The Rumours Thread

[thebigredv]

If Val hadnt lost his kicking mojo we are Top4, im hurting as much as anyone but in a competition as tight and elite as this, to be scoring more tries than ur opponents means u r doing something right... to still lose those games off the back of kicking is so cruel.

I see this point I really do. Holmes has been off with the boot terribly and Lomax was one of the best in this department.

The coach has had this team up for all but one of the games. He would be fuming and ruing what might have been more than anyone.

In such a tight competition it sucks we have lost 4 opportunities we had to through various means, not just Holmes' boot. In such a comp it's unlikely we will get that many more chances to make up for 4 tight losses. Love how we are seeing the youth but the experience we have brought in is not doing its job - get us home in the tight ones. Something we are very used to by now anyway.

I guess I would have settled for 2/4 but instead we have nothing to show...that's going to catch up with us end of the season. Hence the doom and gloom.

 

[KingFlanno7]

So many excuses. If anyone thinks we deserve to be a top 4 team give yourself an uppercut honestly. No wonder the club is where it's at when people still defend rubbish results with poor excuses any team on any given day could use.

 

[hook hook]

So many excuses. If anyone thinks we deserve to be a top 4 team give yourself an uppercut honestly. No wonder the club is where it's at when people still defend rubbish results with poor excuses any team on any given day could use.

when has anyone ever said we were a top 4 team? Not a single person has said that. You bag people for having positive or even neutral outlooks, if anyone is not death riding like you, they're delusional. So, the one deserving of an uppercut is you, my friend

 

[redVinme]

a hug from a young age probably would have gone down better. Shown to help negate personality disorders

 

[shiloh dc]

What is noticeable with Holmes's goalkicking is that his follow through is not as straight as it was say during the trials. For those two trial games he had a straight follow through. In recent games he appears to be stabbing at the ball or pulling his follow through.

 

[Dragon David]

What is noticeable with Holmes's goalkicking is that his follow through is not as straight as it was say during the trials. For those two trial games he had a straight follow through. In recent games he appears to be stabbing at the ball or pulling his follow through.

I'm sure he has been working on his kicking. Maybe his kicking leg, which is the one he fractured when at the Cowboys, is beginning to succumb to some stresses and he his favouring it when he tries to follow through?

A lot of our tries have been scored out wide so you'd think that he has had plenty of practise to convert them. Lomax went off with his goal kicking for a bit last year at the start but came really good for us and the SOO games.

 

[KingFlanno7]

when has anyone ever said we were a top 4 team? Not a single person has said that. You bag people for having positive or even neutral outlooks, if anyone is not death riding like you, they're delusional. So, the one deserving of an uppercut is you, my friend

Go back through and have a read you pelican.

 

[Stan Gorton 2511]

I was there mate. 11yo at the SCG wearing my RedVee jersey (no 1).

So was I 10 years old - no Chang that day no one could kick goals

 

[The Word]

Go back through and have a read you pelican.

Mate at the end of the day there are a lot of people on here who are genuinely interested in debating various aspects of the team, the coach, the games, the pathways etc etc. It's nice to read differing opinions and thoughts about all of these different parts of being a supporter without having to defend your position as either a Flanagan hater or a Flanagan supporter.

Unfortunately what happens with your continuous posts is that it drags every single discussion back to the same battle ground that you seem to want to get stuck into, which is basically get rid of the coach. I don't know why you feel the need to repeat this over and over but I can tell you that the constant moving of the discussion across multiple threads back to the same boring argument that you and others like I'm Hornby seem to need to do makes it a seriously depressing discussion group and stops people from being bothered to give their opinion.
I'm saying this to you as a human being, hoping that you can understand what I'm getting at. You are entitled to your opinion about the coach, but when you shout it from the rooftops as often as you do, you make these discussions an unpleasant experience for a lot of people.

 

[ground zero]

Iamhornby is Ben Hunt and Kingflanno7 is Slomax

 

[TheRev]

I said we would be in the Top 4 (which we would on wins and losses as the comp is so even right now).

What seems to have been taken out instead was that im indicating we are genuinely one of the Top 4 teams in the NRL.. which obviously we are not.. I would rank our squad as 17/17.. which is again why its so impressive that we have been able to do what we have done.. and why goalkicking has hurt us so badly.. we should have been riding some real positivity.

