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[2014 EOYT] Canada vs. Romania 22/11/14
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<blockquote data-quote="LittleGuy" data-source="post: 692103" data-attributes="member: 44360"><p>Yeah, looks like our musings about the November tour of 2013 where these bizarre coaching decisions, lineups etc. and general lack of coherence from the side appeared have come fully to fruition. </p><p></p><p>I won't be foaming at the mouth if RC lets Crowley try and salvage this thing next year, but if there is a quality coach out there, I wouldn't be perturbed at a switch right now. Something is clearly VERY wrong with this side. Is someone like Clive Griffiths available? He's worked with the team and many of these players before, it wouldn't be a huge culture shock.</p><p></p><p>Either way KC needs a fantastic 2015 to stay on, two wins likely or a few narrow losses to the T1's and a big win over Romania combined with some solid games in the warm ups. I'm not going to say KC has been terrible the side he inherited in 2008 was utterly pathetic and he got some pretty good results from the side up until 18 months ago. But maybe he's taken it as far as he can, perhaps he's "lost the room" or is out of ideas.</p><p></p><p>Edit: I would probably have Pritch in my RWC side canadafan but I think it might be as a bench player. He is still reliable in defence and is better than any of the experiments back there a.k.a DTH and Braid.</p><p></p><p>There really aren't any excuses for this tour, there were some injuries but the players left weren't massive downgrades, it's hard to argue that Paris, Mack, Mackenzie and Evans would have made a massive impact, maybe Evans would have been helpful in the Namibia match ahead of DTH at FB.</p><p></p><p>Edit: On another note, I should give some credit to Romania so the Oaks fans on here don't think I'm totally crapping on ther side either. Once again they played to their strengths in the scrum and lineout, they kicked well and were decent in defence they certainly weren't spectacular but they were workmanlike and got the job done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleGuy, post: 692103, member: 44360"] Yeah, looks like our musings about the November tour of 2013 where these bizarre coaching decisions, lineups etc. and general lack of coherence from the side appeared have come fully to fruition. I won't be foaming at the mouth if RC lets Crowley try and salvage this thing next year, but if there is a quality coach out there, I wouldn't be perturbed at a switch right now. Something is clearly VERY wrong with this side. Is someone like Clive Griffiths available? He's worked with the team and many of these players before, it wouldn't be a huge culture shock. Either way KC needs a fantastic 2015 to stay on, two wins likely or a few narrow losses to the T1's and a big win over Romania combined with some solid games in the warm ups. I'm not going to say KC has been terrible the side he inherited in 2008 was utterly pathetic and he got some pretty good results from the side up until 18 months ago. But maybe he's taken it as far as he can, perhaps he's "lost the room" or is out of ideas. Edit: I would probably have Pritch in my RWC side canadafan but I think it might be as a bench player. He is still reliable in defence and is better than any of the experiments back there a.k.a DTH and Braid. There really aren't any excuses for this tour, there were some injuries but the players left weren't massive downgrades, it's hard to argue that Paris, Mack, Mackenzie and Evans would have made a massive impact, maybe Evans would have been helpful in the Namibia match ahead of DTH at FB. Edit: On another note, I should give some credit to Romania so the Oaks fans on here don't think I'm totally crapping on ther side either. Once again they played to their strengths in the scrum and lineout, they kicked well and were decent in defence they certainly weren't spectacular but they were workmanlike and got the job done. [/QUOTE]
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