Dave Brailsford and his aggregation of marginal gains system is legendary and why they do all that stuff. I think it was Jason Kenny who was refused permission to attend a gig a full twelve months before the olympics as it meant he wouldnt get the necessary amount of sleep thst night. He got the results too!

Not many people would be willing to devote themselves like that! It makes even more of a mockery of the fact that some "pros" cant go without a beer and then cant stop before they drink so much they cant get out of bed the following morning!

I'm sure you will remember that it was "our Barrie" that was the very first person in the UK to be CS sprayed by the Police in Oldham some years back, when he and another player got arrested for being drunk and fighting in Oldham town centre?

I've been asking this question for a while, anyone would think the England set up is a one man band. You only ever here from McBanana.
Do they have a Media manager to deflect some of the flack aimed at the teams internal problems.
Also I saw a photo of some of the England set up being introduced to the Queen just before the World Cup, it included Barry Jon Mather who it described as England team manager. If BJM has that position why do we not hear anything from him.
McBanana is terrible infront of the cameras and should have been given some support from the RFL in these press interviews.
Surely any news should have been agreed before going into a press conference, in doing this it would have avoided any unnecessary speculation.
You have to plant blame right at the top with Nigel Wood and his cronies.

Agreed, I'm no fan of banana, but he certainly looks isolated.

It could just be that, like many men who are out of their depth in a challenging role, he is insisting on running things autocratically.

But I agree, there is almost certainly some responsibility lying with the RFL ... if for no other reason than their appointment of McNamara in the first place.

In the same way, I blame McNamara more for his original selection of Hock than for the disciplinary action he took. Hock is a nothing but trouble, and regardless of the good form he once showed, should have been nowhere near the England camp.

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