Quote ="sally cinnamon"Why do people have this stupid hate for Gary Schofield?
Yes he is opinionated but so what? People read messageboards to read outrageous opinions of anonymous people who have never played the game, what's wrong with reading some strong opinions from one of the greats of the game?
A lot of Schoey's opinions are in tune with the average RL fan. It always amuses me that on these messageboards you get people saying there's too many overseas players in the game, various players in the England team are overrated, we need to have more flair in the game instead of just being mechanical, which is the type of stuff Schoey says...but as soon as Schoey's name is mentioned everybody hates him!
I expect its just a legacy of fans who remember him as a player and didn't like him in his playing days....exactly the same as all those non Wigan fans react with disgust at the mention of Shaun Edwards.'"
Because he is a bitter gobe. Just see the Man of steel dinner argument with Sam Tomkins for a prime example.