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Bath or "The masochists guide to rugby"
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<blockquote data-quote="LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)" data-source="post: 1064546" data-attributes="member: 70842"><p>I see a lot of similarities between Bath and Leicester </p><p> Tigers had a big grow your own thing. </p><p> Tom Hardwick</p><p> Jordan Olowofela</p><p> George Worth</p><p> Ben White</p><p> Sam Lewis</p><p> Joe Heyes </p><p> Tommy Reffell</p><p> All became pinups for the Murphy and Cohen administration. </p><p> </p><p> "We were losing but look at all these young players we are playing now", reality was that 1. half weren't good enough, 2. the players around them was pretty damn poor since most of the time they got their game time when the Internationals are away so Hardwick for Ford, Olowofela for May etc. </p><p></p><p> Borthwick came in and only Heyes and Reffell remain.</p><p> You now have Steward, Martin, JVP coming up the academy playing in a far more balanced team granted Borthwick threw them and other younger players to the wolves in his first 6/7 games and kept the ones who showed talent or heart. </p><p> But it helps so much to have a good squad that you can just slot the younger players into. </p><p></p><p> Would Martin, JVP and Steward have benefited from playing with (Picking a team from a Prem game 3 years ago </p><p> 1. Bateman, 2. Youngs, 3. Cole</p><p> 4. Mike Williams, 5. Kitchener</p><p> 6. Martin, 7. Thompson, 8. Kalamafoni</p><p> 9. JVP, 10. Joe Ford</p><p>12. Eastmond, 13. Gareth Owen</p><p>11. Olowofela, 14. Thompstone, 15. Steward </p><p> Compared to what they are playing in now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan), post: 1064546, member: 70842"] I see a lot of similarities between Bath and Leicester Tigers had a big grow your own thing. Tom Hardwick Jordan Olowofela George Worth Ben White Sam Lewis Joe Heyes Tommy Reffell All became pinups for the Murphy and Cohen administration. "We were losing but look at all these young players we are playing now", reality was that 1. half weren't good enough, 2. the players around them was pretty damn poor since most of the time they got their game time when the Internationals are away so Hardwick for Ford, Olowofela for May etc. Borthwick came in and only Heyes and Reffell remain. You now have Steward, Martin, JVP coming up the academy playing in a far more balanced team granted Borthwick threw them and other younger players to the wolves in his first 6/7 games and kept the ones who showed talent or heart. But it helps so much to have a good squad that you can just slot the younger players into. Would Martin, JVP and Steward have benefited from playing with (Picking a team from a Prem game 3 years ago 1. Bateman, 2. Youngs, 3. Cole 4. Mike Williams, 5. Kitchener 6. Martin, 7. Thompson, 8. Kalamafoni 9. JVP, 10. Joe Ford 12. Eastmond, 13. Gareth Owen 11. Olowofela, 14. Thompstone, 15. Steward Compared to what they are playing in now. [/QUOTE]
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