Re: Sack the Coach : Sat Feb 27, 2016 7:14 pm  

Mugwump wrote:

I don't think you are being fair to the guy. When he arrived and before he got injured Walsh had no problems with taking on the line. Since he's been unwilling to get caught in possession with the ball.

But that's perfectly understandable given the terrible injury he sustained. The human brain has a tendency to remember agonizing pain and encourages us to avoid it in the future. It's a survival instinct which is pre-programmed into if not all living species then certainly human beings.

At the back end of last season I was scathing of Walsh's defence. It really was terrible. Since then I think he's worked hard at his game and he's nowhere near the liability he was back then.

But it takes TIME to get over these things. Lots of it. Walsh might not be at 100% effectiveness but he's at least showing signs of going in the right direction. Cut the guy some slack.

In an attempt to make yourself sound intelligent and knowledgable with your comments about the human brain and "survival instinct" you are actually making yourself sound ridiculous.

I personally endured the exact same injury as Walsh once upon a time and I went on to play for years afterwards, not once shirking the responsibility to take the ball in and get hit. Before you think about mentioning the difference in playing standard, that's completely irrelevant seeing as it's supposedly "survival instinct" programmed into all humans.

There have been countless professionals who have broken arms and legs within a contact sport such as football or rugby and gone on to play again without avoiding contact.

To suggest that Walsh is merely acting as a human being is programmed to is complete and utter nonsense. It's another example of your apologist nature over the last few weeks.

Stop making excuses for people and stop trying to ram your head in the sand naivety down our throats.

No doubt you'll respond one paragraph at a time with an array of long words and superfluous language, but it won't change the fact that you are talking garbage.

Re: Sack the Coach : Sat Feb 27, 2016 7:46 pm  

The Yellow Giraffe wrote:

In an attempt to make yourself sound intelligent and knowledgable with your comments about the human brain and "survival instinct" you are actually making yourself sound ridiculous.

I personally endured the exact same injury as Walsh once upon a time and I went on to play for years afterwards, not once shirking the responsibility to take the ball in and get hit. Before you think about mentioning the difference in playing standard, that's completely irrelevant seeing as it's supposedly "survival instinct" programmed into all humans.

There have been countless professionals who have broken arms and legs within a contact sport such as football or rugby and gone on to play again without avoiding contact.

To suggest that Walsh is merely acting as a human being is programmed to is complete and utter nonsense. It's another example of your apologist nature over the last few weeks.

Stop making excuses for people and stop trying to ram your head in the sand naivety down our throats.

No doubt you'll respond one paragraph at a time with an array of long words and superfluous language, but it won't change the fact that you are talking garbage.

I actually came back from broken/dislocated ankle at the same time as Walsh did from his injury. Mine wasn't as bad as Walsh but I didn't play for 8 month with it so in my own way was in the same boat as Luke.

It took me a whole 5 mins to get back into it and Over the fear. I wing lie, I was crapping myself before the game but I just thought stuff it and took the ball in the first opportunity I got and then didn't look back.

Re: Sack the Coach : Sat Feb 27, 2016 9:28 pm  

The Yellow Giraffe wrote:

In an attempt to make yourself sound intelligent and knowledgable with your comments about the human brain and "survival instinct" you are actually making yourself sound ridiculous.

I personally endured the exact same injury as Walsh once upon a time and I went on to play for years afterwards, not once shirking the responsibility to take the ball in and get hit. Before you think about mentioning the difference in playing standard, that's completely irrelevant seeing as it's supposedly "survival instinct" programmed into all humans.

There have been countless professionals who have broken arms and legs within a contact sport such as football or rugby and gone on to play again without avoiding contact.

To suggest that Walsh is merely acting as a human being is programmed to is complete and utter nonsense. It's another example of your apologist nature over the last few weeks.

Stop making excuses for people and stop trying to ram your head in the sand naivety down our throats.

No doubt you'll respond one paragraph at a time with an array of long words and superfluous language, but it won't change the fact that you are talking garbage.

