LeeF Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 On 15/09/2020 at 16:47, latchford albion said: 99 to go? I bet he doesn’t make the magical 3 figure number of posts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckn Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 On 15/09/2020 at 12:09, Fruit&Nutt said: To be fair, it was said by most that he hadn't been very good at Union either for many years when he left. It's polite to let us know when you try to come back as a formerly banned member of the forum. We do know, you know. And we often let people back on promises of good behaviour. As you were banned for unacceptable practices last time, you would never gain access to the Cross-Code forum again. And as we're fairly sure you're not interested in rugby league then I'm not minded to overlook the lack of courtesy. Sorry, bye. "When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latchford albion Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 4 hours ago, LeeF said: I bet he doesn’t make the magical 3 figure number of posts You got this week's lottery numbers? EDIT: that wasn't such an outlandish prediction. I originally read it that he wouldn't make it past three posts. "I'm a traditionalist and I don"t think you'd ever see me coaching an Australian national side!" Lee Radford, RLW March 2016 Proud to be a member of the TRL woke claque Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NERugbyDad Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Signed for Newcastle .... Falcons not Thunder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeF Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 7 minutes ago, NERugbyDad said: Signed for Newcastle .... Falcons not Thunder. Lured? He wasn’t playing at Warrington and was released early. Anyway good luck to him at least he gave it a go unlike some others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 1 minute ago, LeeF said: Lured? He wasn’t playing at Warrington and was released early. Anyway good luck to him at least he gave it a go unlike some others Lured, like I was "lured" to the job centre when I was made redundant. The tragic thing is that, if this had happened the other way round, so many RL fans would be scrambling over each other to be first to criticise such positive spin in the most hyperbolic terms they could manage. 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...
Hughsehhh Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/rugby-league/12079925/burrell-no-regrets-over-super-league Respect to him, he's come out of this humble and it would only take a sad sack to criticise him when I've not heard him once criticise the Wolves or RL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweaty craiq Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 You can’t knock the bloke, gave it a shot, didn’t get to the level either would have wanted and found a job elsewhere. Well done Luther and every success at Newcastle - dual code? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 On 14/09/2020 at 00:00, DoubleD said: I find this all rather odd. I keep hearing from supposed experts in our game that “it’s a simple game” is rugby league. And all you need to do is “run hard” and “defend your line” If that’s the case, why do so few players who have played the other code of rugby make the transition, let alone athletes from other sports like gridiron? We do ourselves a massive disservice by continually coming out with this, RL can be and is a complex game both in attack and defence. "Freedom without socialism is privilege and injustice, socialism without freedom is slavery and brutality" - Mikhail Bakunin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Luther Burrell: ‘I come back to Rugby union as a better person and player’. 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...
The storm Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 On 17/09/2020 at 15:18, ckn said: It's polite to let us know when you try to come back as a formerly banned member of the forum. We do know, you know. And we often let people back on promises of good behaviour. As you were banned for unacceptable practices last time, you would never gain access to the Cross-Code forum again. And as we're fairly sure you're not interested in rugby league then I'm not minded to overlook the lack of courtesy. Sorry, bye. I've been banned in the past. But my behaviour now is exemplary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The storm Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 33 minutes ago, Futtocks said: Luther Burrell: ‘I come back to Rugby union as a better person and player’. I don't think we saw too much of Luther I was willing him to succeed, but by all accounts he just did nt have the 80 minute stamina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunsletgreenandgold Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 9 minutes ago, The storm said: I don't think we saw too much of Luther I was willing him to succeed, but by all accounts he just did nt have the 80 minute stamina ........or the required skillset to play RL. We've had plenty of good union converts over the years - Burrell wasn't one of them, sadly. Glad he got a gig somewhere else as he seems a thoroughly decent bloke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man of Kent Posted March 3, 2021 Author Share Posted March 3, 2021 1 hour ago, hunsletgreenandgold said: ........or the required skillset to play RL. We've had plenty of good union converts over the years - Burrell wasn't one of them, sadly. Glad he got a gig somewhere else as he seems a thoroughly decent bloke. When he did play he was pretty rubbish, to be fair. Defensively very suspect, I thought. Couldn’t read a baby book. Didn’t do much with ball in hand either. Just goes to show you that an England RU cap is no sign of greatness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedfordshire