Joined: Jul 18 2002 Posts: 3987 Location: waiting patiently for our new signings to be announced....
well that could be a interesting thing, Noble comes in, succesful at Bradford, ok at wigan will command repect, Mcrae moves upstairs into a Director of rugby role, he is a big name, has coached at the top level for years will entice bigger players with him and Noble at the club didnt he have a simuar role in oz before he came here.
Would leave Mr Simms in a dodgy position tho but at least we would have a comparison to compair with then.
As for having favourites Mcrae has his and plays his too so i dont think that would change too much
Joined: Jun 05 2005 Posts: 1760 Location: Gods County
Good players should not need coaching,they should be allowed to get out there and play their game.
If I was told the plan yet again was to do five drives through the middle run into the markers get nowhere and then kick I would say fook that, lets pass the bloody thing and play the game as it should be.
Noble has the same game plan as McRae.They are dinosaurs in the modern game who should be shunted off to some remote island never to be seen again.
Prestwich Red wrote:Noble has the same game plan as McRae.They are dinosaurs in the modern game who should be shunted off to some remote island never to be seen again.
red13pjb wrote:That's for you to decide Baldfella isn't it, but when did we last play that style of rugby under McCrae. His game plans involve 5 dumb-ass forward drives and a kick down field usually straight down the throat of the full back who returns the ball with interest and we end up defending our own line again within 2 tackles.
We even played that way in some games in NL1 last year when we should have been running the opposition all over the park and tiring them out rather than making it easier for them by 1 man s**te up the middle.
Coaches talk about game plans like there's no opposition!!! Kenny Gill never played to a game plan... he just played.... and we won the league twice in 2 years with him at 6.
Here's my game plan for the Cas match on friday. Let Stefan Ratchford boss the show like he did against Saints and lock McCrae and Father Ted in the Willows where they can't do any harm!!!!!
Kenny Gill may have not played to a game plan but I think you'll find he played alongside slightly better players than we have at the moment.
You talk about 5 drives and a kick,exactly the tactics that beat Saints,its our inconsistency thats our downfall.If we have a good kick/chase (as against Saints),dont give away penalties,and don't knock on,then we are competitive. In too many games this season we've made too many basic errors and struggled because of this.
As for McCrae,any coach that can get wins at Hull.Leeds,Huddersfield and at home to Saints must be doing something right.
Joined: Jul 18 2002 Posts: 3987 Location: waiting patiently for our new signings to be announced....
rerykama wrote: .You talk about 5 drives and a kick,exactly the tactics that beat Saints,its our inconsistency thats our downfall.If we have a good kick/chase (as against Saints),dont give away penalties,and don't knock on,then we are competitive. In too many games this season we've made too many basic errors and struggled because of this..
i think that is the problem in a nut shell, the players turn over too much ball and get punished against other teams, personally i feel if the players were able to remain as switched on as they were against saints (because they were making a point against one of the bigger sides in the comp) against everyone else i think we would be feared.
Unfortunatley its take a lot phycially and mentally to perform at that level week in week out, that is why we came crashing back down to earth at celtic.
I hope after a weeks rest (that what we'll call celtic mentally) i think the players should be able to produce a simular performance which beat saints
Joined: Mar 07 2009 Posts: 549 Location: BANKS OF THE RIVER IRWELL
the slug should go , after saturdays call ,putting steff in the centres he does deserve the bullet ,and bring in hunte and leo murphy ,the dream team , at least youth would be given a chance , and they both care about the club , more than the slug and father ted whos only concern is going on his two weeek trip to oz to bring over shittyoverated crap ,stop this now3 mr wilky they both are havin a laff at our expense ,,get rid of these two losers
smithy68 wrote:the slug should go , after saturdays call ,putting steff in the centres he does deserve the bullet ,and bring in hunte and leo murphy ,the dream team , at least youth would be given a chance , and they both care about the club , more than the slug and father ted whos only concern is going on his two weeek trip to oz to bring over shittyoverated crap ,stop this now3 mr wilky they both are havin a laff at our expense ,,get rid of these two losers
Why not just play the academy side? How many youngsters do you want in the team? McCrae has played Myler,Ratchford,Sidlow,Jewitt,Turner,Adamson and McGilvray this season.I dont think you could say he hasn't given youth a chance.
Crap Aussies? Smith-disappointing
Cashmere-most yards made,most offloads
Swain-Tackling machine
Henry-improving after injury-hit start.
I agree after the Saints game it was strange to put Steff in the centre,but perhaps McCrae is experimenting to see what works,lets face it,if Steff did turn into a decent centre it would solve a lot of problems.
smithy68 wrote:the slug should go , after saturdays call ,putting steff in the centres he does deserve the bullet ,and bring in hunte and leo murphy ,the dream team , at least youth would be given a chance , and they both care about the club , more than the slug and father ted whos only concern is going on his two weeek trip to oz to bring over shittyoverated crap ,stop this now3 mr wilky they both are havin a laff at our expense ,,get rid of these two losers
Joined: Jun 05 2005 Posts: 1760 Location: Gods County
rerykama wrote:Why not just play the academy side? How many youngsters do you want in the team? McCrae has played Myler,Ratchford,Sidlow,Jewitt,Turner,Adamson and McGilvray this season.I dont think you could say he hasn't given youth a chance. Crap Aussies? Smith-disappointing Cashmere-most yards made,most offloads Swain-Tackling machine Henry-improving after injury-hit start. I agree after the Saints game it was strange to put Steff in the centre,but perhaps McCrae is experimenting to see what works,lets face it,if Steff did turn into a decent centre it would solve a lot of problems.
But Stef is not a centre,Winger or whichever position McRae decides to put him into next.
You do not see him shifting Smith around do you ?
Stef is a stand off and should be kept there.
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