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| Quote: Bully_Boxer "There aren't a huge amount of quality 7's around and for a club in our position right now I don't think it's an immediate area of weakness.'"
What do you think is an immediate area of weakness?
I'd probably say centre. |
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| Quote: Ferocious Aardvark "You can use statistics to try to make any point, but they never tell the full story. However I could hardly accuse you of "misleading", as you didn't actually say where you thought your stats were leading.
According to my figures, Gale only played 11 full games this season plus 2 off the bench, coming back from his main injury layoff. If you ignore his greatly disrupted season then you are simply being unfair. This is, btw, of course not to say he'd have been brilliant had he played the full season, we'll never know.
Gale's longest run without absence was 4 games in July-Aug. This ended up LWWL, the losses being the 20-26 at Wigan, where we had 8 men out, we played damn well and he did, but lost in the last second; and when we were, simply, robbed by a point after a spirited performance at home to Catalans.
As I mentioned a week or two back, of the 11 games he has played, Gale has been our MoM on 4 occasions which isn't too shabby and of course results are all-important but when you are trying to debate the perceived value/ability of a player then how he played personally is as germane as the result.'"
Some fair points which certainly balance the argument. There's no doubt, he HAS had good games but at times he looks so poor, so lack lustre and down in the mouth that he looks the worst player on the pitch. Fitness/injuries must at play but he needs a big pre-season. |
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| Quote: the inquisitor "Massive rumblings about Cummins man management or lack of it. Senior players demanding showdown talks with Omar in next few weeks.'"
Can't see Cummins getting the chop with only a year under his belt, BUT a certain ex-Bulls coach may well be looking for work before the start of next season... What are the chances of McNamara returning as assistant coach/director of rugby? A similar precedent was set when Brian Smith returned to Odsal, was it not? |
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| Quote: Exeter Rhino "Can't see Cummins getting the chop with only a year under his belt, BUT a certain ex-Bulls coach may well be looking for work before the start of next season... What are the chances of McNamara returning as assistant coach/director of rugby? A similar precedent was set when Brian Smith returned to Odsal, was it not?'"
I think most people would agree there is a very considerable difference in abilities between Mr McNamara and Mr Smith!
Even in the current financial hard times I think Mr McNamara would be unlikely to return to Odsal even if he offered to pay £1m to the club for the privilege. |
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I can't see a still youngish bloke who hasn't yet got a massive amount of coaching experience being selected as 'director of rugby', or however that job is described.
What's needed is a been there, done that, got the T-shirt mature sort of guy who is maybe tired of the day to day pressure of being head coach but is an approachable person, to whom our rookie coach can go to when he's not too sure about things or maybe feels he could do with some reassurance. Haven't we all been there, some time after taking on extra responsibilities at work?
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| Quote: Bulliac "I can't see a still youngish bloke who hasn't yet got a massive amount of coaching experience being selected as 'director of rugby', or however that job is described.'"
True, but the same could be said for the appointment of an international coach for a nation with aspirations to win a world cup.
Playing devil's advocate, if McNamara won the world cup, would all be forgotten?
After all, Brian McClennan managed good things with New Zealand before being appointed head coach at Leeds, yet he still lacked frontline coaching experience in the NRL or SL. |
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Red Amber and Black Fantasy Rugby League Champion 2012.
By far the most sensible posts on this thread have come from mystic eddie. - copyright Ewwenorfolk 09.04.2013
Aye, and Eddie is hinting at it too. And, as we all know:
Mystic Eddie has been right all along! - copyright vbfg 05.01.2017:Others/combustable.gif |
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| Quote: Ferocious Aardvark "Don't fib.'"
Who is fibbing?
Come on now FA. Your ridiculous predictions were a great source of hilarity. According to you we should have been looking down on the Catalans and Saints by now!  |
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Red Amber and Black Fantasy Rugby League Champion 2012.
By far the most sensible posts on this thread have come from mystic eddie. - copyright Ewwenorfolk 09.04.2013
Aye, and Eddie is hinting at it too. And, as we all know:
Mystic Eddie has been right all along! - copyright vbfg 05.01.2017:Others/combustable.gif |
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| Quote: Exeter Rhino " What are the chances of McNamara returning as assistant coach/director of rugby? A similar precedent was set when Brian Smith returned to Odsal, was it not?'"
Why don't you take a long walk off a short pier?  |
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Red Amber and Black Fantasy Rugby League Champion 2012.
By far the most sensible posts on this thread have come from mystic eddie. - copyright Ewwenorfolk 09.04.2013
Aye, and Eddie is hinting at it too. And, as we all know:
Mystic Eddie has been right all along! - copyright vbfg 05.01.2017:Others/combustable.gif |
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| Quote: Exeter Rhino "
Playing devil's advocate, if McNamara won the world cup, would all be forgotten?
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It is a three team tournament. A kind of glorified tri-nations. A world cup that is hardly taken seriously outwith pretty much four counties in the world.
It may improve his standing but where would he get a gig after it?
Maybe Hull FC, but that is about it. |
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| Quote: mystic eddie "It is a three team tournament. A kind of glorified tri-nations. A world cup that is hardly taken seriously outwith pretty much four counties in the world.
It may improve his standing but where would he get a gig after it?
Maybe Hull FC, but that is about it.'"
How dare you!
He will be knighted as a World Cup winning coach and retire to the after dinner circuit.
Or is that sooooooo 2003?!  |
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| Quote: mystic eddie "Who is fibbing?
Come on now FA. Your ridiculous predictions were a great source of hilarity. According to you we should have been looking down on the Catalans and Saints by now! 
Ah, but that's because it turns out there were only a couple of people who genuinely had heard something. The rest are now confirmed bluffers, as they had the chance to back up their "inside information" and prove it - and instead suddenly all went very quiet.
I look on it as a bull detector, really, and a service to the board 
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| Quote: hindle xiii "I don't think that complex code for the new signings thing took off either...'"
dont be so hasty. my code referred to a player still to be announced . |
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