Bronco Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 20 hours ago, Man of Kent said: When he did play he was pretty rubbish, to be fair. Defensively very suspect, I thought. Couldn’t read a baby book. Didn’t do much with ball in hand either. Just goes to show you that an England RU cap is no sign of greatness. Very good union player though and all round good egg I was hoping he'd come back to Northampton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graveyard johnny Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 time for this thread to be moved me thinks see you later undertaker - in a while necrophile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommygilf Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 22 hours ago, hunsletgreenandgold said: ........or the required skillset to play RL. We've had plenty of good union converts over the years - Burrell wasn't one of them, sadly. Glad he got a gig somewhere else as he seems a thoroughly decent bloke. Absolutely, said it before but I really just think Price didn't rate him and had no intention of playing him unless absolutely necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Badrinath Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 35 minutes ago, Tommygilf said: Absolutely, said it before but I really just think Price didn't rate him and had no intention of playing him unless absolutely necessary. tis a weird one this, as he was a playing sub, for the first half dozen games last year, over other back rowers. so he was getting game time, but limited until lockdown. If price really didn't have any intention of playing him, he wouldn't have got on the field, we've seen how he can have bodies on the bench unused, he's done it on several occasions, which is a puzzler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man of Kent Posted March 4, 2021 Author Share Posted March 4, 2021 9 minutes ago, Barry Badrinath said: tis a weird one this, as he was a playing sub, for the first half dozen games last year, over other back rowers. so he was getting game time, but limited until lockdown. If price really didn't have any intention of playing him, he wouldn't have got on the field, we've seen how he can have bodies on the bench unused, he's done it on several occasions, which is a puzzler. My theory is he was just pleasing his bosses who signed him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frying Scotsman Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said: Very good union player though and all round good egg I was hoping he'd come back to Northampton Not really for a Rugby League thread. More for a union forum that sort of stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommygilf Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 2 hours ago, Barry Badrinath said: tis a weird one this, as he was a playing sub, for the first half dozen games last year, over other back rowers. so he was getting game time, but limited until lockdown. If price really didn't have any intention of playing him, he wouldn't have got on the field, we've seen how he can have bodies on the bench unused, he's done it on several occasions, which is a puzzler. As MoK has intimated I never saw enough to convince me this wasn't a case of the board or other higher ups signing a player and the coach making do with that decision - which was always doomed really. Price should have been front and centre of a relatively major signing like this but from the outside you really didn't get a sense of enthusiasm that would come with a signing the coach owned. Contrasted with Eastmond to Leeds say this stands out massively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedfordshire Bronco Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 2 hours ago, The Frying Scotsman said: Not really for a Rugby League thread. More for a union forum that sort of stuff. Perfectly in context my friend, its a thread about a cross code player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedfordshire Bronco Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 41 minutes ago, Tommygilf said: As MoK has intimated I never saw enough to convince me this wasn't a case of the board or other higher ups signing a player and the coach making do with that decision - which was always doomed really. Price should have been front and centre of a relatively major signing like this but from the outside you really didn't get a sense of enthusiasm that would come with a signing the coach owned. Contrasted with Eastmond to Leeds say this stands out massively. I think if he had been at a different club, say Uddy he'd have made more impact and lasted longer Considering how he was basically recruited and not played he has been very classy in his comments about his time at Wire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommygilf Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 13 minutes ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said: I think if he had been at a different club, say Uddy he'd have made more impact and lasted longer Considering how he was basically recruited and not played he has been very classy in his comments about his time at Wire Yeah I'd go along with that. Although equally I don't think he'd be going round saying the CEO recruited me and the coach didn't want me so I barely played either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said: I think if he had been at a different club, say Uddy he'd have made more impact and lasted longer Considering how he was basically recruited and not played he has been very classy in his comments about his time at Wire I don't think he would have. At no time did he look remotely like a Rugby League player. Too slow, too cumbersome and not agile enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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