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| Quote LS16_Rhino="LS16_Rhino"We really need to sign a top draw player now.
Hull KR have signed Willie Mason – like him or loathe him he’ll put s on seats.
Come Millennium Magic I’ll be looking forward more to see Mason play than I will Cross.'"
But I bet Cross achieves more for you in 2011 than Mason will for them.
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| Quote Adeybull="Adeybull"But I bet Cross achieves more for you in 2011 than Mason will for them.
IMO you made the better signing.'"
Careful any positive comments about Cross are heavily frowned upon round here...AP (sorry Keith Whatever) will have you labeled as a Hetherington lover entirely incapable of independent thought  |
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| Quote tvoc="tvoc"Crooks had some good games for Leeds and some not so good games and that was reflected throughout the side so wasn't particularly player specific but (and there's always a but) he was quite outstanding at Hull (who he clearly loved to play for) and seemed to go pretty well at Castleford after he left Leeds. Therein lays the disappointment of his time at Headingley.
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| Quote Omar Little="Omar Little"Given the fee Leeds paid that statement is exactly why I'd never class Crooks as a successful signing (i.e. he never really performed to his full potential/ability while at Leeds but did before and after)'"
I remember clearly watching Crooks in the yorkshire cup tie against Hull at Headingley. We were losing at half time and Crooks was really poor, clearly not wanting to play against them, and got some stick. We won the game in the end and Crooks was absolutely immense in that second half. |
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4th June 1987.
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As a leeds player Crooks was, overall, a massive disappointment with a few good moments in between.
He never got near the standards he set at Hull (think of a young Sam Burgess who could goal kick and pass) and even though his time at Cas was better than at Leeds the ale had taken it's effects and he was never the same from the moment he left Hull. Shame really.
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I'd actually argue he was as good at Cas as he was at Hull, but in a slightly different style.
He was a more mature, physically developed player at Cas who was an out and out front-rower with excellent hands and a good offload game, rather than the running game he had in his younger days when he emerged as a back-rower at Hull.
Both versions however were superior to the disinterested lump he was for large parts of his time at Leeds...
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| Quote Andy Gilder="Andy Gilder"
Both versions however were superior to the disinterested lump he was for large parts of his time at Leeds...'" I concur. |
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| Quote Gotcha="Gotcha"I remember clearly watching Crooks in the yorkshire cup tie against Hull at Headingley. We were losing at half time and Crooks was really poor, clearly not wanting to play against them, and got some stick. We won the game in the end and Crooks was absolutely immense in that second half.'"
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| Quote Norman Stanley Fletcher="Norman Stanley Fletcher"4th June 1987.'"
What about it? Or am I being a bit dim.
Quote Norman Stanley Fletcher="Era of the Biff"Was that when Backo went over under/next to the sticks to win it?'"
I think the reference is to another Yorkshire Cup (1st round) game V Hull at Headingley, when Crooks eventually contributed a try and 6 goals in a comeback 28-24 win once he'd got over his reluctance to play. My other major recollection from that game was that it was Peter Tunks' Leeds debut (another try scorer that day) and that he was a big ba5tard after he walked off the cricket pitch during the pre game warm up.
It was the season before the Backo game and Backo moment that made his journey over worthwhile. Pure joy. |
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| Quote Era of the Biff="Era of the Biff"Was that when Backo went over under/next to the sticks to win it?'"
That was a great night and great days! SS full of fc fans! no bother! it was a cold night(i think)
I remember it been half way between the sticks and the touch line to right as you face the western terrace. perhaps slightly nearer the touch line. |
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