Which player made you stand up in anticipation?

[CiderWire]

Backs - Jiffy. His brain was 3 moves ahead of everyone elses and he was lightening quick, as we know.

Fwds - Les Boyd. Had to watch him through my fingers in anticipation of what piece of genius or gruesome act was going to transpire........ usually the latter.

[fairfolly]

Obviously depends what you are looking at,somebody to make you stand up and watch, Jim Mills,you never knew what he was going to do next. Might decide to run might decide to pass, might decide to flatten the nearest opposing player to him,might be one of his own players if he got in his way. A great character and actually a very  nice man,off the field.

[Jinking Jimmy]

Billy Boston and one who made you say “Oh no!”, Tom van Vollenhoven.
 

[paulwalker71]

Ellery Hanley

[doc]

Tony Myler

Peter Sterling

Emosi Koloto

Jonathan Davies

 

 

[Davo5]

Hanley

Offiah

Slater

[graveyard johnny]

eddie rombo

[welshmagpie]

A young Elliot Kear at Bradford running an inside ball.

[Rioman]

David Topliss

Bill Ashurst

Neil Fox

Alan McCurrie

[Jill Halfpenny fan]

Has to be Martin Offiah.

[iangidds]

4 hours ago, Allora said:

Eric Grothe (senior)

Chicka Ferguson

Jason Robinson

Brett Kenny

Ellery Hanley

 

What a great list , i remember seeing Ferguson play against Batley around 1986 i think ; he was amazing

[iangidds]

1 hour ago, doc said:

Tony Myler

Peter Sterling

Emosi Koloto

Jonathan Davies

 

 

Another great set of players

[iangidds]

1 hour ago, graveyard johnny said:

eddie rombo

Haha

[iangidds]

1 hour ago, graveyard johnny said:

eddie rombo

Norman Francis

[iangidds]

Andrew Ettinghausen

Andrew Johns

Ellery Hanley

Patrick Entat

Stacey Jones

[Clogiron]

Hanley, Offiah and Cliffy Lyons on a good day!

[iangidds]

5 minutes ago, Clogiron said:

Hanley, Offiah and Cliffy Lyons on a good day!

I only remember Cliffy having good days

[iangidds]

21 minutes ago, iangidds said:

Andrew Ettinghausen

Andrew Johns

Ellery Hanley

Patrick Entat

Stacey Jones

I m been generous to Patrick but he was a very good player

[del capo]

People being too generous to really good players here. Read the topic thread again

[Lowdesert]

Steve Norton was a magician with the ball and seemingly jogged through opposition.  I regret I didn’t see more of him but even in his last few years at Hull he was class.  

[Willforminis]

Ellery Hanley ,John Woods  Dave Topliss.

[fairfolly]

Apologies Doc,

                      I thought you put Richie Myler, now I read your post I realise you put Tony Myler. When I read it first I ignored it as I thought you had been out on the beer all day.

[graveyard johnny]

the thing with eddie rombo was the hype that came with him made you expect something spectacular 

[thebull13]

John Woods 

[Trojan]

22 hours ago, Gooleboy said:

Paul Newlove at 17 years old was unbelievable. He looked like doing something every time he got the ball.

"A magic man from Featherstone Rovers" - Peter Fox.   We played Saints around Xmas time 1988/89 and Newy made a monkey of MIchael O'Connor.   O'Connor chucked his toys out of the pram and had a go a Paul.    As you say that first season he was unbelievable. A very under rated player IMO, certainly by the media.  You seldom find him occurring in "my best XIII's" of that era.   Which is a shame.  He and Connolly were an ideal combination for GB.

There was a game at Halifax the following season and a Halifax player maliciously stamped on Paul's ankle, he had to go off and whilst he was still a great player, that mercurial part of his game had gone with the stamp.  Can't remember the player's name.