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Re: New Coach Danny Ward : Mon Nov 06, 2017 4:27 pm  
Cheap, lazy option. A novice coach, in probably the toughest Championship in decades. And to make matters worse, Langley's now doing two jobs for the price of one. Struggle to make 4th place.
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Re: New Coach Danny Ward : Mon Nov 06, 2017 5:43 pm  
Nice to see we are all taking a positive approach to things. Give the bloke a chance you never know he could be the next Darryl Powell
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Re: New Coach Danny Ward : Mon Nov 06, 2017 10:59 pm  
But Daryl Powell wasn’t the new Daryl Powell for the first few years in coaching, and even went to Union for several years before becoming the new Daryl Powell.
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JESUS WEPT :WALL: HOW MANY TIMES?????
£20 a ticket and £15 on beer and merchandise.....so an away fan is worth £35. At best, 1,000 is the average away support split across 11 rounds and I am being really generous here, so Toronto, replacing say Wakefield will cost a SL club £35,000.
The minimum turnover of a SL club is £4,000,000 so Toronto instead of Widnes is worth less than 1% of a SL clubs turnover.

There are many valid reasons for and against expansion into America, but "AWAY FANS" isn't one of them. :BEAT:

Re: New Coach Danny Ward : Tue Nov 07, 2017 12:21 am  
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He asked if this was another Rob Powell moment? I hope not.

Exiled down south wrote:
That's exactly what it is,


Exiled down south wrote:
but we have a good club-man in the hot seat so that's good news all round.


Powell was/is a Good man and that wasn't good news.

Underwhelmed but not surprised.........I see us mid table next season at best.
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Re: New Coach Danny Ward : Tue Nov 07, 2017 8:07 am  
I get why some on here might feel underwhelmed, but I ask you, who would you have liked to see appointed(and no, not Jutin Holbrook, or Michael Maguire, etc). Realistically, who could have been in the frame ?

Option 1 - currently unemployed coaches, they are unemployed for a reason, Sharp, Smith, the French bloke, etc

Option 2 - currently employed coaches, so rules out SL and NRL, so perhaps a head coach from a lower league or assistant coach from a worldwide pool. Maybe transfer fee involved, but once again, the latter two points have inherent risks.

Option 3 - appoint from within

Does anyone think Fev fans were excited by Duffy signing on ? Or Leigh when Jukes took the helm ? Does Steve Price at Warrington smack of ambition ? The only recent coaching appointment that in my mind smacks of ambition was Sheens to HKR.

Good luck to Danny and Jamie, you've got my backing.
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Re: New Coach Danny Ward : Tue Nov 07, 2017 8:28 am  
You've written that in a way it points to Ward, very selective text

How did Bradford get Toovey a proven NRL coach ( I accept there were visa issues but thats administrative) or HKR Sheens or Toronto the gang they have (lets see what NY end up with)

Its how you sell it. If Hughes was committed to SL and said we will spend to SC max and we have a 10 year vision for a London SL club playing in a nice stadium I suspect the applicants would have been classy and global.

We have appointed a club man without the necessary skills, who hasn't played or coached under a top rated current thinking coach, who will do what Hughes says even to the point of playing players he likes (anyone who knows DH will testify he is very vocal (knowledgeable) on his preferred players/teams/approach). Its a lazy & easy appointment that sets the tone for a second tier village/town social drinking club team which we have become.

Until we get investment, thats where we are. Lets accept it, we are 300 drinking fans happy with second tier rugby league who can dwell on our past achievements in SL.

I will also add, and I may be wrong with this but Wardy is or could be viewed as a bit of a clown/fun like character. Maybe a modern characteristic of future successful coaches who knows. It will be interesting to see if he attends games in a vest and shorts or will change his attire in his newly found lofty position.

Interesting times. A gamble for sure lets hope it pays off.

Out of curiosity Plummy what constitutes your backing?
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Re: New Coach Danny Ward : Tue Nov 07, 2017 8:49 am  
My backing for what its worth, giving him a chance to prove himself (or otherwise), without getting on his case before a ball is kicked in earnest.
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Re: New Coach Danny Ward : Tue Nov 07, 2017 11:09 am  
Agree give Ward and Langley a chance. I am certainly not a fan of DH but he puts a vast amount of money into the club and people say he should put more in to get better quality while they moan about £99 for a season ticket or wont buy a programme and some even bring their own beer in a backpack cos its cheaper. Bit of double standards going on here
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Re: New Coach Danny Ward : Tue Nov 07, 2017 11:14 am  
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Cheap, lazy option. A novice coach, in probably the toughest Championship in decades. And to make matters worse, Langley's now doing two jobs for the price of one. Struggle to make 4th place.


No he isn't and the main candidate for the Academy Job will shock a lot of people if he is put in place.
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Re: New Coach Danny Ward : Tue Nov 07, 2017 11:54 am  
No he isn't and the main candidate for the Academy Job will shock a lot of people if he is put in place.


Why is it the cleaner?
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