Post subject: The coaches of both hull clubs deserve better?
Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:11 am
Mild Rover
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Joined: Jun 01 2007 Posts: 12664 Location: Leicestershire.
Okay neither team is playing well. but...
Hull fans seemed to be giving Richard Agarout a clean slate with 'his' team, before the season started. They are 7 and 5, despite their marquee half-back signing missing several rounds.
Rovers are 6 and 6. Form all over the place, but Morgan's record at Rovers is exemplary.
To me these are strange types of failure. The fans are passionate, which is great, but is it possible to combine that with 'sensible'? Sacking either now would look mad to outsiders - and with good reason IMO.
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Post subject: Re: The coaches of both hull clubs deserve better?
Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 11:19 am
Sandro II Terrorista
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Joined: Jan 15 2007 Posts: 11924 Location: Secret Hill Top Lair. V.2
I don't really pay all that much attention to Hull so can't particularly comment on their situation other than to say that you can't change the amount of key personel that they have, then bring in such vastly experienced players and expect them all to gel instantly.
As for Morgan, getting rid would be one of the most idiotic things possible for the club to do. Look at our squad in comparison to the rest of Super League, and I mean all the squad, we don't have the depth or the overall quality to be any higher than we currently are. That's not a criticism of the players at the club, all they can do is give it their all which in the most they do, it's just a statement of fact.
Morgan has been accused of playing boring rugby, but we're not Wigan circa 1993 we have a game plan that exploits the maximum potential from the limits of the individual players. Leeds, St. Helens and Warrington all have far superior squads to us, but on the day we had the better team. That's what you get with having a good coach, he's not great but he has the potential to take us further. The way the youth system now seems to be starting to perform may well be his greatest legacy.
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Post subject: Re: The coaches of both hull clubs deserve better?
Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 12:55 pm
PAUL M
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Joined: Oct 15 2003 Posts: 53839 Location: North Yorkshire
Mild Rover wrote:Okay neither team is playing well. but...
Hull fans seemed to be giving Richard Agarout a clean slate with 'his' team, before the season started. They are 7 and 5, despite their marquee half-back signing missing several rounds.
Rovers are 6 and 6. Form all over the place, but Morgan's record at Rovers is exemplary.
To me these are strange types of failure. The fans are passionate, which is great, but is it possible to combine that with 'sensible'? Sacking either now would look mad to outsiders - and with good reason IMO.
Excellent post. It's embarrassing at times listening to phones ins and post on here. Rovers have the right many for the job but I sense that this season has always been seen as a biot of right off as far as the club were concerned. They seem to be giving more gametime to younger players and consolidating rather than trying to push on from last season. I think the club expected to struggle a bit this season although I doubt they would admit it in public. Still I was surprised at the Rovers fans reaction yesterday, virtually every caller or texter wanted shut of Morgan, which is a laughable really. Rovers has some big earners OOC next season and I would expect a couple of big name signings, especially one who can play 6.
As for Hull, we are doing okay considering where we finished last season and it's unfortunate that we have so many injuries at present as I feel the next 6/7 matches are all winnable with a strong team out. Agar is not the right man for the job at Hull imo but he is our coach and we should be supporting him rather than costantly attacking him.
Post subject: Re: The coaches of both hull clubs deserve better?
Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 1:02 pm
Staffs FC
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Joined: Feb 12 2005 Posts: 13126 Location: East Staffordshire
Mild Rover wrote:Okay neither team is playing well. but...
Hull fans seemed to be giving Richard Agarout a clean slate with 'his' team, before the season started. They are 7 and 5, despite their marquee half-back signing missing several rounds.
Rovers are 6 and 6. Form all over the place, but Morgan's record at Rovers is exemplary.
To me these are strange types of failure. The fans are passionate, which is great, but is it possible to combine that with 'sensible'? Sacking either now would look mad to outsiders - and with good reason IMO.
It's worth bearing in mind that this forum, and Blunderside's post match reaction texts/emails etc., are not entirely representative of general opinion. Hull were shambolic last year yet increased their pass sales with no fans unrest evident at any game I went to. Rovers are not doing as well this year as last, however a season of consolidation on and off the field would appear to be the order of the day for them. Sure people are not over the moon with the situation at their respective clubs, however forums and phone ins will always attract the more extreme views whilst the more balanced fans tend not to be shouting their balanced views to anyone who will listen.
The point being that not all fans look at success or failure as dare I say it black or white, but those who do tend to communicate their opinion with more vigour.
"To play your best football you need players with enthusiasm and drive and energy." - Peter Sterling
Adam Pearson said not wrote:I know there are two franchises and two clubs (in Hull) and that will remain forever more
Post subject: Re: The coaches of both hull clubs deserve better?
Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 2:14 pm
Big Dave T
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Joined: Mar 31 2004 Posts: 29160 Location: Hull
Mild Rover wrote:Okay neither team is playing well. but...
Hull fans seemed to be giving Richard Agarout a clean slate with 'his' team, before the season started. They are 7 and 5, despite their marquee half-back signing missing several rounds.
Rovers are 6 and 6. Form all over the place, but Morgan's record at Rovers is exemplary.
To me these are strange types of failure. The fans are passionate, which is great, but is it possible to combine that with 'sensible'? Sacking either now would look mad to outsiders - and with good reason IMO.
Performance wise 7 and 5 flatters us. He rode his luck last year and again this season Agar has managed to turn good players into sacks of sh*t.
Post subject: Re: The coaches of both hull clubs deserve better?
Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 2:19 pm
cravenpark1
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Joined: Dec 17 2009 Posts: 2862 Location: live in gosport wos hull
on the subject of phone ins i do not listen to them any more after i heard a hull fan years ago saying he was a rovers fan and he was sick of roger millward and we should sack him and the said guy wears a black and white shirt how many more do that both hull and rovers fans
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