: Wed May 20, 2009 9:00 pm  

mystic eddie wrote:

Should that not really be McNamara'a job to identify and drop the under-performers?

Yep but there must be some responsibility on the players to say if they aren't fit and Deacon isn't handling the physical side of the game at the moment.

: Wed May 20, 2009 10:14 pm  

mystic eddie wrote:

Should that not really be McNamara'a job to identify and drop the under-performers?

You would think...

: Thu May 21, 2009 3:42 am  

childofthenorthern wrote:

Do you think Deacon recognises the problems he's having with his game and could he make the decision to drop himself. He's obviously highly thought of within the club so his opinion must count and as captain surely one eye must be on what's best for the side.

He's been poor for a while, but i've not rated him for at least two seasons now.

: Thu May 21, 2009 6:18 am  

childofthenorthern wrote:

Yep but there must be some responsibility on the players to say if they aren't fit and Deacon isn't handling the physical side of the game at the moment.

But if you can see that (speculation though it is), then surely the coaches that see him day in day out should do too. If he ain't cut out for it, he should be nowhere near the side, and if he ain't picked then the above scenario is un-neccessary.

: Thu May 21, 2009 7:12 am  

mystic eddie wrote:

But if you can see that (speculation though it is), then surely the coaches that see him day in day out should do too. If he ain't cut out for it, he should be nowhere near the side, and if he ain't picked then the above scenario is un-neccessary.

It depend on how intensive the contact is in training. I'm guessing the physical contact during a game is harder and until they are in that situation you can't really judge if they can cope, so i can understand not being able to pick up on that during training but when week after week he's been targeted and most weeks is staggering about after one or more tackles I'd hope they'd be able to pick up on that.

: Thu May 21, 2009 7:33 am  

mystic eddie wrote:

That would be a boost would it not?

are you tigertot in disguise?

: Thu May 21, 2009 8:58 am  

childofthenorthern wrote:

It depend on how intensive the contact is in training. I'm guessing the physical contact during a game is harder and until they are in that situation you can't really judge if they can cope, so i can understand not being able to pick up on that during training but when week after week he's been targeted and most weeks is staggering about after one or more tackles I'd hope they'd be able to pick up on that.

Yes, you'd think that a highly paid RL coach would be able to see that wouldn't you?

: Thu May 21, 2009 9:00 am  

phillgee wrote:

are you tigertot in disguise?

Tigertot has 65646412477 aliases, but I am not one of them.

: Thu May 21, 2009 11:57 am  

Both squads here How set in stone are these selections ? I listened to the Bulls podcast last night and Steve Mac seemed pretty certain Semi wouldn't play, so unless he's made a fast recovery why waste a place in the squad ?

Both squads here How set in stone are these selections ? I listened to the Bulls podcast last night and Steve Mac seemed pretty certain Semi wouldn't play, so unless he's made a fast recovery why waste a place in the squad ?

: Thu May 21, 2009 12:06 pm  

who else was going to fill it?