Bart S wrote:
Who has been coaching the forwards this year then? If the answer is Kiss then what has Gibbes been doing? On the same basis (ie Kiss has been doing it all) then Why get rid of Clarke.
I am all for giving him a fair chance, but a few tough stares and telling it like it is does not obscure the fact that he has presided over a regression in our pack this season. He has more to prove now than when he arrived.
FFFS Bart, get yourself down to your local apothecary and seek ye some of his finest tighten-up syrup.
Did Jono do any of the following:
- sign Hond
- sign Deysel
- sign Piutau instead of a brilliant back row who isn't made of lego.
- allow Iain Henderson to come back ridiculously late from the Lions junket
- break Rory Best on his return doing a box-ticking exercise
- keep Daves on contract after they are shown to be a waste of a contract.
The man is a coach, not King friggin' Midas. Coaching decent players to become better is possible, miracles on Daves are not part of the process.
He's had 3 games, let's discount the Kings. Against Embra there was no shortage of application, much of it was defensive but much of it was noticeably better, we were already low on players available having had 3 bad injuries against the Kings & again injuries struck.
We will have different thoughts on Scarlets but for my money and watching with distractions, the first half seemed decent & I care not a jot what anyone says, had Ulster gone in 14-3 up at halftime, it was a different game. As it was when you are down to the bottom of your squad, when things turn against you, they fall on their arses.
Now FFFS behave yerself, this will not be a quick fix.
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