BBARL6 wrote:
Unfortunately to be honest i dont think Neither of the Bulls player deserves a place after the way they played against the Kiwis.

BBARL6 wrote:
Agree that some of the othe players look out of place also, but when you get once chance to impress for a place you need to put your body and soul in to your performance, forget everyone else. Langley far too slow in both attack and defence at that level and Sykes, he needs to remember how to complete a tackle, his defence at the moment is terrible. Ok hes not a winger, but even someone with his experience should not have been caught out wide as many times as he did.

Bev wrote:
Smith would impress me more if he looked at the person he is talking to rather than gazing around as if looking for divine intervention. I'm sure it's a lack of confidence rather than rudeness but it needs addressing. At least every sentance doesn't contain ' at this moment in time, like his assistant!

Bev wrote:
Smith would impress me more if he looked at the person he is talking to rather than gazing around as if looking for divine intervention. I'm sure it's a lack of confidence rather than rudeness but it needs addressing. At least every sentance doesn't contain ' at this moment in time, like his assistant!

Adey wrote:
Thank god we can't pin a very very very embarrassing world cup on a Bulls player...they only played in the dead rubber match and even had they played well they wouldn't have got another chance. Wilkin, Sinfield, Gardener & Wellens, total jokes!

spanglishbull.uk wrote:
Once again another terrible display,we cannot perform even the simple basics, Its no good just blaming the coaches,the players in this country are simply not up to the standard required to play at this level,somebody earlier said that most of these players are good enough to play in the N.R.L. can anybody name anyone who would command a regular first team place out of this lot, No I thought not

haitch wrote:

spanglishbull.uk wrote: Once again another terrible display,we cannot perform even the simple basics, Its no good just blaming the coaches,the players in this country are simply not up to the standard required to play at this level,somebody earlier said that most of these players are good enough to play in the N.R.L. can anybody name anyone who would command a regular first team place out of this lot, No I thought not

You are right s/bull and you are stating the obvious. Does anyone have the answer as to why were not goog enough?.

haitch wrote:
You are teaching your Granny how to suck eggs on that one Gumshoe as I lived in Sydney for 8 years!. All of what you say is true with the exception of their overseas playes. Don't forget their game is littered with players from NZ, Fiji, Tonga and PNG. You could say RL is the National game over there as Soccer is here hence the huge sponsorship and National backing. Gumshoe, I wonder what the effect would be on the gates in this country would be if we banned overseas players and were asked to go and watch a bunch of kids being blooded?. I reckon gates would plummet and then our better players would have to go to Aus to earn a decent wage. My opinion is that we must keep club level Rugby as strong as possible and find a way forward from there. If the National team suffers perhaps we should accept we can't afford to worry about it. We can never be like Ausssie because sports sponsorship in this country will always go to Soccer and Union and a host of other sports before League.

haitch wrote:
You are teaching your Granny how to suck eggs on that one Gumshoe as I lived in Sydney for 8 years!. All of what you say is true with the exception of their overseas playes. Don't forget their game is littered with players from NZ, Fiji, Tonga and PNG. You could say RL is the National game over there as Soccer is here hence the huge sponsorship and National backing. Gumshoe, I wonder what the effect would be on the gates in this country would be if we banned overseas players and were asked to go and watch a bunch of kids being blooded?. I reckon gates would plummet and then our better players would have to go to Aus to earn a decent wage. My opinion is that we must keep club level Rugby as strong as possible and find a way forward from there. If the National team suffers perhaps we should accept we can't afford to worry about it. We can never be like Ausssie because sports sponsorship in this country will always go to Soccer and Union and a host of other sports before League.

Gumshoe wrote:

haitch wrote: You are teaching your Granny how to suck eggs on that one Gumshoe as I lived in Sydney for 8 years!. All of what you say is true with the exception of their overseas playes. Don't forget their game is littered with players from NZ, Fiji, Tonga and PNG. You could say RL is the National game over there as Soccer is here hence the huge sponsorship and National backing. Gumshoe, I wonder what the effect would be on the gates in this country would be if we banned overseas players and were asked to go and watch a bunch of kids being blooded?. I reckon gates would plummet and then our better players would have to go to Aus to earn a decent wage. My opinion is that we must keep club level Rugby as strong as possible and find a way forward from there. If the National team suffers perhaps we should accept we can't afford to worry about it. We can never be like Ausssie because sports sponsorship in this country will always go to Soccer and Union and a host of other sports before League.

Haitch. I meant overseas as in players from these shores pal. I am not sure they would plummet to be honest. I think it would help us get back to the 'grass routes' rugby we all love and it may bring us a new Farrell or Hanley in the process. Sadly we do not have the backing and support from the powers that be and financial backing and exposure given to other sports and the question always asked is why? IMO it is a vicious circle. Backers and TV will not give it airtime and finances because the game is not as well known as Union, however, we will not get the game up to the level-par with Union unless given the above, we cant win. I believe we should get a few of the big wigs in sport along to a grand final at OT or challenge cup final to see the game, passion, skill, power and speed of the teams and players, the massive mix of not only team supporters but supporters of rugby league in general and see that it is a quality sport that can grow with support and exposure. I do think we need to cut down on the overseas to 2 or 3 three per club and get the likes of RL Raw back on screens as well as highlights of weeks games on primetime on Saturdays and repeated Sundays like they do with footy, snooker, racing etc

Tricky Dicky wrote:
Positive discrimination in favour of homegrown talent is doomed to failure in the same way it has failed in other parts of the world and in other environments e.g. Malysian Education, Bradford Council jobs. It creates a false competition base. If we want to compete globally with the best then we have to have as many of the best as we need in our national competitions. If our local talent is good enough then, eventually, they will reduce the need for expensive overseas talent. But, if you want protectionism then accept that we will never be able to compete internationally. It's a case of the cake and eating it.