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Re: Avoiding relegation : Tue Mar 11, 2014 5:55 pm  
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Only slightly off thread - DH must be gutted that his other team have done so badly they sacked their manager - one Chris Powell !! No relation one presumes to the late lamented (not) RL coach Powell ?



I wouldn't have thought so! Trouble for Chris Powell was he seemed to be trying to manage the club whilst the new owners effectively had his hands tied behind his back!
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Re: Avoiding relegation : Tue Mar 11, 2014 7:43 pm  
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No relation one presumes to the late lamented (not) RL coach Powell ?


Before his sacking Chris Powell had a win ratio circa 40%

The only thing Towel averaged in the 40 percentile range was points conceded per game.
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was watching an nfl doco. on one of their teams and they used the term bomb to describe those long high passes from quaterback to running back and i think gibson took that idea, realized you cant throw the ball forward in RL and adapted it to a "bomb" kick we have


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Re: Avoiding relegation : Tue Mar 11, 2014 8:18 pm  
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Before his sacking Chris Powell had a win ratio circa 40%

The only thing Towel averaged in the 40 percentile range was points conceded per game.


Towel conceded 34.93 points per game over 47 SL matches.....we scored 19.19 per game during his tenure, with a W D L ratio of 19% - 2% - 79%.
This was David Hughes appointment and when combined with the matching book ends of Blanchard and Mackay, it has gone a great deal of the way to condemning London Broncos to the wilderness that will be the middle 8 at best, but in reality, the bottom 8 within 2 or 3 years.
Eloquent appeals by Mark Rammond for fans to return are all well and good, as is the confession in the Salford Programme and the self flagellation at the forum, but the REALITY is that it is too little too late. Tony Rea was hamstrung by someone else's squad in 2013 resulting in the highest ever losing margin average in SL for London at 17 points a game......now as a direct result of David Hughes "wobble" in October, we are currently running at a 30 point loss per game.

Tony Rea wanted to split the season into groups of 4 games.

Group 1 is done..... we are on 0 points.

Group 2 is Wakey at Home followed by Leeds Away, Castleford at home and Wigan away. Come out of that with anything less than 2 points and we're on the edge.

Group 3. Dragons (H), FC (A), Saints (A) and Huddersfield at Home.......then it's Magic weekend....less than 6 points at the end of round 14 and we're gone!
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Re: Avoiding relegation : Tue Mar 11, 2014 8:37 pm  
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/26529819

I see Jamal Fakir has been released by Catalan. He would be a good acquisition to add up front and bring off the bench, even if he does have some attitude problems.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/26529819

I see Jamal Fakir has been released by Catalan. He would be a good acquisition to add up front and bring off the bench, even if he does have some attitude problems.
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Re: Avoiding relegation : Tue Mar 11, 2014 8:47 pm  
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/26529819

I see Jamal Fakir has been released by Catalan. He would be a good acquisition to add up front and bring off the bench, even if he does have some attitude problems.


Dropped to the reserves, not released
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dally messenger wrote:
was watching an nfl doco. on one of their teams and they used the term bomb to describe those long high passes from quaterback to running back and i think gibson took that idea, realized you cant throw the ball forward in RL and adapted it to a "bomb" kick we have


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You poor poor obsessed fat ex vichyballin potato thieving stoaway.

Re: Avoiding relegation : Tue Mar 11, 2014 8:54 pm  
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Dropped to the reserves, not released

as good as released then. No way the Dragons will want to pay him a SL salary for reserve grade games....they want him gone but can't fire him, so they'll hope he requests to leave.
The French had planned to stay on the UK this week but instead flew back to France for crisis talks across the squad/coaches.......maybe this guys attitude/opinions at these meetings wasn't appreciated by the club.
If it's an attitude problem, then we have to ask do we need the potential hassle?
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Re: Avoiding relegation : Tue Mar 11, 2014 9:11 pm  
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as good as released then. No way the Dragons will want to pay him a SL salary for reserve grade games....they want him gone but can't fire him, so they'll hope he requests to leave.
The French had planned to stay on the UK this week but instead flew back to France for crisis talks across the squad/coaches.......maybe this guys attitude/opinions at these meetings wasn't appreciated by the club.
If it's an attitude problem, then we have to ask do we need the potential hassle?


I think it's a risk worth taking. As we've been saying we don't have a big impact prop. I'd take him on and play 10-15 minute bursts.
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Re: Avoiding relegation : Tue Mar 11, 2014 9:18 pm  
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I think it's a risk worth taking. As we've been saying we don't have a big impact prop. I'd take him on and play 10-15 minute bursts.


+ He'll be having a point to prove to Catalan and their coach. Take him on until the end of the season.
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dally messenger wrote:
was watching an nfl doco. on one of their teams and they used the term bomb to describe those long high passes from quaterback to running back and i think gibson took that idea, realized you cant throw the ball forward in RL and adapted it to a "bomb" kick we have


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You poor poor obsessed fat ex vichyballin potato thieving stoaway.

Re: Avoiding relegation : Tue Mar 11, 2014 9:24 pm  
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+ He'll be having a point to prove to Catalan and their coach. Take him on until the end of the season.

Well....Hughsey told Rammo he's spend the money, so let's get him in!
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Re: Avoiding relegation : Tue Mar 11, 2014 10:52 pm  
A lot of Powell knocking but someone who I respect and would know thought that he was or had the makings of a very good coach but needed a wise old mentor alongside him after the initial results tailed off but the funds were not forthcoming for such an appointment
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