Coach of the Year : Sun Jul 26, 2015 11:32 pm  

Richard Marshall? (shhhh any level)
UTFAX

Re: Coach of the Year : Sun Jul 26, 2015 11:34 pm  

For me, yes. Though as a neutral it must be tough between RM, Aston and Rowley.

Done a great job though, credit to the club too for a great selection, didnt see him as an obvious choice

Re: Coach of the Year : Sun Jul 26, 2015 11:37 pm  

Oooooooooooooh Richard we love you

[Nat (Rugby_Aholic)]

Re: Coach of the Year : Mon Jul 27, 2015 12:09 am  

Dont think you have give it to Rowley, best squad in the league by a mile.

Re: Coach of the Year : Mon Jul 27, 2015 5:44 am  

Gotta be Rowley for me. Impressive run again. SL scalps and the skill to manage a lot of ego's. But definitely take a bow Richard Marshall for turning our team round. Magnificent!!

Re: Coach of the Year : Mon Jul 27, 2015 8:02 am  

Should have a few in the team of the year as well. Ben Heaton, and big Mitch must be shoe ins for the team and a couple of others close.

Re: Coach of the Year : Wed Jul 29, 2015 6:05 pm  

In my humble opinion it has to be Richard.
He inherited a squad, an underperforming squad and took us from mediocrity to top four
The only time we have played badly this year was against Sheffield away, we have beaten two teams above us and ran Leigh, Wakefield and Bradford close.
I know ifs and should's don't count, but, we should have won at London.
We have won 9 games on the trot and we have played within the rules set out by the RFL.
Well done Richard.

Re: Coach of the Year : Wed Jul 29, 2015 6:26 pm  

halifaxjohn wrote:

In my humble opinion it has to be Richard.
He inherited a squad, an underperforming squad and took us from mediocrity to top four
The only time we have played badly this year was against Sheffield away, we have beaten two teams above us and ran Leigh, Wakefield and Bradford close.
I know ifs and should's don't count, but, we should have won at London.
We have won 9 games on the trot and we have played within the rules set out by the RFL.
Well done Richard.

When you look at the playing budgets of the teams taking part in our League ,RM has to be Coach of the Year ,we were behind the 8 ball straight away but showed what a very shrewd Coach we have ,well done Richard .As for you John I would have thought you would be voting for your mate the Leigh Clown ,after he finished top of the Fax Fantasy League. .

Re: Coach of the Year : Wed Jul 29, 2015 7:00 pm  

Mr Jagger wrote:

When you look at the playing budgets of the teams taking part in our League ,RM has to be Coach of the Year ,we were behind the 8 ball straight away but showed what a very shrewd Coach we have ,well done Richard .As for you John I would have thought you would be voting for your mate the Leigh Clown ,after he finished top of the Fax Fantasy League. .

It's a vote for the top coach, the Fax Fantasy league hasn't finished,
And Ian is no clown.
As I have said before, I will introduce you to Charlie and then judge for yourself

Re: Coach of the Year : Wed Jul 29, 2015 11:18 pm  

Nat (Rugby_Aholic) wrote:

Dont think you have give it to Rowley, best squad in the league by a mile.

That wasn't the opinion at the start of the year. Bradford were tipped as faves by the majority of fans and were also the bookies faves for top spot. We were tipped for 2nd/3rd and about level with London. We certainly weren't expected to win by 6 clear points.

Last year we were tipped for 2nd behind Fev at the start of the year and ended up winning the league by 15 points.

That isn't meant as a brag, my point is that despite having one of the best squads for the past 2 seasons we have still 'over achieved' compared to expectations at the start of the year.

We only lost one league game last year but Paul Cooke got Coach of the Year over Rowley. Then this season Rowley has lost one league game all season again and Paul Cooke won none and got sacked.

Marshall has done a brilliant job and has definitely over achieved. Looks to be the best appointment Fax have made in years. But I fail to see what more Rowley could do. We weren't favourites for either of the last 2 seasons and yet we have only lost 2 games combined, none at home and won the league 2 years in a row by 15 points (3 point per win) and 6 points (2 points per win).

Taking a team that has a lot of expectation on it, and then exceeding those expectations 2 years in a row deserves Coach of the Year IMO.

Don't expect all of you to agree and if RM does win it then I'll congratulate him, he's done a top job.