Re: Ian Millward : Thu Apr 23, 2020 9:59 pm  

Looking back at Millwards reign as coach, the worst thing he did was get rid of Newton and replace him with Higham. Don't get me wrong Higham was a very good player for us, I'd have loved to have kept him for a few more years but I think getting rid of Newton was his and our downfall.

What I don't like is the abuse some players get with smarmy remarks about them, they all played their parts. Guys like Liam Botham are scoffed at because he only played a handful lf games, I rated Botham as a decent 2nd rower. Nathan McAvoy was good for us too, Shane Millard too, Tim Jonkers and Oliver Wilkes did a solid job, Jordan James exceeded all expectations of him, Scott Logan was decent, even Vaeliki turned it on. The 1 player who turned things around was Dobson.

When you look back to that period we let go : Newton, Guisset, Higham, Logan, Wild, Brown, Aspinwall, Robinson, Dobson, Tickle, Melling, Godwin, Sculthorpe who all went on to have solid careers or played a while longer. I think we are a lot better run now.

Re: Ian Millward : Fri Apr 24, 2020 2:11 pm  

I remember a good debate on here at the time involved the captaincy.

Brian Fletcher had just been signed but think he had been in trouble in the NRL for racially abusing another player?

It was given to O’Loughlin but perhaps given too soon?