Re: Is toovey the right man at this level? : Tue Aug 29, 2017 11:38 am  

So it seems to be there has been no major positive having toovey. We couldn't have done any worse with a cheaper option..

[Bullseye]

Re: Is toovey the right man at this level? : Tue Aug 29, 2017 11:48 am  

Well we did win a few games prior to Easter. So it could have been worse in that we may never have won those games, but I agree there's been no major positive. I think that it was probably unwise to think there would be given the cards stacked against us. I hope that whoever comes in and takes over is the best choice for the job and not the cheapest.

Re: Is toovey the right man at this level? : Tue Aug 29, 2017 12:13 pm  

Yesterdays result was probable as soon as the squad was announced, the loss of Sironen the reason for the score line, not the result. The surprising thing was the first ten minutes, and with some of these players in the squad then it would have been a lot closer. Indeed, most of a back line.

Missing from selection:

Colton Roche
Jon Magrin

Oscar Thomas
Joe Keyes
Dane Chisholm
Ashley Gibson
Willie Tonga
Ros Oakes
Ethan Ryan
Johnny Campbell
Oscar Thomas

Re: Is toovey the right man at this level? : Tue Aug 29, 2017 12:25 pm  

If the Bastian rumour is correct it fits the long term strategy. The key role will be the announced assistant coach, who I hope will have experience of our level and what it takes to get wins, to complement Bastians skills at developing talent. It would also give a good statement of intent to our home grown talent.

Re: Is toovey the right man at this level? : Tue Aug 29, 2017 1:07 pm  

martinwildbull wrote:

If the Bastian rumour is correct it fits the long term strategy. The key role will be the announced assistant coach, who I hope will have experience of our level and what it takes to get wins, to complement Bastians skills at developing talent. It would also give a good statement of intent to our home grown talent.

Lee Greenwood would be the ideal candidate IMO, but would he be happy as the number 2? Maybe if the job was full time?

Re: Is toovey the right man at this level? : Tue Aug 29, 2017 1:27 pm  

If Toovey's off, then if it was up to me, Glenn Morrison would be at the top of my list.

Re: Is toovey the right man at this level? : Tue Aug 29, 2017 2:18 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

If Toovey's off, then if it was up to me, Glenn Morrison would be at the top of my list.

Glenn Morrison struggled badly at Dewsbury over the last couple of years. I know a lot of lads that have played under him that don't rate him very highly and he's always appeared to have Jimmy Lowes syndrome when it came to picking his favourite players regardless of form.

[Bullseye]

Re: Is toovey the right man at this level? : Tue Aug 29, 2017 2:20 pm  

I'm not convinced by Morrison as a coach. He gave 100% as a player but I think he struggled as a coach to get that out of his players.

Re: Is toovey the right man at this level? : Tue Aug 29, 2017 2:52 pm  

Don't forget that we are talking about assistant coach at a Lg1 club. There can't be many people that would find this their dream job.

Re: Is toovey the right man at this level? : Tue Aug 29, 2017 3:13 pm  

beefy1 wrote:

Glenn Morrison struggled badly at Dewsbury over the last couple of years. I know a lot of lads that have played under him that don't rate him very highly and he's always appeared to have Jimmy Lowes syndrome when it came to picking his favourite players regardless of form.

You are right ,I've heard from former players a very similar story.

on a positive note who at the beginning of the year expected a Toovey?? ,absolutely anything is possible at bradford