Re: milward as the new coach : Thu Sep 01, 2011 6:35 am  

who needs flankers? wrote:

Wow! Great stats. Add to that his verbal diarrhoea (causing his sacking from Saints) and his constant bashing of Cas in his column and the Cas should merge with Wakefield rant and it doesn't paint a good picture.

You believe that's why he got sacked at Saints?

Re: milward as the new coach : Thu Sep 01, 2011 7:09 am  

who needs flankers? wrote:

He has done ok at Leigh, but then Dave Woods and TM kicked ass in the championship at Cas so that doesn't prove much. But if you look at his last 2 top division teams.

North Queensland Cowboys - Played 14 won 2
Wigan - Played 12 won 3.

Wow! Great stats. Add to that his verbal diarrhoea (causing his sacking from Saints) and his constant bashing of Cas in his column and the Cas should merge with Wakefield rant and it doesn't paint a good picture.

His only saving grace is his policy on youth.

Really? IIRC we didn't finish top or win the Northern Rail, couldn't beat Rochdale away and took pannings at Whitehaven and HKR while struggling at places like Doncaster/Oldham. To mention him in the same breath as Millward is frankly as absurd as bemoaning his appointment because of non-coaching things he may have said/done in the past.

But what the hell, lets bag a proven SL achiever who wants the job as opposed to some fancy dan Oz-based newbies who apparently didn't.

Re: milward as the new coach : Thu Sep 01, 2011 7:18 am  

What Basil has achieved this year at Leigh is to lose 2 games all year with a smaller part time squad than last season, less reliance on DC's and a 25% less budget, whilst coping with the financial insecurity caused by the benefactors business going pop.
Cas were FT in a PT league - hardly a comparison.
I have stated before you are very lucky to have him, soon you will realise why.

Re: Confirmed - Its Millward next year : Thu Sep 01, 2011 7:27 am  

WHERESYERBALL wrote:

Do you have to have played at the top level to be a good coach? Wayne Bennett? Typical Yarkshire strong inth arm weak int Yed!

My dear man/woman if you are going to use yorkshire slang please get your spellings correct this is a terrible effort and insulting to us.

Run along and get a pie in Wigan

Re: Confirmed - Its Millward next year : Thu Sep 01, 2011 8:08 am  

pyeman wrote:

gutted

You shouldn't be. I congratulate Cas' on the appointment I wouldn't have minded him at Belle Vue! At last he is a proven coach and as an added bonus he has a personality which is more then can be said for your previous coach!
Good luck with the ground and for next season (except against WT of course!)

Re: Confirmed - Its Millward next year : Thu Sep 01, 2011 8:08 am  

Georgie Best on a Bloomer wrote:

Well as the bloke who first mentioned him in connection with the job on here (check back if you like!) and also one of his fiercest critics regarding his tipping column on Sporting Life, all I can say is that I wish him every success in his head coaching role at the tigers.

Who could say any different?

Very dignified!

Hopefully he will bin the column at the end of this season and concentrate on builing on the progress we have made this last few years.

Re: Confirmed - Its Millward next year : Thu Sep 01, 2011 8:28 am  

So what does this mean for the assistant coach position?

Will Andy Hay stay? or will we be seeing someone else stepping into this role? A certain short ars@ Kiwi maybe....RHP ?

Re: Confirmed - Its Millward next year : Thu Sep 01, 2011 8:29 am  

or use his column whenever possible to Big up your club

Re: Confirmed - Its Millward next year : Thu Sep 01, 2011 8:33 am  

WHERESYERBALL wrote:

Millward has forgotten more than Terry Matterson will ever know...

Not gonna be a lot of use to the Tigers then, if he's forgotten it!

Re: Confirmed - Its Millward next year : Thu Sep 01, 2011 10:03 am  

I think this is a good appointment for you and he can certainly take you to the next level. He is proven by winning trophies and has a magic touch at Leigh. As we all know Leigh have had major financial problems this year but just look at them in the table!

I would have been happy with IM at BV but we have to keep waiting for ours to be decided. I think on the pitch Cas will improve and be on the up, just hope we are too.