Re: Lance : Fri Jun 14, 2013 11:26 pm  

Very poor for the Exiles tonight as well. And used as a utility from the bench by them even.

Re: Lance : Sat Jun 15, 2013 6:35 am  

Lance's best position is 1 but we dont seem to want to use him there , even when Lomax is having to cover at 6. Says alot about what Brown thinks of him.

Re: Lance : Sat Jun 15, 2013 6:36 am  

Saint Simon wrote:

Yep, they should play better and cement their places in their positions, NB hasn't moved robes from 9 as he's the best there is there

Dont do it !! dont let this thread get whipped into a pointless argument about how everything is Nathan Browns fault.

Re: Lance : Sat Jun 15, 2013 7:22 am  

I thought he did OK for the Exiles, his best performance of the season so far (not saying much, I know!)

I think his only complaint can be that we brought in Howarth on loan, rather than let him play no. 9 when Roby was out. However, you could quite easily argue that Howarth has outperformed him. He had a full season at 6 last year and made no impact, so he can't really complain about not getting chances there again this year.

Re: Lance : Sat Jun 15, 2013 8:55 am  

EHW wrote:

I thought he did OK for the Exiles, his best performance of the season so far (not saying much, I know!)

I think his only complaint can be that we brought in Howarth on loan, rather than let him play no. 9 when Roby was out. However, you could quite easily argue that Howarth has outperformed him. He had a full season at 6 last year and made no impact, so he can't really complain about not getting chances there again this year.

I think when howarth came in for 4 or 5 games lance was out injured.

Re: Lance : Sat Jun 15, 2013 5:26 pm  

the fact he made the exiles squad says alot about the current group of imports in superleague

Re: Lance : Sat Jun 15, 2013 9:47 pm  

The worst signing we've made since Michael O'Connor no question - the one signing we've made over the last few years that looked fishy right from the start and he's been far worse than I feared he might be when he was first announced. Hopefully we can do a mutually beneficial deal to off him back to Oz in the summer as it's hard to see where his future lies in a red vee.

Re: Lance : Sun Jun 16, 2013 7:02 am  

Northampton_Saint wrote:

The worst signing we've made since Michael O'Connor no question - the one signing we've made over the last few years that looked fishy right from the start and he's been far worse than I feared he might be when he was first announced. Hopefully we can do a mutually beneficial deal to off him back to Oz in the summer as it's hard to see where his future lies in a red vee.

I can think of a few overseas much worse than lance. I agree, he's been poor but he's not half as bad as you and others make out.

Re: Lance : Sun Jun 16, 2013 8:05 am  

St pete wrote:

I can think of a few overseas much worse than lance. I agree, he's been poor but he's not half as bad as you and others make out.

Problem with Lance is that he isn,t a team player, can,t read the game very well from the middle of the park. Now proven not worthy of a starting 13 spot, more value of a utility player from the bench as per is latter career in the NRL.

Re: Lance : Sun Jun 16, 2013 8:13 am  

Judder Man wrote:

Problem with Lance is that he isn,t a team player, can,t read the game very well from the middle of the park. Now proven not worthy of a starting 13 spot, more value of a utility player from the bench as per is latter career in the NRL.

Like I said, he's not been great but I think a lot of it comes down to being moved from one position to the next. He's basically a fullback, he's played at the top level in the NRL and international as a fullback but we've not played him there.

It was pretty clear early on he wasnt going to be a halfback, he had no speed of thought, no rugny brain, no kicking a d looked all at sea. Hohaia is a runner and is used to space from being fullback.

I think its harsh all the stick he's getting. The is much worse players in our squad who lack any effort at all.

However, its just not worked out and IMO a move would be good for both parties. I 100% believe he'd do a great job for 80% of super league teams if he was played fullback.