Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Sep 11, 2013 8:59 pm  

Has Tony Clubb signed yet?

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Sep 11, 2013 9:17 pm  

Geoff wrote:

There are a lot of reasons for the lack of tries, I think, but one major one has to be the relatively high value of penalty and drop goals.

I agree with you, a try is worth 5/7 points and a penalty 3 it's madness considering the amount of penalties given away, most teams rightly focus heavily on winning the "forward battle" which results in penalties and thus 3 points. Union games appear to be so heavily decided by the forwards ability to perform the technical requirements not actual ball movement and creativity among the backs. For example a team can knock on "win the scrum" resulting in a penalty and gain 3 points, what other sport can a team gain points from their own error?

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Sep 11, 2013 10:33 pm  

Allez wrote:

Don't panic Ti. You have an excellent youth recruitment policy in place with Powell already snared and young Matt Bowen on the way along with Eddie Petulengro. Adequate replacements for Bunnykins and Mossop don't you think? You should be very encouraged indeed.

You couldn't make it up.

Saints sign Kyle Amor, and that's all it takes to give one of them the Dutch courage to finally show his sneaky little face.

Crawl back to your hole, you unimpressive wimp.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Sep 12, 2013 7:24 am  

Cruncher wrote:

You couldn't make it up.

Saints sign Kyle Amor, and that's all it takes to give one of them the Dutch courage to finally show his sneaky little face.

Crawl back to your hole, you unimpressive wimp.

Maybe if clowns like you stopped biting, people would stop having fun winding you up so much. Just a thought.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Sep 12, 2013 7:55 am  

NickyKiss wrote:

I actually think Tomkins would be very average in Union.

Correct. Catching ability isn't good enough to play fullback. Too creative to play fly half. Not big enough to play centre.

Running around trying to find a gap might work in RL but it won't in RU. You can't lose contact with your pack or you lose the ball.



Regards Union, I've been impressed with how Andy Powell is always looking for the offload (presumably as he is used to keeping the ball on his side in the tackle) if we can get one of the halves to follow him we have a good move there.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Sep 12, 2013 8:19 am  

The Yellow Giraffe wrote:

Maybe if clowns like you stopped biting, people would stop having fun winding you up so much. Just a thought.

The old 'biting' thing again. Is that really the best you can come up with?

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Sep 12, 2013 11:55 am  

NickyKiss wrote:

More space in Union? Where?

There isn't room to breath around the middle of the field and the ball hardly ever reaches the edges. They can pretend they're enjoying themselves all they like but players like Joel and Eastmond must be bored to tears. The money's great and they may become famous but their enjoyment on the field can't be the same.

I actually think Tomkins would be very average in Union.

Is this a joke? It's a forwards game, each time a ruck or maul is formed it can take up the entire pack leaving only the backs out wide.
Secondly, with more kicking the game is more open as there is no line pre-set like there is in league, which creates far more room, the line in open play is often broke.

Hence more room.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Sep 12, 2013 11:56 am  

21-12 wrote:

Worlds worst rumour 2013.

I think us signing Tate and Thurston tops that.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Sep 12, 2013 12:45 pm  

Cruncher wrote:

:lol:

The old 'biting' thing again. Is that really the best you can come up with?

Just trying to help you. You're moaning about Allez and his trolling, but yet you respond to him. All I'm saying is that if you don't respond, he/she may not be so quick to go fishing again next time. It isn't difficult.

[Pemps]

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Sep 12, 2013 2:28 pm  

Last Son of Wigan wrote:

I think us signing Tate and Thurston tops that.

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