sorry if it's been said earlier - i only skim read this thread

As Bluey said, the reason they took so long was purely precautionary. When someone gets knocked out cold they lose the ability to stick an arm out and break their fall so there's theoretically a chance of a spinal injury, and obviously they have no idea until he comes round properly...

It's been a long day and TBH I just can't be ar[size=100s[/sizeed rising to your bait tonight Gareth.

Hence why you have your dick out.

Less predictable than you being one of the ones slagging a player.

I would agree. I had concerns regarding Halls handling abilities which were justified at the time. However he has worked hard on the weak areas of his game to the extent that he is now one of the very top wingers in SL. I even forgive him his lapse against Hull KR!

Were any of those quotes from me G1? They certainly reflect my opinion of Hall when he first came onto the scene, he was hit and miss, regularly out of position (often looking for the intercept) and hadn't had an opportunity to show his pace. There were some flashes of excellence, such as a long range try away at Huddersfield in 2008 from a tap restart, where he left the defence trailing.

I'll happily hold my hand up and say that I underestimated how good Hall would be, by quite a long way, and I'm delighted to be wrong. However such instances are not going to stop me voicing my opinion of a player in the present, because that's what this board is for.
Oh and you can add JJB to the list of players that I've woefully underestimated in the past, I know I won't be alone in that though!