Re: 6 and 7 : Sat Jul 04, 2015 12:46 pm  

It's no wonder Campese was ALL SMILES when he signed an extension at Hull's lesser-known club.

My guess is he mumbled "Suckers!" under his breath once he put pen to paper and limped out of the room.

Re: 6 and 7 : Sat Jul 04, 2015 12:47 pm  

St pete wrote:

We lost vea the week before the Souths game and percy shortly after. He's also been playing with different halves each week and a cheek bone break hasn't helped.

If you won't me to put it simply for you. First half the season he was very very good and kept us ticking over and was putting in top class passes brining our centres into the game which we hadn't seen in long time and was linking up great with Vea.

We've had lots of injuries and not had settled team and he's been injured plus he's not in the best of form, so Id say he's been average for past 6 weeks.

I look at it this way. We won our first 6/7 games and travis played a massive part in that. If you take those performances away and the fact we had no hslves at the time then I don't think we'd be sitting 2nd in the league at the moment.

Of course! That explains it all then. "We've had lots of injuries and not had settled team" could have been written about other teams and indeed HKR throughout the season until the last two weeks. Even when we beat the mighty Saints we had 7/8 players out. We can all trot out these reasons for our team or individuals not playing well. Burns is not the answer on a long term basis as an effective, consistently performing half back. He proved it in the NRL, he blew hot and cold whilst with us and is now doing the same with you. Once or even twice can be bad luck but the same deterioration in form at three clubs? You've only to read the forum to see that other Saint's posters are not too happy with him at the moment.

Re: 6 and 7 : Sat Jul 04, 2015 12:55 pm  

Mugwump wrote:

It's no wonder Campese was ALL SMILES when he signed an extension at Hull's lesser-known club.

My guess is he mumbled "Suckers!" under his breath once he put pen to paper and limped out of the room.

I can understand your frustration and anger after last night's performance. The need to strike out against anyone within reach must have been too powerful to resist. Of course it's no difference to you being in Wigan's shadow is it?

Re: 6 and 7 : Sat Jul 04, 2015 1:00 pm  

If by "being in Wigan's shadow" you mean The Champions - sure. I'll take the shade over sunburn any day.

Re: 6 and 7 : Sat Jul 04, 2015 1:09 pm  

Mugwump wrote:

If by "being in Wigan's shadow" you mean The Champions - sure. I'll take the shade over sunburn any day.

Last year yes but compare the two clubs' histories.

Re: 6 and 7 : Sat Jul 04, 2015 1:13 pm  

Keiththered wrote:

Last year yes but compare the two clubs' histories.

LOL. Yes, let's compare the two clubs' histories - with Hull KR's.

Re: 6 and 7 : Sat Jul 04, 2015 1:41 pm  

Mugwump wrote:

LOL. Yes, let's compare the two clubs' histories - with Hull KR's.

I am realistic about where KR are.

Re: 6 and 7 : Sat Jul 04, 2015 2:59 pm  

Keiththered wrote:

Last year yes but compare the two clubs' histories.

Are we talking super league history when the game went fully pro or we talking pre 95/96 when only one or two teams was fully pro?

Re: 6 and 7 : Sat Jul 04, 2015 3:27 pm  

I don't get it, you ask a question, was burns worth the fee?

Were you expecting a different response, because the answer is simple, yes he was worth the fee.

He's not Tommy Martyn, but then who is???

He's a top notch competitor and has had some marvellous games for Saints. Please don't confuse the odd game on TV were you don't see him take on the line to equate with him being a player that was not worth putting some money out there to buy.

He's had his moments so far in the season, he's also had games were he has not had that touch of class, but classy or average he puts in 100% for the team. I'll take that any day. A player who puts in effort is never going to be put down at a club like Saints. Whether or not he is fast.

Players go through runs of form, at the moment Burns is on a bit of a average run of form. If he starts putting in those passes and cutting up teams in a few weeks, that's not going to make him a superstar, just because of a few good games. You have to see a player in the round and not just from game to game.

Was he worth the money. Damn Yes.

Re: 6 and 7 : Sat Jul 04, 2015 3:30 pm  

Keiththered is no different to any jilted lover. Bitter, jealous and all shriveled up inside.