iangidds Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Just like to say well done Eorl , anyone who plays prop at a professional level for so long deserves all our respect. Enjoy retirement and a straight nose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidingPie Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Congratulations on your retirement Eorl! He's one heck of a big guy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 One of the most underrated players of the last decade, a high quality prop who carried the Giants at times, the player who people say should do more but then is very noticeable when he isn't playing just what he brings to a team A legend to the Claret and Gold faithful for his entire career, I wish him all the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellsy4HullFC Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 One of the characters of the game. Will enjoy his (I assume) career in the media and have a chance to straighten his nose out as well as his hair! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Agree with all of that. Will miss him. I trust he'll continue as a pundit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Frisky Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Yep - one of the good guys - all the best Eorl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longboard Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 A good player and a good chap. Time for Eorl to let his body recover. He struggled with injury last season. I remember him as a young centre. He's moving to role on the commercial and marketing side of the club. http://www.giantsrl.com/news/article/5749/crabtree-calls-time-on-stellar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 A very good player in his prime, and an engaging pundit too. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieSaint Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 I had the pleasure of meeting Eorl at Andy Raleigh's stag do; great bloke and a great player for Huddersfield. I wish him all the best and congratulations on a great career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPosh Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 He's moving to role on the commercial and marketing side of the club. http://www.giantsrl.com/news/article/5749/crabtree-calls-time-on-stellar He thought playing prop was a challenge - wait until he realises the reality of trying to attract people to watch the Giants. He'll soon be begging for his old job back. People called Romans they go the house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderWire Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 A great servant to club and game and a darn fine commentator. Best of luck to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Good luck to him, always been enjoyable to watch and he seemed a nice bloke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chanter Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Came across as a nice bloke. A good player, had he had more agression, would have been a great player imo. Happy retirement Eorl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Would it be possible for League Express to print these posts in the next edition as a tribute to Eorl? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuffer Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 All the best in your future endeavours big fella! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Very very nice guy, he was a good lad in his teens head screwed on and when he got older he was fiercely loyal to the Giants when he could have moved on for bigger bucks Retirement comes for everyone, I would have liked to see him one last time in a winning Giants team Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number 16 Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Always one of my favourite players. Played hard but fair. Came across as an ordinary guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gates1 Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 One club players are a rare beast these days, good on him. 429 appearences for his club 18 appearances for his country 79 tries and; 1 Linebreak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longboard Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 He thought playing prop was a challenge - wait until he realises the reality of trying to attract people to watch the Giants. He'll soon be begging for his old job back. Hurray! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiner Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 One of the most underrated players of the last decade, a high quality prop who carried the Giants at times, the player who people say should do more but then is very noticeable when he isn't playing just what he brings to a team A legend to the Claret and Gold faithful for his entire career, I wish him all the best A legend in Huddersfield yes but one of the most underrated players, take your claret and gold glasses off mate you are making yourself sound silly. A plodder at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Rover Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 A solid player who was a great servant to Huddersfield. Maybe his career didn't hit the heights that it could have done but not many players play for long as he did as a prop and deserves a good retirement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 A legend in Huddersfield yes but one of the most underrated players, take your claret and gold glasses off mate you are making yourself sound silly. A plodder at best. #### Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Frisky Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Think Johnoco's comment is correct - the Aussies never really handled him in the 3 or 4 games he played against them- he always seemed to attract about 4 of them to tackle him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSN Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Aye Crabtree was always very good against the Aussies, they couldn't seem to handle his size. I recall Cameron Smith trying to tackle him 1 on 1 a few years back and ended up on his backside. I think Crabtree was a very good prop. He was pretty unconventional compared to most prop forwards. Usually bigger forwards break more tackles but are dodgier in defence, drop the ball more often and aren't particularly quick but he had the size of big forward but had the qualities of a work horse forward ie Graham and Hill. I think because he was similar in size to forwards like George Burgess for example they were expecting similar amounts of tackle busts ect but that wasn't really his game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raceman Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 A legend in Huddersfield yes but one of the most underrated players, take your claret and gold glasses off mate you are making yourself sound silly. A plodder at best. I wouldn't expect anything else from you, only one person here sounding silly and you know who you are. There's always one has to spoil it isn't there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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