On the contrary - there really is nothing to reply to. You are having a big baby spat over the fact that I pointed out a phenomenon whose demonstrable truth can be verified by the countless number of professional players in ALL sports who have talked at length about regaining confidence after a bad injury. The fact that Luke Walsh doesn't possess your Rambo-esque psychology proves little more than the fact that you aren't Luke Walsh. Who would have believed that?

How do I know Luke Walsh isn't just lazy instead? By the simple fact that he had no problems attacking the line BEFORE he got injured. Of course it's POSSIBLE he could have suddenly become lazy overnight for inexplicable reasons. But I think most people whose ears aren't separated by empty space will realise it isn't PROBABLE.

Now, you can stomp your feet and gnash your teeth and shout "Apologist" until you are blue in the face. None of these facts are going away. Personally I think your behavior is pretty comical. But maybe that's just my twisted sense of humour.

Re: Sack the Coach : Sat Feb 27, 2016 9:32 pm  

For what it's worth to you this is Rovers worst team in superleague with 3 forwards playing 6,7, and 9 for an hour and a host of others injured.
I watched the worst Saints team I've seen carried over the line by Roby. Terrible predictable attack, shocking marker defence I could go on.
Burns and Walsh look bad influences.
We will finish bottom 2.
You need to sort yourselves out or you'll challenge for nothing.

Re: Sack the Coach : Sat Feb 27, 2016 10:28 pm  

Burtons Forearm wrote:

For what it's worth to you this is Rovers worst team in superleague with 3 forwards playing 6,7, and 9 for an hour and a host of others injured.
I watched the worst Saints team I've seen carried over the line by Roby. Terrible predictable attack, shocking marker defence I could go on.
Burns and Walsh look bad influences.
We will finish bottom 2.
You need to sort yourselves out or you'll challenge for nothing.

We won a Grand Final with a forward at 7, but that was only because the other forward who'd been playing 7 got injured

Re: Sack the Coach : Sun Feb 28, 2016 12:04 am  

Good to see the usual brain dead penalties being conceded by the usual brain dead players too. LMS will be the death of my TV one day.

Re: Sack the Coach : Sun Feb 28, 2016 12:38 am  

Burtons Forearm wrote:

For what it's worth to you this is Rovers worst team in superleague with 3 forwards playing 6,7, and 9 for an hour and a host of others injured.
I watched the worst Saints team I've seen carried over the line by Roby. Terrible predictable attack, shocking marker defence I could go on.
Burns and Walsh look bad influences.
We will finish bottom 2.
You need to sort yourselves out or you'll challenge for nothing.

The word 'predictable' is best and most apt adjective that encapsulates everything DIRE about Saints at the moment.
Eminently unwatchable,the entertainers tab has never be so incongruous as it is now.
The current system makes Royce simmons look positivley flamboyent and debonair.

Re: Sack the Coach : Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:23 am  

rafsanjhani wrote:

The word 'predictable' is best and most apt adjective that encapsulates everything DIRE about Saints at the moment.
Eminently unwatchable,the entertainers tab has never be so incongruous as it is now.
The current system makes Royce simmons look positivley flamboyent and debonair.

No doubt about, we are the worst team in super league to watch. It's so boring it's unreal and his excuse of the salary cap causing this is a joke. Hull, cas, Salford, Hull KR all supposed to be lower teams to us yet they play good rugby.

I just don't think KC has the experience or rugby brain to have us play free flowing rugby. Tbe only move we do is a drop off pass and that's dire for a pro club.

Re: Sack the Coach : Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:56 am  

Hawkandro wrote:

Good to see the usual brain dead penalties being conceded by the usual brain dead players too. LMS will be the death of my TV one day.

I'm already dreading his contract extension. He's absolutely stealing a living.

Re: Sack the Coach : Sun Feb 28, 2016 11:28 am  

St pete wrote:

I just don't think KC has the experience or rugby brain to have us play free flowing rugby. Tbe only move we do is a drop off pass and that's dire for a pro club.

Any idea why we are not using Sean Long's attacking experience or is he in the "one for the future outsider camp" alongside Fages.