[Mild Rover]

Re: International Recognition : Thu Feb 12, 2015 10:38 pm  

Structured wrote:

Aye, seems to have coincided with Andy Last leaving the England set up, I'm sure that's nothing to do with it of course.

Tbf, it doesn't quite directly coincide - he was off the England juniors scene ahead of the games against the Aussie schoolboys.
And he was always and understandably more likely to be an advocate of players he'd helped develop, ahead of those he'd 'passed over'. I'd look slightly askance if a Rovers juniors coach combining that with a role at England level picked a load of Hull players ahead of his own charges. It'd look like you didn't rate your own judgement or performance.
Interesting to see how early Wigan and Leeds dominate squads. Their development systems are excellent, I'm sure - but obviously a lot of it is about hoovering up talent. I doubt the systems add that much value, that quickly, personally.

Re: International Recognition : Thu Feb 12, 2015 10:58 pm  

The fact you know where Bell came from and can remember his rep stats suggests you're the most likely person to answer your own question.

No one else will admit to that level intense geekism.

Well done to the young lads and coaches who've guided them, nowt like that in my day.

[R.B.A]

Re: International Recognition : Thu Feb 12, 2015 11:40 pm  

Liam Salter once got a late call up to the England Academy squad but didnt play. (geek alert).

Re: International Recognition : Fri Feb 13, 2015 1:03 pm  

Mild Rover wrote:

Tbf, it doesn't quite directly coincide - he was off the England juniors scene ahead of the games against the Aussie schoolboys.
And he was always and understandably more likely to be an advocate of players he'd helped develop, ahead of those he'd 'passed over'. I'd look slightly askance if a Rovers juniors coach combining that with a role at England level picked a load of Hull players ahead of his own charges. It'd look like you didn't rate your own judgement or performance.
Interesting to see how early Wigan and Leeds dominate squads. Their development systems are excellent, I'm sure - but obviously a lot of it is about hoovering up talent. I doubt the systems add that much value, that quickly, personally.

Your youth players were not good enough. Not everything is a conspiracy FFS you all need to grow up and behave like reasonable adults.

Re: International Recognition : Fri Feb 13, 2015 1:12 pm  

hull smallears wrote:

Your youth players were not good enough. Not everything is a conspiracy FFS you all need to grow up and behave like reasonable adults.

As apparently only two of yours are now. For the various excuses why they are not good enough / conspiracies can I suggest the thread on your own board is a starting place.

Re: International Recognition : Fri Feb 13, 2015 1:20 pm  

hull smallears wrote:

you all need to grow up and behave like reasonable adults.

This place would close down overnight if we listened to you, stinky pants.

Re: International Recognition : Fri Feb 13, 2015 1:32 pm  

hull smallears wrote:

Your youth players were not good enough. Not everything is a conspiracy FFS you all need to grow up and behave like reasonable adults.

Calm down dear........FFS!

Re: International Recognition : Wed Feb 18, 2015 1:17 pm  

SirStan wrote:

This place would close down overnight if we listened to you, stinky pants.

I wanted a response from Mild Rover (jumps up and down and stamps feet petulantly)

[Mild Rover]

Re: International Recognition : Wed Feb 18, 2015 9:30 pm  

hull smallears wrote:

I wanted a response from Mild Rover (jumps up and down and stamps feet petulantly)

Sorry mate, work has been bonkers busy lately.

Love a conspiracy theory, me. My favourite is that the works credited to Shakespeare were really written by Francis Bacon or Edward De Vere or Roger Manners or Christopher Marlowe (despite his being dead) or James Smailes. Obviously in the last version, Adam Pearson would be the subject of the sonnets.

Sadly the Lastian school of thought on Rovers years in the England academy wilderness can do no more than point to a correlation (which is of course not necessarily a causitive effect) and a simple alignment of incentives, rather than come up with something really intriguing. And we have to acknowledge that we have not produced that many players over the last few years. But...

Re: International Recognition : Thu Feb 19, 2015 1:19 pm  

Mild Rover wrote:

Sorry mate, work has been bonkers busy lately.

Love a conspiracy theory, me. My favourite is that the works credited to Shakespeare were really written by Francis Bacon or Edward De Vere or Roger Manners or Christopher Marlowe (despite his being dead) or James Smailes. Obviously in the last version, Adam Pearson would be the subject of the sonnets.

Sadly the Lastian school of thought on Rovers years in the England academy wilderness can do no more than point to a correlation (which is of course not necessarily a causitive effect) and a simple alignment of incentives, rather than come up with something really intriguing. And we have to acknowledge that we have not produced that many players over the last few years. But...

You are turning into Stephen Fry