Re: Royce Simmons OUT : Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:20 am  

Billinge_Lump wrote:

There is no point dropping Eastmond for anyone else currently available in the squad. Neither Lomax nor Wheeler would do any better than him at the moment, and would pile even more pressure on Gaskells shoulders as neither have a kicking game.

I think Lomax may have proved you wrong on this one Lump In fairness the whole team looked better tonight and you do have to wonder if some of that is from getting rid of a certain negative influence

Re: Royce Simmons must STAY : Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:24 am  

Offside Monkey wrote:

Well, I must say, the things I asked for in various threads were delivered tonight. Thankyou Royce & the Team.

Long may it continue. WHo's next?

Just Bradford. Difficulty with that one is it's at Widnes.

Re: Royce Simmons OUT : Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:29 am  

No1 Saint wrote:

I think Lomax may have proved you wrong on this one Lump In fairness the whole team looked better tonight and you do have to wonder if some of that is from getting rid of a certain negative influence

Lomax was excellent – as was Foster. And indeed, the entire team. Wellens put in a massive performance.

It does beg the question of whether – as has been said – some sort of negative influence or atmosphere has been removed.

Re: Royce Simmons must STAY : Sun Mar 20, 2011 10:41 am  

Much better performance, but serious questions have to be asked about Leeds and the way they line up since Brian Mac joined them, they have just collapsed, why they ever took him off our hands and look how long we have to put up with him is beyond belief!

Re: Royce Simmons must STAY : Sun Mar 20, 2011 10:52 am  

To be fair to McDermott, that Leeds side is a shadow of two years ago. It's noticeable that Senior now often takes the ball standing still. Webb is nowhere near the threat he once was. Ditto Lautiti. Buderus looks to be drawing his pension meanwhile Hauraki and Cross, so far, don't seem to be championship material.

Re: Royce Simmons must STAY : Sun Mar 20, 2011 11:51 am  

Mugwump wrote:

To be fair to McDermott, that Leeds side is a shadow of two years ago. It's noticeable that Senior now often takes the ball standing still. Webb is nowhere near the threat he once was. Ditto Lautiti. Buderus looks to be drawing his pension meanwhile Hauraki and Cross, so far, don't seem to be championship material.

I thought cross took some real stopping last night. He and leuluia will be a formidable starting pair.

Re: Royce Simmons must STAY : Sun Mar 20, 2011 11:56 am  

jaybs wrote:

Much better performance, but serious questions have to be asked about Leeds and the way they line up since Brian Mac joined them, they have just collapsed, why they ever took him off our hands and look how long we have to put up with him is beyond belief!

Jeez, they weren't THAT bad! They just need to tweak some of their play and get some of their seasoned troops back.

Re: Royce Simmons must STAY : Sun Mar 20, 2011 12:08 pm  

I find it ironic that both ourselves and Leeds dominated English Rugby League for the best part of four years, and now all of a sudden, both sides have suffered a fall from grace and are merely average play-off hopefuls.

Re: Royce Simmons must STAY : Sun Mar 20, 2011 12:58 pm  

rammsteinbloke wrote:

I find it ironic that both ourselves and Leeds dominated English Rugby League for the best part of four years, and now all of a sudden, both sides have suffered a fall from grace and are merely average play-off hopefuls.

Whats ironic about it?

Re: Royce Simmons must STAY : Sun Mar 20, 2011 1:00 pm  

rammsteinbloke wrote:

I find it ironic that both ourselves and Leeds dominated English Rugby League for the best part of four years, and now all of a sudden, both sides have suffered a fall from grace and are merely average play-off hopefuls.

I was quite impressed with Saints last night.


Sure it was only Leeds as the opposition.



But Saints seem to be getting it together. I'll be watching their next few fixtures with interest.