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| Quote Rooster Booster="Rooster Booster"To be fair. In this tournament. We lost to Australia thanks to a video ref, only losing by 4 on their home soil. We lost to NZ on their home soil thanks to the uprights.
Hardly the requirement to sack a coach I'd have thought.'"
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| Quote chappy 72="chappy 72"Average player ,average coach imo get him sacked as long has he doesn't come back to Hull to coach couldn't care less ,good sponge man in Aussie'"
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Get yer application in now.
You seem to have all the attributes.
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| Quote Durham Giant="Durham Giant"He has coached England in 20 games
As coach we have won one game out of 8 against Australia and NZ since he was appointed.'"
Posts like this always make me laugh.
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ALL of Durham Giants post's make me laugh.
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| Quote Cronus="Cronus"A lot of nit-picking going on but the fact is that team had enough to win had they performed to their potential. No-one played poorly today, the only player that looked out of his depth was Whitehead and I don't hold it against him - on debut, and having not played for weeks. My nit-picks: Joel Tomkins doesn't look quite up to international speed, I'd have considered Hardaker at the back, Watkins' footwork seems a little off the pace in defence, and I hate wingers EVER leaving their wing and running in but not sure Hall had any other options. Other than that no complaints.
We're behind in a few simple areas for me, and it's all down to mindset.
- Line speed. Too slow off the mark too often, giving the opposition a clear 10 metre run at our line. When we got up hard and fast none of them could live with us, but then we always dropped a gear and let them back in.
- Winning the ruck. By that I mean winning the wrestle and slowing the ruck. Too often the tackler would release his man immediately, putting our defence on the back foot and allowing the opposition to get a roll on. Get 2, 3 men in the tackle and peel off one at a time, wins a few seconds. Dominate.
- Aggression. Several times today our chasers could have legally cleaned out Johnson after the kick - one incident with Lockers stands out, his timing was perfect for a massive hit and he stopped as though Johnson is his best mate. The Aussies, Kiwis and Samoans don't back off and neither should we. We need that aggressive streak - that ruthless edge. We want that worry in the back of their minds.
- Intensity. Watch the Aussie and Kiwi players as they are tackled. They battle for every inch and put everything into winning the ground and finding their feet. Our players seem to accept the tackle and let the tacklers dominate. It's that intensity, that desire to win every moment that we lack, and that also applies directly to line speed and physical domination.
And finally, let's not forget the Kiwis are the best international team right now. Their defence was outstanding, especially the scramble. Their big runners are almost impossible to contain and their offload game is superb. We did well to play within ourselves and look the better side for long spells, and we would have won if our kicking rate had been better.'"
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For those who want rid of him, who could we realistically replace him with?
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I think it is time to give someone else a crack at the job. He has though overseen one important positive during his time as coach and that is to have the squad/team seem united as one instead of the Leeds/Saints divide we had in 2008 and for quite a while previously of the national side never really gelling together as a unit.
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| Quote Errlee Berd="Errlee Berd"For those who want rid of him, who could we realistically replace him with?'"
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For the first time in too many years we are competing in the backyard of Oz and NZ. Seems to me that we have a young squad getting better and in general on an upward curve.
Is now the right time to change the coach as we are clearly heading in the right direction?
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Exactly, against Australia, we had two crucial chances to win the game, with breaks of 3 against 2, on both occasions the ball carrier didn't pass, If just once the ball had been passed wide the game would've been won! So forget"fingertip-gate" !!
Against the Kiwis, if Ryan Hall doesn't lose his grip, we win, sadly he did, so we lose.
It's been ages since I last felt we were about to win, well ages against Oz', only last year against the Kiwis to be fair, but I'm sure you all know what I mean.
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Yeah, let's get rid of the coach.
Then we can start again with another coach who rips up all the plans and structures the players are used to and starts again from scratch.
We don't actually want to get caught up at all, do we?
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McNamara's contract won't be renewed surely?
Any one of Wane, Powell or McDermott could do a far better job.
We have a young squad and improving we just need a coach who can take them that step further.
With McNamara out of the way there may be still time for Brough and certainly time for Atkins who will never be selected for England as long as he's the coach.
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