Re: Squad for Leigh : Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:31 pm  

Pie_Eyter wrote:

Are you still waffling on? I ignored the comment this morning as you clearly have no idea what a hate crime is and because i haven't responded you have gone in again 'son'

If you think it's a hate crime, report me to the police. They will laugh as much as i did when i read it. It's not 1950 you know, people don't walk around with bowler hats and suits on calling each other 'old chap' If you don't like what you read then ignore it as i did with yours and i am sure others on this board ignored my comments. You are fully entitled to disagree of course and i don't have an issue with you personally. You are a good poster and have been for years but i have a different opinion to you, You think it was ok, i don't. I had fully intended on toning it down, i'd said what i thought, that opinion hasn't changed and won't. It was reckless and deliberate intent was put on injuring a player. You didn't need to go in again to tell me twice so i will say this :- I do and say what i want, when i want, don't like it? sod off back on the Leigh board then.

To be fair, there really was no need for this.

Pie_Eyter wrote:
He is a bit of an animal really isn't he.

I don't think i have ever said this in my life about any player in any sport but i really, really hope Asiata is the victim of a really bad injury from a bad tackle. And i think he will be. He has put a huge target on his back now everybody knows what he has been doing is deliberate and i hope somebody takes him out.

Ok, so it falls short of hate crime. The right word is malevolent.

Synonyms of malevolent
malicious.
vicious.
cruel.
hateful.
nasty.
malignant.
spiteful.
bad.

Yes, It really did touch a nerve when i read your post, which i thought was unnecessary and OTT.

i'll leave it there.

Re: Squad for Leigh : Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:58 pm  

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Re: Squad for Leigh : Sun Jul 30, 2023 4:07 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

I’ve seen a few negative comments about Byrnes performance on various platforms but I thought it was much improved. He ran with much more vigour and looked motivated. The arrival of Dupree seemed to spark him and with Havard due back, he’ll need to continue improving.

He did run it in harder on a couple of occasions but it wasn't consistent. More importantly he was way too passive in defence (again) which contributed to 2 of their tries and I think this is where the bulk of the criticism is aimed.

I said previously that it looks like 'burn out' to me. He's shouldered a lot of the burden of our missing props this year. However, it is up to the coaching staff to handle this and I don't think they are, albeit possibly more out of necessity rather than anything else.

He needs to be better. That's the simple truth. Whether that will come through time out, a kick up the backside or something else I don't know. The solution needs finding though as, at the moment, he isn't justifying his position of starting prop.

Re: Squad for Leigh : Sun Jul 30, 2023 4:35 pm  

Cokey wrote:

That's hatred at least. That's going a bit too far.

Tone it down a bit mate.

Not in my book but I’m old school, each to their own.

Re: Squad for Leigh : Sun Jul 30, 2023 6:41 pm  

Pie_Eyter wrote:

And if Dupree had suffered the same fate as the saints lads everyone would have been condoning it. He needs stopping. If he can't tackle, he should try another sport.

And, no im not. Sorry dear. Didn't know he had, i don't involve myself with anti-social media if thats where it is. The police are very welcome to check the I.P address of any of my devices.

He’s an NRL GF winner, pretty sure after all these years his ability and tackling technique are fine, does not for one iota strike me as a player who would purposely go out to hurt anybody

Well he has, tongue in cheek about it being you - although your wishing of him or anybody else harm makes you a by far worse person than he is

Re: Squad for Leigh : Sun Jul 30, 2023 6:53 pm  

ColD wrote:

He’s an NRL GF winner, pretty sure after all these years his ability and tackling technique are fine, does not for one iota strike me as a player who would purposely go out to hurt anybody

Well he has, tongue in cheek about it being you - although your wishing of him or anybody else harm makes you a by far worse person than he is

Well said Col.

Re: Squad for Leigh : Sun Jul 30, 2023 8:41 pm  

Just saw the TV highlights of the game - Wigan's first try was as good as it gets. Beautiful team try.

Re: Squad for Leigh : Mon Jul 31, 2023 8:27 am  

Phuzzy wrote:

He did run it in harder on a couple of occasions but it wasn't consistent. More importantly he was way too passive in defence (again) which contributed to 2 of their tries and I think this is where the bulk of the criticism is aimed.

I said previously that it looks like 'burn out' to me. He's shouldered a lot of the burden of our missing props this year. However, it is up to the coaching staff to handle this and I don't think they are, albeit possibly more out of necessity rather than anything else.

He needs to be better. That's the simple truth. Whether that will come through time out, a kick up the backside or something else I don't know. The solution needs finding though as, at the moment, he isn't justifying his position of starting prop.

He was a bit unlucky with the first try as Smithies was called offside by the ref and left a gap.

Re: Squad for Leigh : Mon Jul 31, 2023 10:36 am  

Simba16 wrote:

He was a bit unlucky with the first try as Smithies was called offside by the ref and left a gap.

Yes, I saw that on rewatching it yesterday. I do feel he could have been less passive though. The second one was wholly his fault as he didn't number up and bit in to the outside man leaving a huge gap.

That said, he definitely tried harder on Saturday and ran with more purpose. I think I was a little guilty of being negative towards him after recent displays. I still think he would benefit from some time out though as he tends to switch on and off a little too easily.

Re: Squad for Leigh : Mon Jul 31, 2023 11:03 am  

Phuzzy wrote:

Yes, I saw that on rewatching it yesterday. I do feel he could have been less passive though. The second one was wholly his fault as he didn't number up and bit in to the outside man leaving a huge gap.

That said, he definitely tried harder on Saturday and ran with more purpose. I think I was a little guilty of being negative towards him after recent displays. I still think he would benefit from some time out though as he tends to switch on and off a little too easily.

I wonder if he was told about holding the line and not shooting out looking to put shots on. He has looked passive ever since the Wakey away game and in that game and ones before, I’d noticed him flying out of the line hunting for players but that seems to have been shelved. He looks to have gone from one extreme to the other but I think it all ties in with your point about a rest. I think he needs a couple of weeks out when the chance arises, just to freshen him up. Every player hits a dip at some point and I think he’ll be fine in the long run.