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| Quote Starbug="Starbug" Surely VM was talking about a seasonal P and R ?'"
I took it as meaning, whilst he agrees with the best team on the field should be given the chance in principle, this just wouldn’t be a good thing in the current licence era.
Quote Starbug="Starbug" Where am I ' bitching ' ? , as I said VM was using a seasonal P and R situation ? '"
You weren’t. Others [iwere[/i, [ihave[/i been, and no doubt [iwill [/ibe here in their hundreds in a few months time doing just that. It wasn’t directly aimed at you.
Quote Starbug="Starbug"I would disagree with Littlerich , I have no doubt that Steve O Connor is not happy with your on field performance this year and was hopefull of better
Yes you have had problems both with injuries and disruption of your coaching staff , and given the competitive nature of the Championship it is not surprising where you finished , I stated at the start that any club suffering injuries could have easily ended up in a relegation battle'"
Exactly!
I don’t know how much of what littlerich is saying here is tongue in cheek, but he’s been spouting this nonsense for a while now on various boards.
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| Pepe - had you not ticked your box last year Steve O'Connor would have put an entirely different team on the pitch this year. Hence, this years squad wasn't the best he could have put out. I said so in January. So, a club's raison detre is to field the best possible side for it's fans. That's not what's happened this year is it? The RFL allow this to happen and SOC quite rightly has taken advantage if it.
There's no need to be embarassed about it.
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| Quote littlerich="littlerich"Pepe - had you not ticked your box last year Steve O'Connor would have put an entirely different team on the pitch this year. Hence, this years squad wasn't the best he could have put out. I said so in January. So, a club's raison detre is to field the best possible side for it's fans. That's not what's happened this year is it? The RFL allow this to happen and SOC quite rightly has taken advantage if it.
[size=150There's no need to be embarassed about it[/size.'"
Embarassed?
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| Quote littlerich="littlerich"Pepe - had you not ticked your box last year Steve O'Connor would have put an entirely different team on the pitch this year. Hence, this years squad wasn't the best he could have put out. I said so in January. So, a club's raison detre is to field the best possible side for it's fans. That's not what's happened this year is it? The RFL allow this to happen and SOC quite rightly has taken advantage if it.
There's no need to be embarassed about it.'"
You’re wrong, mate.
Go and have a nice lie down and think hard about the situation, and why this would be a very risky tactic.
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| Quote Pepe="Pepe"You’re wrong, mate.
Go and have a nice lie down and think hard about the situation, and why this would be a very risky tactic.'"
I agree completely. My beef is with the RFL for making those conditions exist. I don't need to lie down - I understand the state of the game that the RFL have laid out in The Championship. Should SOC have concentrated on providing the best team on the pitch? Of course not - he didn't have to. If you're happy with fifth then fair do's but you will have to do better next year otherwise you'll go up to SL with no winning mentality whatsoever.
As I constantly keep pointing out, my problem is with the system the RFL have created. It isn't the fault of Widnes.
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| Quote littlerich="littlerich"I agree completely. My beef is with the RFL for making those conditions exist. I don't need to lie down - I understand the state of the game that the RFL have laid out in The Championship. Should SOC have concentrated on providing the best team on the pitch? Of course not - he didn't have to. If you're happy with fifth then fair do's but you will have to do better next year otherwise you'll go up to SL with no winning mentality whatsoever.
As I constantly keep pointing out, my problem is with the system the RFL have created. It isn't the fault of Widnes.'"
You do realize that Steve O’Connor didn’t recruit the squad don’t you?
We spent to the cap and got some excellent players but, unfortunately they didn’t get to play much. SOC, and the club in general did have broader horizons than just the first team, but Paul Cullen would have been desperate to sweep the board. Things sort of got in the way of all that.
Over the last two seasons, we have reached half of the finals available, just like your team, unlike your team we have actually won one. Not bad for a club not concentrating on having a competitive first team.
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| does every thread need to be turned in to a franchise bitchfest?
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If you think that this is bad, just wait until March. 
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| Quote SNOT-HIM08="SNOT-HIM08"does every thread need to be turned in to a franchise bitchfest?'"
My fault. Sorry

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Wasn't you actually , it was that Rotheram Fev bloke  , always causing trouble that one 
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| Quote Starbug="Starbug"Wasn't you actually , it was that Rotheram Fev bloke
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One thing we've all learned recently is that it doesn't matter one iota who starts these things, all that matters is you will be right there arguing for fifteen pages plus with your usual boring repetition and mock sincerity.
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| Quote Chris Dalton="Chris Dalton"One thing we've all learned recently is that it doesn't matter one iota who starts these things, all that matters is you will be right there arguing for fifteen pages plus with your usual boring repetition and mock sincerity.'"
' Mock sincerity '
Go on explain ?
Repitition , I'll give you
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