Donnyman wrote:https://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/news/12196/12069722/brian-mcdermott-evidence-is-there-toronto-wolfpack-works

IIRC he got cornered in an interview when he had to admit that TWP hadn't bothered about player development and Canadian TV weren't bothered about screening them....

I think Mac could redeem himself if he took it upon himself to wear a miners helmet during the course of next season, Should that chafe a little too much then he can wear a flat cap instead......

snowie wrote:add that to the comments from McDermott when he was at Toronto saying how the game needs to think bigger than little pit villages, looks like eating humble pie every day now that he's at Featherstone, I hope he chokes on it

Donnyman wrote:Not interested in what he's saying, he exists to just say the opposite

I remember when Brian McDermott was coaching London and trying to keep the club in Superleague. Although Hughes had the money, players did not want to go down to London and live there, they were more "at home" (whether they were overseas players or M62 born players) on the M62 along with their families and mates and the latter included overseas players who may have signed at different clubs but still socially met up with other NRL players.

In short and in theory there was a player pool for all SL clubs, but a large part of that pool was unavailable when McDermott called.

Still I suppose (as many fans say) clubs should "develop their own players". I suppose if they could all do that then we would not see them max out on overseas players. The issue for the league one clubs outside the M62 is there is no professional RL player pool in most of the locations they choose to provide us "expansion" from......

As for "give it time", London are 40 years on. We used to hear the same about Toronto even though they made no effort to develop players.....

£30,000,000 didn't buy success. And finally what are people gonna do when LMS and Clubb retire, and they can no longer be hailed as London's great success?

Dezzies_right_hook wrote:Exactly we should stick to England n France in areas where there's an interest !

ploinerrhino wrote:Yep going to be intetresting , he is not liked in Feth so either he will not last long or for once the locals are going to have to forgive and forget and that would be a first

Donnyman wrote:Not interested in what he's saying, he exists to just say the opposite

I remember when Brian McDermott was coaching London and trying to keep the club in Superleague. Although Hughes had the money, players did not want to go down to London and live there, they were more "at home" (whether they were overseas players or M62 born players) on the M62 along with their families and mates and the latter included overseas players who may have signed at different clubs but still socially met up with other NRL players.

In short and in theory there was a player pool for all SL clubs, but a large part of that pool was unavailable when McDermott called.

Still I suppose (as many fans say) clubs should "develop their own players". I suppose if they could all do that then we would not see them max out on overseas players. The issue for the league one clubs outside the M62 is there is no professional RL player pool in most of the locations they choose to provide us "expansion" from......

As for "give it time", London are 40 years on. We used to hear the same about Toronto even though they made no effort to develop players.....

£30,000,000 didn't buy success. And finally what are people gonna do when LMS and Clubb retire, and they can no longer be hailed as London's great success?

The Silent H wrote:Wow, Toronto have moved on but this forum clearly hasn't.