: Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:44 am  

A unknown superstar wrote:

I was to hear last night that Cullen said he doesn't think R. Horne is good defensively? He's the best defensive HB in the league imo.

Whilst I think he's made more errors this year in defence than normal I put it down to him having been out for a long time and needing to get back up to speed. Generally he's been outstanding in defence for a HB during his career.

: Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:50 am  

Standee wrote:

Not at all, everyone is entitled to their opinion, well, apart from fc baldy!

: Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:56 am  

Staffs FC wrote:

Whilst I think he's made more errors this year in defence than normal I put it down to him having been out for a long time and needing to get back up to speed. Generally he's been outstanding in defence for a HB during his career.

Theres no doubting he hasn't been at his best and like you say I think this is because he was out for so long. But even still the way he is defending now which is not like his usual best. I stil think he is better than most in the league.

: Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:00 am  

Staffs FC wrote:

Whilst I think he's made more errors this year in defence than normal I put it down to him having been out for a long time and needing to get back up to speed. Generally he's been outstanding in defence for a HB during his career.

I'd take Cullen's words with a pinch of salt TBH. I don't think a coach who's side consistently conceded over 700 points a season in SL is in any position to comment on the defensive aspect of the game.

: Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:05 am  

carl_spackler wrote:

I don't think Cullen's in any position to comment on the game.

for accuracy

: Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:07 am  

Standee wrote:

Not at all, everyone is entitled to their opinion, well, apart from fc baldy!

Carefull.......

: Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:15 am  

Standee wrote:

for accuracy

Although to be fair, I do think he's a better coach than he's painted to be, particularly in terms of attacking rugby.

: Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:28 am  

carl_spackler wrote:

:lol:

Although to be fair, I do think he's a better coach than he's painted to be, particularly in terms of attacking rugby.

We can't really judge him, it's not as if anyone has enjoyed success at Wire for some time, he just spouts a load of guff!

: Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:59 am  

knocker norton wrote:

I believe that had we gone 12 points ahead we would have won the game. Castleford would have had to score 3 times to WIN the game and that makes a difference IMO. Maybe justified the decision to run rather then take the 2 as well!

We just couldnt kill the game and Cas were always kept within striking difference and played that way.

Also Horne has kicked plenty of drop goals before to justify putting himself in that position...rubbish effort though.

Maybe. We do still seem to have plenty of mental lapses though where we struggle to kill teams off or concede silly points. We look sharper in attack than all last season put together but need to stay switched on for the full 80.

: Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:30 pm  

Horne has consistently missed lots of tackles. He probably makes more than any other 1/2 back in SL so he's bound to miss a % of them