Re: Stop booing Eastmond : Thu Apr 07, 2011 12:49 pm  

No1 Saint wrote:

Spot on. Players come and go , thats the nature of sport but it's how they conduct themselves while there with us that matters (to me at least). His general attitude stunk (radio interviews etc) but the killer blow was his p!$$ poor performances.

I agree to a point with the debate over his performances (and they were not good enough to be kept in the team), but he apparently put in a good performance for the U20s last week and was still booed. If you're unfortunate to read Redvee's status updates on Facebook you'll see the attitude of some of our more knuckle dragging fans towards him. Those attitudes won't change if he puts in a good performance.

He's been advised really badly over this, the delay in announcement just made the reveal of the decision worse, I didn't see his tv interview, but him saying RU is a bigger game than RL was a really big nail in his coffin and he's come out of it looking like a complete tw*t (and he might be), even though he has not said a great deal personally.

Re: Stop booing Eastmond : Thu Apr 07, 2011 1:24 pm  

No sympathy...Maybe we should all send these via the club.

Re: Stop booing Eastmond : Thu Apr 07, 2011 6:32 pm  

Billinge_Lump wrote:

I agree to a point with the debate over his performances (and they were not good enough to be kept in the team), but he apparently put in a good performance for the U20s last week and was still booed.

Not true. At least not while I was there (most of the second half).

The East Stand enthusiastically booed the HKR fullback who decided it would be fun to belt the ball to the back of the East Stand regardless of whose head he took with it. Now, HE got booed every time he touched the ball! Kyle got a big round of applause when he appeared to score a try (which was chalked off due to crossing).

Re: Stop booing Eastmond : Fri Apr 08, 2011 6:43 am  

Billinge_Lump wrote:

I agree to a point with the debate over his performances (and they were not good enough to be kept in the team), but he apparently put in a good performance for the U20s last week and was still booed. If you're unfortunate to read Redvee's status updates on Facebook you'll see the attitude of some of our more knuckle dragging fans towards him. Those attitudes won't change if he puts in a good performance.

He's been advised really badly over this, the delay in announcement just made the reveal of the decision worse, I didn't see his tv interview, but him saying RU is a bigger game than RL was a really big nail in his coffin and he's come out of it looking like a complete tw*t (and he might be), even though he has not said a great deal personally.

Knuckle dragging fans


I think I came across a few of them a few years back at headingley who thought it would be great fun to sign a song celebrating the achievements of the Yorshire ripper. I think they totalled 10 at the most.

I'm not a fan of what Eastmond did, but my objection to him playing is more around building for the future and his first team efforts, rather than his saga over signing for Union.

If we need to play him then we need to play him, of course Lomax and Gaskell will need a break at some point due to injury or just to have some rotation and a chance to get a breather. So long as he does not disrupt the team spirit fine. But if the other players do not want him, playing him will only knock us back.

Re: Stop booing Eastmond : Fri Apr 08, 2011 3:18 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

Not true. At least not while I was there (most of the second half).

The East Stand enthusiastically booed the HKR fullback who decided it would be fun to belt the ball to the back of the East Stand regardless of whose head he took with it. Now, HE got booed every time he touched the ball! Kyle got a big round of applause when he appeared to score a try (which was chalked off due to crossing).

I'm only going off what I've read.

bewareshadows wrote:

Knuckle dragging fans

Have you seen some of the bile posted on the comments on facebook?

I think I came across a few of them a few years back at headingley who thought it would be great fun to sign a song celebrating the achievements of the Yorshire ripper. I think they totalled 10 at the most.

There's more than 10.

I'm not a fan of what Eastmond did, but my objection to him playing is more around building for the future and his first team efforts, rather than his saga over signing for Union.

If we need to play him then we need to play him, of course Lomax and Gaskell will need a break at some point due to injury or just to have some rotation and a chance to get a breather. So long as he does not disrupt the team spirit fine. But if the other players do not want him, playing him will only knock us back.

That's pretty much the position I take. I'd rather see Gaskell and Lomax in there when Pryce is out, but over playing them can become counter productive and they will need a break at some point soon. That's when he should be brought in. I'm not so sure the players are as bothered as the fans, they are professionals and will treat the situation as such.

Re: Stop booing Eastmond : Fri Apr 08, 2011 3:21 pm  

Billinge_Lump wrote:

Have you seen some of the bile posted on the comments on facebook?

It's pretty grim. It's quite frightening to think that the people who post on here are probably from the more rational end of the spectrum