: Fri Apr 17, 2009 11:27 pm  

vastman wrote:

Saints aren't you rivals, Celtic are - join the real world.

You're an idiot, your club has finally got a few wins under it's belt. You'd think you had won the GF. Remind me, what have you won since the start of the SL era?

: Fri Apr 17, 2009 11:34 pm  

Timmy the Koi wrote:

No. Cullen was a legend, and actually managed to turn us from relegation fodder into play off conenders.....

McNamara.......well......

McNamara has been using the reverse strategy.

: Fri Apr 17, 2009 11:35 pm  

Timmy the Koi wrote:

No. Cullen was a legend, and actually managed to turn us from relegation fodder into play off conenders.....

McNamara.......well......

Cullen was never a legend when he played.

He was never class just a hard stopping centre.

Agreed though he rescued Wire and took us as far as he could.

McNamara has inherited a club used to winning Grand Finals which is the difference.

: Fri Apr 17, 2009 11:38 pm  

bobsmyuncle wrote:

I was somewhat dissapointed by the Bulls performance tonight, individually (with some few exceptions), as a team, its motivational preparation , lack of defensive structure and attacking capability.
Rather sweeping critisisms that should, I feel, be acknowledged by the coaches and management, with them offering a detailed explanation of their plan to put them right.
The time for platinuduous excuses has overrun its course.
I did not Boo my club's players and did not leave before the end as IMO that would be counterproductive.
Others felt that they needed to express their opinions in these ways and I can understand that.
Tonight was a sad time for me - a long term ardent supporter of the club that I trully love. But, Its MY club and I'll continue to support it as I have always done. I can offer no rational explanation for this other than perhaps a tribal comfort.
There will be better days and maybe worse days but i'll be watching MY team.

I'll agree with all of that.

: Fri Apr 17, 2009 11:57 pm  

Been thinking about that debacle we had the misfortune to watch earlier (Wire fans will see it slightly differently, of course!).

Think about it:

What have Bulls done so many bloody times this season? As soon as the opposition turn on the pressure and we make a daft mistake and waver, our confidence seems to go and our defence collapses.

How many times have we seen that?

Same tonight. More of the sodding same.

How so?

Well the difference today (and at the Piedome) was that the other lot piled on the pressure right from the off, and we screwed up right from the off. So the collapse came right from the off.

Didn't it?

It wasn't a new or even a worsening problem tonight; it was the same old problem.

Something is badly badly wrong in the players' mindset - can't be any other explanation? And that's something that's down to the coach to rectify. And he has very little time. If any time at all.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 12:10 am  

Adeybull wrote:

Been thinking about that debacle we had the misfortune to watch earlier (Wire fans will see it slightly differently, of course!).

Think about it:

What have Bulls done so many bloody times this season? As soon as the opposition turn on the pressure and we make a daft mistake and waver, our confidence seems to go and our defence collapses.

How many times have we seen that?

Same tonight. More of the sodding same.

How so?

Well the difference today (and at the Piedome) was that the other lot piled on the pressure right from the off, and we screwed up right from the off. So the collapse came right from the off.

Didn't it?

It wasn't a new or even a worsening problem tonight; it was the same old problem.

Something is badly badly wrong in the players' mindset - can't be any other explanation? And that's something that's down to the coach to rectify. And he has very little time. If any time at all.

And that's why McNamara's comments on Sporting Life are so strange. Is he taking all the fans for idiots because that's the feeling I get.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 12:17 am  

redeverready wrote:

And that's why McNamara's comments on Sporting Life are so strange. Is he taking all the fans for idiots because that's the feeling I get.

Must admit, I found Macca's comments bordering on the delusional tonight.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 12:24 am  

Adeybull wrote:

Must admit, I found Macca's comments bordering on the delusional tonight.

There appears to be an underlying statement that he is not prepared to stand down

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 12:24 am  

Adeybull wrote:

Must admit, I found Macca's comments bordering on the delusional tonight.

TBH i think it's got to the stage where he just doesn't know how to handle press questions and thus is making him self look silly.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 12:31 am  

redeverready wrote:

TBH i think it's got to the stage where he just doesn't know how to handle press questions and thus is making him self look silly.

I'm sorry, It's got to the stage he should walk...

No if's...

no but's....

Just go!