Oh well - with an argument like that I feel utterly defeated. What a shame you didn't come along earlier you'd have saved us all a lot of time and effort.
downtheante wrote:Oh well - with an argument like that I feel utterly defeated. What a shame you didn't come along earlier you'd have saved us all a lot of time and effort.
What is it you see in him, is it his masterful use of substitutions, is it his amazing public persona, is it the confident air with which he conducts himself, is it the ability to call a play from the bench when we really need direction?
Or is it five drives and a kick and the fact he pays for your judo lessons?
Standee wrote:What is it you see in him, is it his masterful use of substitutions, is it his amazing public persona, is it the confident air with which he conducts himself, is it the ability to call a play from the bench when we really need direction?
Or is it five drives and a kick and the fact he pays for your judo lessons?
I don't know - perhaps you could read back through some of the exchanges that you and I have had on this thread and tell me. I'm sure you'll find loads of stuff where I say what a great coach he is . Or weren't you actually reading them before answering them?
downtheante wrote:I don't know - perhaps you could read back through some of the exchanges that you and I have had on this thread and tell me. I'm sure you'll find loads of stuff where I say what a great coach he is . Or weren't you actually reading them before answering them?
I was reading, you keep saying "give him time" etc etc. I am interested to know where you see a faint flicker of talent that could be fanned into flames?
Standee wrote:I was reading, you keep saying "give him time" etc etc. I am interested to know where you see a faint flicker of talent that could be fanned into flames?
From the disparaging comments you've made about my comments so far I find it hard to believe that you would suddenly be the slightly bit interested in my opinions?
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The main positive of Agar currently is that he at least seems to be doing what many other coaches have failed to do at this club and thats get rid of those who are taking the P1$$. If he does get rid of the majority of players who should be shown the door it will earn him at least the first half a dozen games of next season with me.
downtheante wrote:From the disparaging comments you've made about my comments so far I find it hard to believe that you would suddenly be the slightly bit interested in my opinions?
OK, firstly, let's remove any perceived personal slant to this, you are perfectly entitled to your opinion, as I am to mine. And, contrary to what some on here think, I am actually very interested in other people's opinions, (with the caveat that you should at least have gone to school more than once a week, be capable of writing without using finger spacing and be a modicum more literate than John Prescott).
So, taking that into account, what are your opinions on Richard, can you see a talent in him that needs nurtuting, and if you can, do you think it's right to be nurturing it at one of the few SL franchises to attain an "A" grading. Likewise, do you think Sharp has had a positive impact, can you see any single player that has developed under their guidance?
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Robbo4 wrote:The main positive of Agar currently is that he at least seems to be doing what many other coaches have failed to do at this club and thats get rid of those who are taking the P1$$. If he does get rid of the majority of players who should be shown the door it will earn him at least the first half a dozen games of next season with me.
I'll believe that when I see these players are no longer with us next season but sadly I fear we might not see too many changes and many of the players still here.
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Chris71 wrote:Don't agree, yes we lost Carvell but his departure is not the main reason we are a poor side, as for Crocker you don't miss what you never had, Thorman is crap admittedly but then we never saw much of Dykes.
For me there is still enough in the players we have to be doing a hell of let better that we are and from time to time this season they have shown they can do it when they can be arsed but sadly that is only in glimpses.
Don't get me wrong I'm not saying we would be world beaters but we should be at least competing with the teams in 3rd to 8th, Agar should certainly be getting more out of the players he has at his disposal. An example is Wakefield under Kear not a great talented bunch of players but he gets the best out of them and has moulded them into a team and plays to its strengths, plus he hasn't taken any messing and shipped out if needed and they too have had injury problems, were as our coach is totally clueless or has just written this and last season off as its not his team.
I had us pegged as finishing 7-9 before the season even started. That assumed Crocker would arrive and we wouldn't get an injury crisis. I haven't seen anything to convince me that we would do any better than that even with a moderately gifted coach.
Without Carvell our pack has no go-forward, so we're always playing on the back foot. He was an absolutely crucial member of the squad, reflected in the efforts we went to to keep him. His absence was always going to be massive. On top of that we have no halfbacks to speak of. You say we hardly saw Dykes, and that's correct. No coincidence then that we only ever performed when we did see him. Thorman is worse than Dykes playing the odd game, as he's crap all the time. And Horne might as well be injured again for all the impact he's having.
There is absolutely no way that this squad is anywhere near competing with 3rd place.
Wakey have had some disasters this season, but have a pack with more go-forward and more creativity in the halves. This, coupled with an excellent team spirit and Kear's knack of getting teams to play better than the sum of their parts, is what's got them where they are.
I'm not suggesting that Agar shouldn't have done better. In fact I've specifically stated that he should. But some people are massively overestimating the potential of our current squad IMO.
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