: Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:58 pm  

littlerich wrote:

I know. We get similar viruses on our forum. It's just something we have to live with i suppose. What i couldn't do with though is what happens on the Hull forums. Every thread ruined by tiresome one-upmanship. It will never get as bad as that on either of our forums.

True true

: Wed Oct 21, 2009 6:59 pm  

Hello

: Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:02 pm  

Starbug wrote:

Hello

Good evening

: Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:26 pm  

Pepe wrote:

Steve Mac is a lovely bloke but, as a coach, he's totally gash!

He has one method of play - 5 drives and a kick - and if that doesn't work, he's clueless. He'll just stand there with his arms crossed looking all stern and serious. At the end of the game he tell you how he knows what went wrong and will put it right in training. He won't say what he thought the problem was, or what he's going to do in training, so you'll be non the wiser.

Before the next game you'll hear how hard they've been working in training and how they won't make the same mistakes as last time - which of course they do. Before you know it there'll be pictures in your local rag of the players training. This will include tying each other up with socks and wizzing along on water slides WEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

You will not be surprised to see a completely disorganised mess of a defensive line, with most of the team stood under the posts looking frightened and the inevitable try that will be scored by any team with even a rudimentary ability to pass and kick and run. The attack won't be much better organised either. So 5 drives and a kick it is then. He is totally incapable of building a proper squad and just picks who played well against his team the previous season, no matter what position they play. He'll just play them out of position if he has to. So you'll end up with 8 back rowers and just one prop forward. He'll realise the error he's made, and try to recruit loan players to put it all right. It won't make much difference though. They'll still be totally disorganised and playing 5 drives and a kick.

Because the players know that Steve is a soft touch, most of them wouldn't have bothered turning up for training, so what little game plan he has will not be instilled in them. So they'll have no idea what they are doing or how they figure in the great 5 drives and a kick masterplan. So they just lumber about the pitch in a pathetic attempt to please. Occasionally they will succeed. But mostly they won't.

As a fan you'll be bored, and as it goes on, angry. That anger will simmer into outrage, with lot's of ant-Mac abuse from surrounding supporters - with less and less of then turning up - it will curdle into a sullen, silent discontent.

Fortunately for Barrow You have:

(a) Already ticked the box

(b) Already have a good squad recruited

(c) At least have a great kicker - Jamie Rooney - who might actually make 5 drives and a kick work

(d) Have a chairman who, for once, will do the right thing early and sack the useless c*nt.





HTH

Now I am very very worried !!

: Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:00 pm  

I wonder if he also still has a penchant for playing 2nd rowers and loose forwards at prop?

: Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:27 pm  

-VIKINGMAN- wrote:

The thing is whenever we try to have a decent discussion up pop the great unwashed from WEST Yorkshire. From the multiple username man to the diseased Stockport lad were infected.

A disgrace as you say.

Edited for accuracy.

: Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:20 pm  

Steve McCormack has been announced as Barrows new coach

: Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:12 pm  

Gary High wrote:

Steve McCormack has been announced as Barrows new coach

Commiserations Gary.Looking positively,at least your squad is more or less in place now and even McComic can't balls this one up.Can he?

: Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:19 pm  

Gary High wrote:

Steve McCormack has been announced as Barrows new coach

You should have stuck with Dave Clark, but then who am i to question crazy Des's judgement? Good luck, you'll need it.

: Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:37 pm  

I think it's bizarre that Dave Clark gets coach of the year and they gets demoted, if I was Clark I'd have been out the door a long time ago.

I actually think McCormack is a decent coach, I wasn't disappointed to see him leave Widnes as he couldn't take us as far as we'd like to go. But for Barrow with how far they've come in 2 years it's a good appointment. People have jumped on the McCormack bandwagon far too easily without looking at what he has achieved. This '5 drives and a kick' description is a load of rubbish for me, Gateshead weren't playing that way, and if anyone has the DVD of Widnes' win over Haven in the Northern Rail Cup Final in 2007 it's the best we've played for a long time. Cas away in the league the same season. He has limitations, but he can get results. Hes got huge motivation now to do at Barrow what he didn't do at Widnes.