Yup

David is just thick.



See my comments re David above.

It applies to you too.

Did someone say something?

Danny you are entitled to your opinion - this is a free board.

Lots of things I may be bit thick certainly isn't one of them.

It was obvious to me and many others as far back as April that McClennan was a serious coach - better than Smith IMO. You and Gareth - it appears to me - judge coaches on trophies won - that is your perogative.

Why:
I got to games to be entertained and to see top players performing to their potential. Under Smith I always felt they were stifled/controlled. McClennan seemed to release the shackles and let the players display the great skills they have. Some of the rugby they played - Wakey away, Hull away, Bulls at Cardiff, Huddersfield away was simply scintillating - far removed from the negative yet winning stuff under Smith.

Another thing for me was the number of halves they went without conceeding a try - this included the WCC they would be near 20 for the year (TVOC can you help) that shows great desire and team spirit - something I would have thought both you and Gareth would have appreciated.

Finally all this done without a centre and a host of injuries the likes of which Smith never encountered. That to me is some achievement and is one of the reasons McClennan gets more latitude from me than Smith - because as a supporter McClennan has delivered on so many more levels than Smith ever did.

Touchy, aren't we - given that at no point did I respond to you or your message and views by your actual name?

Oh, and try to leave the ad honinem mummy stuff alone, it just makes you look even more sad and desperate. Daddy wouldn't be proud.

come on gents i think you mean, ad hominem.

[sizeyou pair of bickering retards.[/size

Development of players, structures and the club as a whole would seem to me to be a basis to judge success - will the club be a better place for having McClennan as head coach surely that is the acid test? His record year 1 is superior to Smith's does that make him a better coach? not sure about that - they are different.

Smith is obviously a very talented coach so if he doesn't win the WC will that make him a poor coach? of course not if the team perform to their potential that is all he can do.

I don't think you and Gareth had it in for McClennan what I do think is you put Smith on such a high pedestal and used his winning two GFs to justify a whole host of baiting. For McClennan to eclipse Smith would simply not suit your either of your agendas. IMO your defence of Smith has done neither of you any favours nor has the personal insults that you have both been using on this thread.

You are both intelligent posters who make a host a interesting and valid points but no one is right 100% of the time?

Do you have any idea what this represents? 10.001953125:10