I fully agree, but our coach seems to have taken time to watch his new recruits before signing them, but has not watched the likes of Ford, Owen, Davidson or Tyson while he has been here, while bringing in players of the same age from other clubs on the basis that their coaches had the balls to do something he hadn't - expose them to the bigger game. Why is Caton Brown better than Ford? Or Menzies better than Davidson, Groat better than Tyson, or Lee better than Owen?

Will Hope captained the Academy teams at 18s and 20s and played a number of SL matches for SRD. He then was sent to the wilderness, got hacked off by having to train full time at SRD AND both training nights with the Eagles, playing at the weekends, incurring all of the travelling costs while earning far less than his mates who worked fewer hours in normal jobs. He has left and now has a normal job which gives him more money and is less intensive. An extremely promising talent wasted by mismanagement.

At they very least, you would imagine that, with all of the "so called" rugby geniuses at the club, they could have figured out that the lads out on loan shouldn't have to train full time with their home club AND their loan club. But this lot, not only don't seem to have noticed, they don't seem to care. Other clubs and their coaches take a more sensible view of it, to ensure that the players are not over- trained.

That said, over- training seems to be the SRD way. Even Sky's ex GB internationals commented on it tonight!

I personally think the coaching, conditioning and player development staff need to take a good, long look at themselves. They may not just be contributing to the demise of a club, but certainly to the careers of some extremely promising players.

Shame about George Tyson if correct , I had him down as a safe bet to progress.
i think it hard to criticize the current coaching set up ,Evalds - Jordan Walne have fought off more senior squad to cement their place in the 2015 squad.
Harris stats ended 8 wins -1 draw from 20 , but 6 of those wins came in the last 9 games , and he has to be credited for bringing in Josh Griffin who ended with 8 tries & 27 goals.
the Championship players they have brought in they obviously have identified as having potential and more importantly fitting in with a squad system he wants to operate next season.
in some ways the step up from academy is purely luck ( injuries - and taking their chance ) , some times that luck never arrives .

Yes he does struggle with the usyes he does struggle with the correct use of that word!!

Yes he does struggle with the usyes he does struggle with the correct use of that word!!

My ironymeter has just gone critical.

I'm happy you all have nothing more exciting in your lives.