Apology: Sir Clive Woodward

[Bullitt]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunio...e-Woodward.html

Simon Shaw's forthcoming autobiography suggesting that Sir Clive Woodward had been cowardly, paranoid and blinkered during his time in charge of England and the Lions.

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[gingergenius]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Teh Mite @ Aug 9 2009, 10:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunio...e-Woodward.html

Simon Shaw's forthcoming autobiography suggesting that Sir Clive Woodward had been cowardly, paranoid and blinkered during his time in charge of England and the Lions.

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well i read dallaglio's autobiography and certainly Sir Clive seemed to have a large streak of paranoia running through him. However, he did manage to weld a very successful England team. For which I am eternally grateful. And for which Shaw is not, because he wasn't picked in it.

 

[O'Rothlain]

Sounds like Woodward sued the Daily Mail.

 

[Bullitt]

About time someone did.

 

[gingergenius]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Teh Mite @ Aug 9 2009, 02:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

About time someone did.[/b]

All tabloids can f*** off. They contribute far more shite in this country than any politician, whatever party he's in.

 

[Jockstap]

Any coach could have won with the Team he had in 2003, he didn't really have to do anything, kinda like De Villiers with SA. After the 2005 Lions tour no one can call this man a good coach.

 

[Nickdnz]

From what I save heard Simon Shaw's reasons were pretty solid. One reason Shaw wasn't in the squad was apparently he was too simular in his game style as Martin Johnson...like that is a reason to not include Shaw in a squad. Simon Shaw's career should have been far more illustrius then Woodward allowed.

 

[Bullitt]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jockstrap @ Aug 10 2009, 04:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

Any coach could have won with the Team he had in 2003, he didn't really have to do anything, kinda like De Villiers with SA. After the 2005 Lions tour no one can call this man a good coach.[/b]

Nice way to write off any decent team, ever. You forget the fact that SCW didn't inherit that squad, he built it from the ground up - including the reserve players such as Shaw. Then he got the right coaches around him to complete the package. Managerial excellence.

He may have been the wrong man for the Lions tour, but it's very narrow minded to take away what he did from 97-2003 just because you don't like him.