 

[KingFlanno7]

If you don't like my opinion or anyone elses just press the ignore button. I guess some can't help themselves though bloody palookas

 

[redVinme]

 

[maestro1]

Why do people lie about such easily verifiable information?

We won six agains 5-2 and it was 1-2 at half time. We also won the penalty count 7-6 and it was 4-4 at half time.

I was at the game and in the first half we had no possession and we were all commenting on how many 6 agains went against us. There was also the 3 warriors dropped balls that Liam Kennedy said Knock back and the 2 strip balls penalties. You might think that the stats verify it but your quoted stats don't seem correct. The crowd I sat with were counting all the 6 agains in the first half and they were significant. Yes they evened up but they gassed us and that is why we went into half time losing. A lie is saying something you say knowing it is incorrect. If you don't know it is incorrect, it can't be a lie. I'd be careful having full faith in those stats you quoted for the period prior to halftime.

 

[qld redvee]

I was at the game and in the first half we had no possession and we were all commenting on how many 6 agains went against us. There was also the 3 warriors dropped balls that Liam Kennedy said Knock back and the 2 strip balls penalties. You might think that the stats verify it but your quoted stats don't seem correct. The crowd I sat with were counting all the 6 agains in the first half and they were significant. Yes they evened up but they gassed us and that is why we went into half time losing. A lie is saying something you say knowing it is incorrect. If you don't know it is incorrect, it can't be a lie. I'd be careful having full faith in those stats you quoted for the period prior to halftime.

Maestro, I have also noticed in other games that 6 agains seem more than stats show NOT just in saints games

 

[Hound of Dracula]

If you don't like my opinion or anyone elses just press the ignore button. I guess some can't help themselves though bloody palookas

I've had your alter ego 'I'm Hornby' on ignore for over a year.

A frigging broken record with an inability to concede anything positive
Gutless wonder never contributes after a win.
I've enjoyed this forum much more since doing so.

I can still view his posts, if I wish - I just don't unless I see someone giving him a serve via reply.
Makes me laugh!

You have become an intolerable bore! Ramming the same hate down everyone's throat on every thread. Your criticisms are bitter, harsh, uncompromising, abusive & insulting.

You are an extremely unpleasant human being!

I'm going to take your advice and place you on ignore and would encourage every like minded member to do the same.

We'll leave you and I'm Hornby to your own private love-fest! (Bloody Wankers)

 

[Chook99]

I've had your alter ego 'I'm Hornby' on ignore for over a year.

A frigging broken record with an inability to concede anything positive
Gutless wonder never contributes after a win.
I've enjoyed this forum much more since doing so.

I can still view his posts, if I wish - I just don't unless I see someone giving him a serve via reply.
Makes me laugh!

You have become an intolerable bore! Ramming the same hate down everyone's throat on every thread. Your criticisms are bitter, harsh, uncompromising, abusive & insulting.

You are an extremely unpleasant contributor!

I'm going to take your advice and place you on ignore and would encourage every like minded members to do the same.

We'll leave you and I'm Hornby to your own private love-fest! (Bloody Wankers)

I agree. If everyone ignored the posts then we'd not have an inkling that they were there.

 

[mattw5]

I've had your alter ego 'I'm Hornby' on ignore for over a year.

A frigging broken record with an inability to concede anything positive
Gutless wonder never contributes after a win.
I've enjoyed this forum much more since doing so.

I can still view his posts, if I wish - I just don't unless I see someone giving him a serve via reply.
Makes me laugh!

You have become an intolerable bore! Ramming the same hate down everyone's throat on every thread. Your criticisms are bitter, harsh, uncompromising, abusive & insulting.

You are an extremely unpleasant human being!

I'm going to take your advice and place you on ignore and would encourage every like minded member to do the same.

We'll leave you and I'm Hornby to your own private love-fest! (Bloody Wankers)

I have asked both of them numerous times who they think should coach… crickets everytime.

 

[SnowDragon]

I mate Heard on the radio this morning, not confirmed officially, Atkinson to Dragons, Outside back from Dragons to Sharks. Latu to Bulldogs with a unamed Dogs player (Wilson) to Dragons.

either way some exchange being looked at.

 

[Hound of Dracula]

I have asked both of them numerous times who they think should coach… crickets everytime.

Don't bother mattw5 - No point

In fact - I don't know why - but neither Knob end has engaged me when I challenge their views

Ignore! - Its quite a cool de-stressing tool