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Tony Rea is a good man who has tried to do great things for RL in London, but a Super League Head Coach he is not.
Even when London had some very good squads, his record was mediocre. However, given their current situation, it's hard to imagine this move having a truly beneficial impact.
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| Quote: JEAN CAPDOUZE "
Gower's on field leadership was continually undermined by Tony Rea, who also selected several players who should not have been selected (e.g. O'Callaghan).'"
I liked it when you constantly referred to him as "Anthony Rea AKA TONY RAY" in every post, like he had some sort of shouty alter-ego who could only write his name in capital letters.
Anyway, Rea going will achieve nothing other than to give Joe Grima his turn at achieving nothing whatsoever with London RL. Widnes fans will also be treated to a load of photos of their ex-player as sub-editors fail to check who's actually in the photo, like when both Leeds' had a Brian McDermott and a Ryan Hall. |
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I'm looking forward to seeing Grima and Baloo conversing on Saturday. it'll be a bit like Harry Pilling and Clive Lloyd coming out together to bat for Lancs.
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| Quote: JEAN CAPDOUZE "BTW, Tony Rea didn't jump, he was pushedI would rather have stayed on and finished the job this season, but I accept that's not my call. It was always intended that I wouldn't be here next year and David, more than anyone, felt it was a good time to do it.
"We've held together well and I feel we're going to have a really good second half of the season and prove everyone wrong. I know Joe feels the same. I'm sad that I'll not be a part of that, but I accept that it's the best thing to do."
This fiasco with Rea, along with David Hughes previous three year retention of Gus McKay as CEO, and his previous year and a half retention of Rob Powell as coach, shows once again what a slow learner, or indecisive boss, as well as poor judge of employee performance, David Hughes is.
I might add that Tony Rea was responsible for undermining and humiliating former captain Craig Gower, motivating Gower to leave the club a year and a half before his contract expired. Gower might have been still there this year and leading the club to greater, even if modest, success (like avoiding relegation) had Tony Rea never been reappointed coach.'"
Perhaps if Gower had played anything like the required standard he would have a case. Gower left because he was embarrassing himself with his own level of performance |
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| The fans seem to love Joe Grima so good luck to him  |
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| Quote: Sal Paradise "Perhaps if Gower had played anything like the required standard he would have a case. Gower left because he was embarrassing himself with his own level of performance'"
Maybe so, decent performances from Gower were fewer and further between during last season. TBH Saints at home was about the only game i can remember Gower really playing well in last season ( mind you i did miss a few of the early season home games)
To be honest it was only when Soward arrived that I realised how little Gower had been offering the team last year. |
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Difficult to play at your best, when the manager is publicly blaming you for everyone else's (inclusing his own) deficiencies.
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| Quote: CrusaderPete "Difficult to play at your best, when the manager is publicly blaming you for everyone else's (inclusing his own) deficiencies.'"
As the on field leader you are supposed to set the standard - something Gower did, unfortunately the standard was well below what the club was paying for. Perhaps the reason he was in Italy dinted his confidence because the Gower we saw was a pale imitation of the NRL player |
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Gower was very good while he was with us, he was fed up of carrying the team. He couldn't handle it.
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