising rather than proven, I think it is fair to say) and it's hard to find any quality of depth at the moment, particularly at hooker it seems.'"
Problem you have is you'll have two halves that will only have had a month of pre-season together and that are extremely injury prone above normal levels in a contact sport. In theory they're a pretty well matched pair, Campese can't run and that's all Kelly does.
As an aside, how many academy graduates are likely to play regularly next year, given your squad numbers?
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| Quote ="SirStan"I didn't do it for that.
I prefer to banter with the opposition, not insult them. you should try it now & again, it can be fun.'"
You can't blame him, really. He gets enough stick when he resides over on our forum, he obviously thought he'd spotted an opportunity and jumped on the bandwagon quicker than a City fan.
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| Quote ="*1865*"Problem you have is you'll have two halves that will only have had a month of pre-season together and that are extremely injury prone above normal levels in a contact sport. In theory they're a pretty well matched pair, Campese can't run and that's all Kelly does.
As an aside, how many academy graduates are likely to play regularly next year, given your squad numbers?'"
I think nearly all our players will have graduated from an academy team.
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| Quote ="Mild Rover"I think nearly all our players will have graduated from an academy team.'"
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| Quote ="*1865*"Yeah, before his injury in August he had a chance.
My comments are nothing to do with the fact we'd not signed Sneyd or Pryce by then, plus I still maintain he's better than Robson.'"
You got found out made to look stupid give it up don't dig any deeper by the way is he crap or is he great
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| Quote ="fun time frankie"You got found out made to look stupid give it up don't dig any deeper by the way is he crap or is he great'"
Silly boy. I'm fully aware of what I've written in the past.
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| One year deal worth the risk I suppose. But if reports are to be believed he's well past his best.
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| Quote ="Legends and Icons"Good job we only gave him a TWO year deal then
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We all make em,you must be made up then.
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| Quote ="deslawson"We all make em,you must be made up then.
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I'll be at the KC watching hull fc reguardless of who's wearing the shirt mate , more important things in life than rugby league
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| Quote ="hull2524"One year deal worth the risk I suppose. But if reports are to be believed he's well past his best.'"
Well what would you expect?
NRL players end up over here due to either:
(a) Being crap and unworthy of regular 1st team rugby in Australia (Mantellato)
(b) Getting sacked so many times that nobody over there will employ them (Carney @ Catalans)
(c) Being past it (way too many to mention).
None of the above reasons make them bad imports, it's what happens once they get here that counts.
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| Quote ="fun time frankie"You got found out made to look stupid give it up don't dig any deeper by the way is he crap or is he great'"
Says it all.
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| Quote ="SirStan"Well what would you expect?
NRL players end up over here due to either:
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(b) Getting sacked so many times that nobody over there will employ them (Carney @ Catalans)
(c) Being past it (way too many to mention).
None of the above reasons make them bad imports, it's what happens once they get here that counts.'"
What about Sio & Kelly? I wouldn't class them as any of the above & would expect to see them back in the NRL in the future.
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| Quote ="K-Diddy"What about Sio & Kelly? I wouldn't class them as any of the above & would expect to see them back in the NRL in the future.'"
Hmmmm... good point. Can I get back to you when I've seen them play? If not, I might have to invent a 4th category!
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| Quote ="Rupert Pupkin"On paper we possibly have the best halves in the league, and our backiline looks exciting.
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Hull KR's halves may turn out to be second best in Super League though.
Ken Sio is definitely exciting. He could turn out to be the second or third best winger in SL, after Ryan Hall and perhaps Michael Oldfield.
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| Quote ="JEAN CAPDOUZE"Not true about the halves.
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Ken Sio is definitely exciting. He could turn out to be the second or third best winger in SL, after Ryan Hall and perhaps Michael Oldfield.'"
you may be right and I would settle for that has long has they all give 100%
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