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| That's a big exaggeration morrissey, if you take out Eddie and Stevo, who everyone seems to be disproportionately influenced by because you hear them every week, Warrington have done well in the media stakes.
The print media, local radio and the BBC have been well disposed to us for a while. Going back a few years to when Gina Coldrick was here, she was the best of the media officers and ran a very good media operation: add that to the fact Cullen was very media-friendly as a coach and we probably got disproportionately positive press, or at least "attention" in the Cullen era.
Back then even Sky used to big us up, probably because Cullen was on there and he was their mate. Phil Clarke might spend most of his time up Wigans backside but I remember his catchphrase about us was "on their day, Warrington play the best attacking rugby in Super League" and he would love to highlight great moves by us.
Now one big factor clouded the coverage we get from Sky after 2009: Eddie and Stevo hate Tony Smith. I don't know why but they just don't rate him. When we sacked Jimmy Lowes and appointed TS, I remember Stevo having a face like thunder and saying "these clubs will never learn: when will they learn to give a good young British coach a chance and not just jump for the first Aussie".
Obviously then TS made Warrington quite successful, which Stevo especially hated. You can tell the animosity when TS has done Sky interviews, he knows what they think of him and I don't get the impression TS views Eddie and Stevo as the fountains of RL knowledge either...
So Sky's attitude to Warrington during the Smith era has been lukewarm, compared to the generally positive approach before.
Now the BBC have been very pro-Warrington. They have the Challenge Cup and we've been good in that, but they have really talked us up: the Cup Kings we have been to the BBC. If we make the semis, watch them bring that line out. Brian Noble has been positive about us but I don't think that's any kind of sneaking bias towards us, I think Noble is a very good and fair media commentator, and he was calling it like it was, it was always stuff like: "Warrington are a fantastic offensive unit....you're not right on top of your game, they'll punish you". Clare Balding was always enthusiastic about Warrington and of course Davies was commentating as well. The BBC liked Morley and Briers who both got a lot of interviews and air time. Briers became something of a media personality in the last years of his career, largely BBC.
So take out Eddie and Stevo, and Warrington were actually well regarded in the media. I thought the written press slightly overrated us. When we lost to Leeds in the 2011 semi and the 2012 Grand Final, it was seen in parts of the media as a shock, "are Warrington big game bottlers?" Leeds are the dominant team of the era who have won title after title but it was regarded as a surprise that they beat us in those games. And we went in to all of our Challenge Cup finals as favourites!
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| Quote: lefty goldblatt "Who's TC?
I think Benny the Ball, Brains, Fancy, Spook and Choo-Choo should be informed.
Maybe we should get Officer Dibble to investigate.'" a010.gif
Trivia.
Topcat or Boss Cat as it was called over naming rights one time was based on the usa tv series Phil Silvers.
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| Tony Smith's dislike for Stadler & Waldorf arose from their treatment of him whilst he was in charge of England just after England got knocked out of the 2008 World Cup by New Zealand.
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| TC? ![Smile icon_smile.gif](images/smilies//icon_smile.gif) don't know where I got that from!
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Tony Smith
The most effectual Tony Smith!
Who's intellectual close friends get to call him T.S.
Providing it's with dignity.
Tony Smith!
The indisputable leader of the gang.
He's the boss, he's a pip, he's the championship.
He's the most tip top,
Tony Smith.
Yes he's a chief, he's a king,
But above everything,
He's the most tip top,
Tony Smith.
Tony Smith!
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