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| that is one of my gripes. wanes logic is to slog them even more for performing poorly. it doesn't work. you don't punish poor performance by putting them in a position where they are not going to be able to have the energy to attempt to put in a good performance next time round. give it to them verbally and the players if they are honest enough will know what to do and do it.
its too obvious to me now and it has been for some time that it is not just the players at fault anymore.
why let two fringe players leave on loan for the rest of the year when the players in their positions aren't doing enough to retain their own place?! given the chance, at least they will try. wane likes his mates and again, it doesn't work anymore.
that team last night would give any aussie side a good run for their money on paper, with a different coach behind them. injuries and time out of the team can no longer be used as an excuse.
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| Quote: fbstackafelt "
Both great forwards but I'd argue the lines they run are not as good as Bateman and Farrell. Just my opinion.
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| Quote: NickyKiss "I'm with you in that he looks a little to old bulky at the minute, I'm just not sure who's to blame for that or if indeed anyone needs blaming. All you can hope is they either get him fitter so he carries it better or he sheds some size.
I'd love to think it would be the first one though because he's a unit and we do miss some size.'"
I'm quite hopeful that Young Wells is a great prospect longer term.
He is just a baby at the moment but I'm sure he will settle down and as you quite rightly say will add much needed bulk to our pack.
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16304_1526976105.jpg [size=100:2md8k3b3][b:2md8k3b3]'Do you remember when we had that meeting in Orlando? We talked about how we were knocked out the previous year by Leeds. And at the end, I asked you one question. "Do you want to be a semi-final team? Or do you want to do something special?" You all said you wanted to win. But talking is easy – it needed you to believe. It needed you to work hard – harder than you had – and make sacrifices. You did all that. you worked for each other. You stuck together when it was tough. And because of your efforts, you sit here tonight as champions. I'm proud of you. Be proud of yourselves. You've done something special.'
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Shaun Wane's post-Grand Final speech. 5th October 2013.[/color:2md8k3b3][/b:2md8k3b3][/size:2md8k3b3]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_16304.jpg |
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| Quote: Levrier "Possibly, but I am more familiar with the growth spurt being upwards rather than outwards. Given that professional players generally have their diet specially produced for them, and that a player not sticking to their diet would suffer the wrath of the coaching staff, it would seem more likely that this is part of the plan. My worry is that he is being set up to fail by being brought up to size too quickly.
You are right that we tend to go with smaller forwards but as a whole players are getting more massive. This is partly because South Sea Islanders are seen as perfect body types for the game, unfortunately Wigan is not far enough South and we produce a lot of short stocky forwards. This is possibly Darwinian as those too tall were unable to work down the mine and therefore were too weak to breed. This could explain why the Northern Union decided to get rid of line outs.'"
Tall people to weak to breed? Short, stocky types absolute fertility machines? This forum's gone a bit 'Handmaid's Tale' all of a sudden!
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| Quote: ksm1701 "Tall people to weak to breed? Short, stocky types absolute fertility machines? This forum's gone a bit 'Handmaid's Tale' all of a sudden!'"
Sorry, on holiday with a drink in my hand. This is possibly why I am spouting as much cr%p as Margaret Atwood. ![DRUMMER icon_biggrin.gifRUMMER:](images/smilies//icon_drummer.gif)
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16304_1526976105.jpg [size=100:2md8k3b3][b:2md8k3b3]'Do you remember when we had that meeting in Orlando? We talked about how we were knocked out the previous year by Leeds. And at the end, I asked you one question. "Do you want to be a semi-final team? Or do you want to do something special?" You all said you wanted to win. But talking is easy – it needed you to believe. It needed you to work hard – harder than you had – and make sacrifices. You did all that. you worked for each other. You stuck together when it was tough. And because of your efforts, you sit here tonight as champions. I'm proud of you. Be proud of yourselves. You've done something special.'
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