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| Quote Larry Billey="Larry Billey"I will gladly admit that the seasons 2006 - mid 2009 where the most enjoyable as a Rovers fan since the early 90s, the rugby in the promotion season was fantastic , the cup win against Warrington, the brave performance by a scratch team against Sts in the semi, and obviously the play off win were massive highlights and a breath of fresh air .
Then the great achievement of staying up , one of the best away wins ever at Wigan, the 42-6 derby , wins in France and the continued derby dominance in 08 an 09 and culminating in the 4th place finish in 09. All fantastic and "great to be a Rovers fan" moments in time without doubt.
However i say mid 09 despite the 4th place finish because i became aware JM had made some decisions about the future path of the club which i completely disagreed with and i have been a critic ever since. I think the downward silde since then confirms my fear . We are in effect behind schedule as to where we should have been. He had a "blank canvass" and good money to spend but wouldnt stray far from the nest in spending it unfortunately and his choice in only listening to the opinions of certain players (and coaching staff)and disregarding all others is not good squad management in my view. This coupled with his rigidity (which wasnt apparent in the first two seasons at least) has led to the current situation. I think JM must realise it is of his own making and no-one elses. This experience should help him become a better coach in the future and , away from his decisions on Rovers, he is a "good bloke". I think the chairman is genuinely sorrowful that it has come to this.
I think the decision is the correct one but i really thank Justin for been part of some great moments and memories . He will always have his place in Rovers history.
The problem we have now is that the new guy comes in without much of "blank canvass" without much room to work and it will take perhaps another 3 years before we see us really punching our weight.
Unless it is a complete disaster from minute one then i will have to restrain myself from jumping on the new incumbents back too early....'"
Well put Larry, what I would say is although the new man will not have a blank canvas he will be starting from a much better position than Justin did. I know we disagree about certain players (namely the 2 who signed long deals yesterday) but that aside the rest of the squad are in a position where they can be either retained or released either now or next year so it will give him some scope provided he can be found very soon (if he already hasn't).
3 years to punch our wait will be acceptable IF we can at least improve steadily in that time. |
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| Quote Larry Billey="Larry Billey"
However i say mid 09 despite the 4th place finish because i became aware JM had made some decisions about the future path of the club which i completely disagreed with and i have been a critic ever since. I think the downward silde since then confirms my fear . '"
Genuinely interested, will you be able to share the gist of these decisions once he's gone?
I'll understand if you can't Bazza.
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Unless it is a complete disaster from minute one then i will have to restrain myself from jumping on the new incumbents back too early....'"
Really important this. No club ever prospers from constantly changing the coach, the new guy needs at least eighteen to twenty four months. |
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| I have read all the posts on hear and agree with them all I would like to say thanks for all that you have done for us justin and we do not and i  we do not get kear if we do we might has well kept justin at least he is a lot better |
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| Quote Larry Billey="Larry Billey"I will gladly admit that the seasons 2006 - mid 2009 where the most enjoyable as a Rovers fan since the early 90s, the rugby in the promotion season was fantastic , the cup win against Warrington, the brave performance by a scratch team against Sts in the semi, and obviously the play off win were massive highlights and a breath of fresh air .
Then the great achievement of staying up , one of the best away wins ever at Wigan, the 42-6 derby , wins in France and the continued derby dominance in 08 an 09 and culminating in the 4th place finish in 09. All fantastic and "great to be a Rovers fan" moments in time without doubt.
However i say mid 09 despite the 4th place finish because i became aware JM had made some decisions about the future path of the club which i completely disagreed with and i have been a critic ever since. I think the downward silde since then confirms my fear . We are in effect behind schedule as to where we should have been. He had a "blank canvass" and good money to spend but wouldnt stray far from the nest in spending it unfortunately and his choice in only listening to the opinions of certain players (and coaching staff)and disregarding all others is not good squad management in my view. This coupled with his rigidity (which wasnt apparent in the first two seasons at least) has led to the current situation. I think JM must realise it is of his own making and no-one elses. This experience should help him become a better coach in the future and , away from his decisions on Rovers, he is a "good bloke". I think the chairman is genuinely sorrowful that it has come to this.
I think the decision is the correct one but i really thank Justin for been part of some great moments and memories . He will always have his place in Rovers history.
The problem we have now is that the new guy comes in without much of "blank canvass" without much room to work and it will take perhaps another 3 years before we see us really punching our weight.
Unless it is a complete disaster from minute one then i will have to restrain myself from jumping on the new incumbents back too early....'"
Well said that man!... intereting use of the pleural 'incumbents'???? |
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| Quote Basil Fawlty="Basil Fawlty"Well said that man!... intereting use of the pleural 'incumbents'????'"
It's not a pleural. |
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obviously i put this on yesterday and it got locked, i was told he was allowed to leave with immediate if he wanted and not immediately as i stated (sorry) but if you guys think Green and Dobson and Hodgson have signed for 3 years to play under Kear your having a laugh, i think you might be very pleasently suprised as to who is coming in!!!
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| Quote chukabutt="chukabutt"obviously i put this on yesterday and it got locked, i was told he was allowed to leave with immediate if he wanted and not immediately as i stated (sorry) but if you guys think Green and Dobson and Hodgson have signed for 3 years to play under Kear your having a laugh, i think you might be very pleasently suprised as to who is coming in!!!'"
i agree about dobo green and hodgson they will have been told already i hope you are right about been pleasantly surprised  |
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| Quote chukabutt="chukabutt"obviously i put this on yesterday and it got locked, i was told he was allowed to leave with immediate if he wanted and not immediately as i stated (sorry) but if you guys think Green and Dobson and Hodgson have signed for 3 years to play under Kear your having a laugh, i think you might be very pleasently suprised as to who is coming in!!!'"
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| Quote chas1hkr="chas1hkr"Give us a clue then English or Australian?'"
Well,he has ordered his barbie,and the corks for his hat.  |
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| Quote barton baird="barton baird"Well,he has ordered his barbie,and the corks for his hat.
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He's ordered a barbie? It must be Ken. |
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Think the Galea, Dobbo and Green signings tell us where we are going but the HDM are well off the mark with the names they produced today, i will stay shtum if for nothing else its not signed sealed and delivered yet!! But if it comes off prepare for the top 4 regularly and challenges on all fronts as some of the names that will follow will be huge!!!!
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| Quote chukabutt="chukabutt"Think the Galea, Dobbo and Green signings tell us where we are going but the HDM are well off the mark with the names they produced today, i will stay shtum if for nothing else its not signed sealed and delivered yet!! But if it comes off prepare for the top 4 regularly and challenges on all fronts as some of the names that will follow will be huge!!!!'"
Will all these huge names demand huge salaries or will they just come for the love of it ? |
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