Re: England half backs : Sun May 15, 2016 7:58 pm  

JEAN CAPDOUZE wrote:

Richard Myler, who is English, has been outstanding this season. Haven't you been watching him?

He is playing well off the back of a dominant Catalan pack creating all kinds of space and getting rich pickings with his huge strength, his support game coming to the fore.Do you really envisage him controlling a game in the heat of intense battles against the Kiwis and Aussies? cos the thought of him in there would scare the hell out of me, i'd rather have Smith and that's saying something!

Re: England half backs : Sun May 15, 2016 8:01 pm  

vastman wrote:

Are you for real, Ive seen him play numerous times this year and for once the feux frog is right, he's way better than any of the other names suggested - get real, I mean Gale are people actually watching the game anymore - he's Liam Finn but faster and not quite as smart.

Luke Gale is Liam Finn but faster

Are you forgetting we have seen them both play for Cas together. Finn doesnt come close. If you watch Gale week in week out like we do. He controls games, he kicks teams to death and he can actually make breaks.

Re: England half backs : Sun May 15, 2016 8:06 pm  

cas all the way wrote:

Luke Gale is Liam Finn but faster

Are you forgetting we have seen them both play for Cas together. Finn doesnt come close. If you watch Gale week in week out like we do. He controls games, he kicks teams to death and he can actually make breaks.

Quite right, Gale was great all last year and is again proving it to be no fluke, he has a genuinely rounded half back game.

I see the clamour for Joe Mellor has died down now too after he had a few good games early in the year.

Re: England half backs : Sun May 15, 2016 10:32 pm  

vastman wrote:

Are you for real, Ive seen him play numerous times this year and for once the feux frog is right, he's way better than any of the other names suggested - get real, I mean Gale are people actually watching the game anymore - he's Liam Finn but faster and not quite as smart.

I hear Liam Finn once KO'd Mike Tyson and Bruce Lee at the same time then when he got bored walked to the pub where he threw a 9 dart finish with only 8 darts.

Re: England half backs : Sun May 15, 2016 10:54 pm  

I actually like Lucas Gale. I rate him. But Richard Myler has to be up there in the mix, way ahead of Matthew Smith.

Re: England half backs : Mon May 16, 2016 7:33 am  

JEAN CAPDOUZE wrote:

I actually like Lucas Gale. I rate him. But Richard Myler has to be up there in the mix, way ahead of Matthew Smith.

Literally any half in any division in England must be ahead of Smith in the pecking order based on form. The first thing he needs to master is passing a ball over the distance of a yard or more without it hitting the floor or going over the mans head and then take it from there.

His confidence is totally shot.

Re: England half backs : Mon May 16, 2016 7:54 am  

So, it's Gale or Myler then.

For me, Gale has more to his game and a fair bit more guile.

Re: England half backs : Mon May 16, 2016 9:50 pm  

Cas Till I Die wrote:

:lol:

I hear Liam Finn once KO'd Mike Tyson and Bruce Lee at the same time then when he got bored walked to the pub where he threw a 9 dart finish with only 8 darts.

and then popped in a 148 break on the snooker table?

Re: England half backs : Mon May 16, 2016 10:24 pm  

Steady on - Finn has been great for us, but he's not quite Kim Jong Un.

For me it has to be Gale - from what I've seen, he is way more capable of running a game than Myler; and Smith is miles off both of them.

Re: England half backs : Mon May 16, 2016 10:44 pm  

As good as Liam Finn has been for us this season there's a reason he's playing for us and not Cas and that's because Luke Gale is in a completely different league to him.