: Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:20 pm  

jonh wrote:

Why do i have images of a picture of a certain Mods bedroom that was posted on here in the past?

We won't go there...

: Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:52 pm  

YICKER wrote:

and if it was micky higham well i dread to think what the commentary box would look like

Be fair, what's the likelihood of Mick Higham actually pulling off that type of pass?!

: Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:53 pm  

jonh wrote:

Why do i have images of a picture of a certain Mods bedroom that was posted on here in the past?

Haven't seen that for a while.... Dave, Lee, over to you gents

: Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:01 pm  

Mark Riddell hasn't lived upto expectations so far but a few things need to be taken into consideration-

1-he's settling into a new country

2-he's settling into a new team

3- The teams struggling for confidence

4-He's rumoured to be playing with an injury picked up on pre season

with all those things taken into consideration I can't believe that some people are so quick to stick the knife in. I learned my lesson on writing players off too soon with Pat Richards and will never fall into that trap again.

He'll come good because he has too many skills not to IMO.

: Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:18 pm  

warriorweed wrote:

The problem for the "Eddie and Stevo" generation is that they judge a performance on the one off instances of good play, eg. Micky Higham scoots 20 yards and is praised thus the Eddie and Steveo brigade follow, he knocks on, gives penalties away and generally fails to deliver quality ball to the half back which isn't mentioned in commentary and is thus deemed never to have taken place.

Riddell will probably never scoot the way that Higham does thus failing to catch the eye as much, but what he will do is do the basics well and generally have much more of a positive impact on the way that the team plays much of which will go unnoticed to the "Sky generation".

The problem with that is two fold. Firstly Eddie knows nothing about RL and second he is so biased to his "favourites" Higham, McGuire, Cullen etc is spoils his commentary.

: Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:32 pm  

I think Craig Smith would a better example of a player taking time to settle, came with a deserved big rep but didn't live up to it at first ,think he picked an ankle injury early on is wigan career as well . But unlike Richards he didn't have to play in a new position and both turned out great players for wigan , which is my hope for Riddell he can be class i remember him playing for st george and was impressed by him then .

: Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:50 pm  

captain hotknives wrote:

I think Craig Smith would a better example of a player taking time to settle, came with a deserved big rep but didn't live up to it at first ,think he picked an ankle injury early on is wigan career as well . But unlike Richards he didn't have to play in a new position and both turned out great players for wigan , which is my hope for Riddell he can be class i remember him playing for st george and was impressed by him then .

Cracking example.

Smith was very quiet for his first full season bar the odd big game because he was carrying an injury.

Once he shuck that off he was awesome.

: Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:26 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

Mark Riddell hasn't lived upto expectations so far but a few things need to be taken into consideration-

1-he's settling into a new country

2-he's settling into a new team

3- The teams struggling for confidence

4-He's rumoured to be playing with an injury picked up on pre season

with all those things taken into consideration I can't believe that some people are so quick to stick the knife in. I learned my lesson on writing players off too soon with Pat Richards and will never fall into that trap again.

He'll come good because he has too many skills not to IMO.

Thanks someone with some brains. Most people struggle at first when they go abroad into any job, it must be even harder in sport with new people and teamates around you. Seriously how many players walk into a team from overseas and make a difference straight away?

: Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:56 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

Mark Riddell hasn't lived upto expectations so far but a few things need to be taken into consideration-

1-he's settling into a new country

2-he's settling into a new team

3- The teams struggling for confidence

4-He's rumoured to be playing with an injury picked up on pre season

with all those things taken into consideration I can't believe that some people are so quick to stick the knife in. I learned my lesson on writing players off too soon with Pat Richards and will never fall into that trap again.

He'll come good because he has too many skills not to IMO.

5) His kench is bigger than mine.

: Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:07 pm  

MattyB wrote:

5) His kench is bigger than mine.

Riddell is almost anorexic in comparison to how big he's been in the past at the minute

He does make us fans look good though.