Re: McIlorum can challenge Roby as........ : Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:57 am  

I suppose not, and as I said, he is fantastic. It's hard to explain and it literally is my one and only criticism. But to me, it seems that (from watching NRL every week) that Cam Smith just manages to create that gap and put someone through, like a halfback would. He seems slightly more creative.
I hope I'm not coming across like i'm saying Roby is bad, because for me he's in the top 3 hookers in the world. And definitely one of the 3 best english players, he really is great.

Re: McIlorum can challenge Roby as........ : Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:45 pm  

JWarriors wrote:

But to me, it seems that (from watching NRL every week) that Cam Smith just manages to create that gap and put someone through, like a halfback would. He seems slightly more creative.

You clearly haven't been watching James Roby this season!

Re: McIlorum can challenge Roby as........ : Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:47 pm  

[quote="Buck Tarbrush"]Cant blame the Ape for bigging up one of his own , but to base the praise on his performance against Leeds is embarrassing , Leeds at the DW couldnt have been less interested if they had tried , it was a woeful performance and we all know it, I would save such comparisons until he has shown up in the really big games that count .

Something Roby has been doing for a while now .[/quote

So the grand final isn't counted as a big game now? Don't you remember when mickey Mac played kFC off the field and roby? He was the 2nd best hooker that night after tommy . Maybe that's why you can't win the big one

Re: McIlorum can challenge Roby as........ : Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:46 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

You clearly haven't been watching James Roby this season!

3 games? Cool

Cam Smith has been doing it for more than 3 seasons.

Re: McIlorum can challenge Roby as........ : Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:19 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

So the grand final isn't counted as a big game now? Don't you remember when mickey Mac played kFC off the field and roby? He was the 2nd best hooker that night after tommy . Maybe that's why you can't win the big one

Buck Tarbrush wrote:

Cant blame the Ape for bigging up one of his own , but to base the praise on his performance against Leeds is embarrassing , Leeds at the DW couldnt have been less interested if they had tried , it was a woeful performance and we all know it, I would save such comparisons until he has shown up in the really big games that count .

Something Roby has been doing for a while now .[/quote

So the grand final isn't counted as a big game now? Don't you remember when mickey Mac played kFC off the field and roby? He was the 2nd best hooker that night after tommy . Maybe that's why you can't win the big one

I have heard a lot of saints fans coming up with reasons/excuses as to why we have not won one of the last 5 grand finals but that one is the most laughable yet. Saints did not win the grand final because their hookers were crap. Sorry mate but not having that.

Maybe Saints should phone wigan and offer a swap deal. Roby for Micky Mac. We will even throw in Meli to sweeten the deal

Re: McIlorum can challenge Roby as........ : Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:57 pm  

JWarriors wrote:

3 games? Cool

Cam Smith has been doing it for more than 3 seasons.

What a stupid thing to say.

Re: McIlorum can challenge Roby as........ : Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:00 pm  

glasgowsaint wrote:

I have heard a lot of saints fans coming up with reasons/excuses as to why we have not won one of the last 5 grand finals but that one is the most laughable yet. Saints did not win the grand final because their hookers were crap. Sorry mate but not having that.

Maybe Saints should phone wigan and offer a swap deal. Roby for Micky Mac. We will even throw in Meli to sweeten the deal

I think you'll find that you attributed a quote to me that wasn't actually posted by me but by dubairl above.

So I don't know what you're talking about actually.

Re: McIlorum can challenge Roby as........ : Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:05 pm  

Sorry not very good at this quoting thing. I meant to quote dubairl.

Re: McIlorum can challenge Roby as........ : Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:18 pm  

dubairl wrote:

So the grand final isn't counted as a big game now? Don't you remember when mickey Mac played kFC off the field and roby? He was the 2nd best hooker that night after tommy . Maybe that's why you can't win the big one

Except Tommy didn't play hooker in that game. Wigan started with Mickey Mac and used Piggy Riddell as interchange. Your point still stands though they were both better than Cunningham and Roby on the night.

Re: McIlorum can challenge Roby as........ : Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:36 pm  

glasgowsaint wrote:

Sorry not very good at this quoting thing. I meant to quote dubairl.

No worries.