Re: Chester out? : Thu Aug 08, 2019 3:30 pm  

trinity374 wrote:

May be, but the facilities available to the players nowadays make me doubt that. It's what's in the the chest that counts, and to me it seems were lacking confidence and heads fall.

This is where the captain comes into his own. I'm sorry to harp back to the 'good old days' but a captain like Derek Turner simply would not stand for lack of effort on the pitch.

I'm not sure that either Kirmo, as good a player as he was for us, or Miller, have the ability to roust the players when times are hard.

Very good interview with ex Cas player Brian Lockwood In League Express this week. Where he tells a funny tale about Rocky and his ways of instilling discipline.

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Re: Chester out? : Thu Aug 08, 2019 5:49 pm  

newgroundb4wakey wrote:

Very good interview with ex Cas player Brian Lockwood In League Express this week. Where he tells a funny tale about Rocky and his ways of instilling discipline.

Do you mean the ex Wakefield player who also played at Cas?

Re: Chester out? : Thu Aug 08, 2019 6:21 pm  

I was in the same class as Brian at school and played in the same junior teams as him. Still see him now and again and at one time he was living near to the Newmarket site. I think we had the best years out of him.

Re: Chester out? : Fri Aug 09, 2019 12:10 pm  

The captain often sets the tone of the squad, probably more so than the coach does.

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Re: Chester out? : Fri Aug 09, 2019 12:14 pm  

I have to say although recruitment has to be about skills of players and building a team, my number 1 requirement for next year is to bring in a good captain.
We may have missed that chance now but certainly has to be a priority for the year after.

Re: Chester out? : Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:02 pm  

newgroundb4wakey wrote:

I was in the same class as Brian at school and played in the same junior teams as him. Still see him now and again and at one time he was living near to the Newmarket site. I think we had the best years out of him.

I have a memory of him being dropped and playing for Walnut Warriors for a time, and I suspect there is an amusing discipline-related story about that.

Re: Chester out? : Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:14 pm  

Its a strange topic "Chester out" as I took my level 1 coaching course with his dad. We called a truce on the arm wrestle drill and just went through the motions.

Re: Chester out? : Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:28 pm  

I believe Westerman will be captain next season but that's just my opinion.

Re: Chester out? : Fri Aug 09, 2019 3:50 pm  

Oh god no, I hope not

Re: Chester out? : Fri Aug 09, 2019 5:00 pm  

newgroundb4wakey wrote:

Very good interview with ex Cas player Brian Lockwood In League Express this week. Where he tells a funny tale about Rocky and his ways of instilling discipline.

He had the Talbot in Normy for a while, probably mid eighties, we went in after playing 5 a side, I had an Australian Kangaroos shirt on, he turned to me and without a grin said, “toilets are through there, change that f*****g shirt or you won’t get served!”, I sat for five thinking he was joking, he came back, shrugged his shoulders and went back to the tap room. I duly went and changed my shirt, went back and greeted me with a “nice one cock, you’ll always be welcome in my pub”, and true to his word he always made a fuss when we went in again.
He also told many a tale of a coach of Cronulla who was a gangster about the time he was out there.