: Sat Feb 21, 2009 6:26 pm  

rhinoms wrote:

That's possible but imo he has a lot to improve.

Yeah, I agree it's just that he has been extremely unlucky with injuries.

: Sat Feb 21, 2009 6:58 pm  

Bully_Boxer wrote:

Losing 3 games in a row doesn't necessarily mean the coach needs to be changed.

It does if said coach has a generally poor record and is not seen to be putting anything right.

: Sat Feb 21, 2009 8:07 pm  

mystic eddie wrote:

It does if said coach has a generally poor record and is not seen to be putting anything right.

I'd personally be more concerned about the management of a club if they sacked a coach 3 games in for performance related issues.

If the coach was deemed good enough before a ball was kicked, 3 results shouldn't be enough to put his future in doubt. Said management should have replaced the coach before the start of the year if they had so little faith.

: Sat Feb 21, 2009 8:23 pm  

Bully_Boxer wrote:

I'd personally be more concerned about the management of a club if they sacked a coach 3 games in for performance related issues.

If the coach was deemed good enough before a ball was kicked, 3 results shouldn't be enough to put his future in doubt. Said management should have replaced the coach before the start of the year if they had so little faith.

Some people talk the talk but cannot walk the walk.

I seem to remember we said the same three games in last season too.

: Sat Feb 21, 2009 8:38 pm  

mystic eddie wrote:

Some people talk the talk but cannot walk the walk.

I seem to remember we said the same three games in last season too.

Clubs should still be more patient with their coaches if it's early in the season, especially in the franchise era. The fans are calling for Noble's head but if Lenegan does sack Noble in the next few weeks, I'd be asking questions or his abilities to run the club.

: Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:41 am  

Mystic . . . . . looks like you found someone else to "play" with . . . . . nearly a whole page already . . .

: Sun Feb 22, 2009 1:48 pm  

AaronBull wrote:

Hull KR even! I'm sure even you RER, the messiah of youth development , would agree with me, his youth policy is pretty poor.

Sam Tomkins, 5 tries in the CC last year in one game, hasn't played since.

Eight players who came through Wigan academy played on Friday, including five who are actual Wigan lads.

How many will Bradford have next week?

: Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:06 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Eight players who came through Wigan academy played on Friday, including five who are actual Wigan lads.

If it wasn't for injuries, I reckon there'd have been a few less academy lads and a few more foreigners?

Bradford will probably go:

Platt, Sheriffe, Sykes, Nero, Tadulala, Jeffries, Deacon, Burgess, Newton, Scruton, Menzies, Morrison, Langley

Godwin, Cook, Kopzcak, Worrincy

Maybe abit light on academy players (you could count Sheriffe as one I think, so I make 5 academy lads), but also 12 British lads out of 17.

: Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:10 pm  

AaronBull wrote:

If it wasn't for injuries, I reckon there'd have been a few less academy lads and a few more foreigners?

Bradford will probably go:

Platt, Sheriffe, Sykes, Nero, Tadulala, Jeffries, Deacon, Burgess, Newton, Scruton, Menzies, Morrison, Langley

Godwin, Cook, Kopzcak, Worrincy

Maybe abit light on academy players (you could count Sheriffe as one I think, so I make 5 academy lads), but also 12 British lads out of 17.

How when he's never played academy rugby for us.

: Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:13 pm  

redeverready wrote:

How when he's never played academy rugby for us.

He's from Bradford, so I guessed (or maybe more assumed) that he might have played academy rugby for us at some stage.