Re: How Important Is The Coach? : Wed Jun 28, 2023 2:43 pm  

rubber duckie wrote:

Good topic.

I’ve always believed, you don’t particularly need to be a great tactical coach/ ex player to be successful.

My thought process…if Alex Ferguson walked into the HJ and offered to put things right. I am 100% convinced that he would.

I didn't know that he had an in depth knowledge of rugby league.

Re: How Important Is The Coach? : Wed Jun 28, 2023 4:10 pm  

rubber duckie wrote: Good topic. I’ve always believed, you don’t particularly need to be a great tactical coach/ ex player to be successful. My thought process…if Alex Ferguson walked into the HJ and offered to put things right. I am 100% convinced that he would. We tried Jedward didn't we? Worth a go I suppose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yqqkKD3ayo

rubber duckie wrote: Good topic. I’ve always believed, you don’t particularly need to be a great tactical coach/ ex player to be successful. My thought process…if Alex Ferguson walked into the HJ and offered to put things right. I am 100% convinced that he would. We tried Jedward didn't we? Worth a go I suppose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yqqkKD3ayo

Re: How Important Is The Coach? : Thu Jun 29, 2023 1:15 am  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

'Trying to save face'??... my stance on Powell as always been quite clear - we finish in the play offs this season and he will get a third season. Presently, we are 2nd, whether we finish top 6 is up in the air (as it is for most sides right now).

You guys call yourselves supporters, but let's face it, you're all just waiting for him to be sacked so you can all say you told us so. Bit sad that you only become vocal when you smell the blood of someone who you decided to turn against at the earliest opportunity.

I genuinely hope we finish top 6 and he stays on merely to boil more of your knee jerking p!ss ....

Excuse me but I've never been on the Powell kool aid train. When he was first appointed I said it wouldn't work and even when it was going well I said it'd take a turn. I still said it when we were 8-0.

Re: How Important Is The Coach? : Sat Jul 01, 2023 5:57 am  

MorePlaymakersNeeded wrote:

I didn't know that he had an in depth knowledge of rugby league.

He didn’t have the depth in football either.
Yet was a successful manager.
Having the right mindset, msn management, the right staff, and a pot of plenty money, gets you results.

Re: How Important Is The Coach? : Sat Jul 01, 2023 7:28 am  

rubber duckie wrote:

He didn’t have the depth in football either.
Yet was a successful manager.
Having the right mindset, msn management, the right staff, and a pot of plenty money, gets you results.

Sorry RD, but thats cobblers. Ferguson led teams to the Premiership that had no right to be in the running let alone win it, and teams that other managers wouldn't have got a tune out of.

The half time hairdryer thing was a myth - he was a superb tactician, and a brilliant motivator in thr same way Clough was.

Re: How Important Is The Coach? : Sat Jul 01, 2023 7:42 am  

rubber duckie wrote:

He didn’t have the depth in football either.
.

Eh?

Re: How Important Is The Coach? : Sat Jul 01, 2023 11:32 am  

As a player I’m talking about, not a as manager.
I didn’t think I needed to be that specific!

Look at Tony Smith, probably the nearest SL guy to compare to Fergie. Not even average at best as a player, great man management skills and prolific cup winner, with teams that seldom dipped form across seasons from full on potential.

Re: How Important Is The Coach? : Sat Jul 01, 2023 12:10 pm  

Fergie played over 300 games, including for Rangers! What more do you want?

Re: How Important Is The Coach? : Sat Jul 01, 2023 12:17 pm  

Douglas Black wrote:

Fergie played over 300 games, including for Rangers! What more do you want?

Exactly

Re: How Important Is The Coach? : Sat Jul 01, 2023 1:09 pm  

rubber duckie wrote:

Exactly

Well, according to your theory Cullen should have carried all before him as a coach, because as a player he was th3 definition of average.