A chronic turd of a human being, going to a damp tampon of a club. F*** em both
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Yes because Lomax never threatens the line. None of his 21 (3 more than anyone else) try assists last year were from line breaks or from taking the ball to the line before passing. Ridiculous. Eastmond at his very best in rugby league was nowhere near the level Lomax is at now and he’s spent the last 10 years getting bulkier, slower and passing/kicking less. Having watched him struggle to adapt to the game at Bath, make no impression at Wasps and then look useless in the worst Leicester team for 30 years i think it’s safe to say that ‘spark’ is gone.
Forwards win games. The backs decide by how much.
Comparisons between Lomax and Eastmond
Brilliant.
Lomax has been integral to our team for the last few years, and getting gigs in the recent international scene. There is absolutely no way I would want Eastmond over him. Lomax's resilience, mental attitude and quite simply, toughness, make him stand out, and that's without even getting into his playing ability.
Sometimes in sport some sad things happen and the Eastmond saga i include in this , i used to go watching the young academy and when i went for a pint people would talk about Saints players , i would say we have a young kid coming through who is going to be a hell of a player EAstmond is the lads name . I should have been right but everone knows what happened next.
Its an easy target. But I think ultimately, most people understand professional athletes chasing higher wages ect.
It just becomes an issue when the athlete in question doesnt show loyalty to their current club.
For the Fans, the club is everything. So when they think a athlete is disrespectful to their club, it feels personal.
So the easiest thing to target is money.
*edit.
My phone didnt load properly so I realise the original quote has been answered many times
I can't think of a single RL player ever, who left to play RU and then returned to RL as a better improved player than before they originally left. Most return as shadows of themselves. You only have to look at players such as Iestyn Harris, and Lee Smith as clear examples. Even former NRL players like Money Bill Williams and Lote Tuquiri who went to Union and then came back to League, were nowhere near as good as the players they once were.
Leeds mustn't have much faith in their current academy players coming through.
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Just seen the news
I just wanna see him get smashed by the saints.
lestyn Harris, Lee Smith, Joel Tomkins, Chev Walker, Henry Paul, Sam Burgess (off the top of my head) all returned from yawnion half the player that they were previously.
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I'm not so sure. Even if Wane decides to exclude Hastings & Austen, at the moment if I was picking the side my halves would be Gale & Williams. The utility on the interchange would be between Widdop, Lomax and now potentially Eastmond. I also think he will make Leeds' 17 and as others have said, Myler, Gale, Eastmond isn't bad for them. Plus Dwyer/Leeming at 9 as well.
I don't think what I've said is 'ridiculous' Wee Waa, do you want to present Lomax's stats at international level? Playing at full back or in the halves? At centre even. Don't get me wrong, Lomax is a very good SL player who has done very well for Saints for the last couple of years, though I think it's fair to say Lomax hasn't pulled up any trees at that level. I do not watch union and so can't comment on what Eastmond has done in that code. Let's see what he can do now he's back in RL, as per my original comments when the news broke. To be clear, I think the attributes I said he had (footwork, acceleration and ability to bust out of tackles) were superior to those of Lomax when they played together or that Lomax has ever demonstrated. So if he does still have it, he could very well play international level again and perhaps at the expense of Lomax.
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STEVO
Obviously being a Leigh fan I have no reason to dislike Eastmond. But like Greg Inglis, I'll be interested to see how he performs in Super League 2021. But when he is up against Blake Wallace & Joe Mellor when he plays us, he'll be anonymous.