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Dunbar

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  1. Who would you pick in the starting line up instead of these three. I'm nor arguing with you, I am big fan of picking on talent and form irrelevant of age... just interested in who are your choices.
  2. It may do yes. Although, I don't believe that it should be a key factor. The captain is not as critical a role in League as it is in other sports. I think you pick the best squad / team and then decide who the captain is rather than pick a captain and play him no matter what. We will have enough senior players to name a captain. Personally, I think Tomkins still offers enough in shifting the ball to warrant selection as a starting full back and so captain. Welsby would be in the aquad and 17 and may even replace Tomkins if form demands.
  3. The only question to ask is 'is he the best option we have today'? If yes then he plays, if not, go with the better option.
  4. I am a broken record on this but I am passionate about it. We give the ref's a hard enough time as it is... we just ignore many of the laws as they laid out... pretty much all the scrum laws, the requirement to play the ball with the foot, deliberate knock on to name a few. Then we ask them to referee to 'interpretations' rather than laws. And of course we demand they do this consistently, both each ref and across the league. Now we are looking for them to explain these subjective interpretations to the fans expecting them all to agree to the decisions once explained. It's a no from me.
  5. It's a fine balance isn't it. You can hardly have a coach who thinks he is the problem... he should have some courage in his convictions. But at the same time a leader has to say results are ultimately down to him and take responsibility when they are not where they need to be. It is someone else's call to decide if what he does is working or not though.
  6. I don't disagree with the substance of your post. Performance has dropped and the coach needs to take responsibility for that. But if he has explained to stakeholders that he is going through a process then I would be inclined to give him time to complete that. And he has his own signings in the team next year so it is make or break. As for no humility. He says "it’s been a learning experience. I think I will come out of this season, in one season, having learned more than in the rest of my coaching career." That sounds to me like someone who is prepared to say he is constantly learning and its been a tough year. There is humility in this I think.
  7. I disagree with this assessment of the interview. Let me start by saying that he may or may not be the right man for the job and time will tell if he is successful or not but I think this interview displays a positive rather than a negative. As I have said before on here, I believe that Powell has been clearing out players who refuse to change and adapt to his approach. Such people make the whole process of change extremely difficult as they push back at every small change and are usually very vocal about it. It is so hard to deliver results with such people around. As someone who has exited very talented but very toxic people from businesses, these are the tough calls that look initially like you are reducing the capability but the long term positive on culture is well worth it. 2023 is the year we will see if the club and Powell has made the right calls. He has had a full recruitment cycle of his own and you would expect to see these changes deliver or not.
  8. I do agree. I was just responding to a post that says a Super League player can't be world class. There are fewer world class players in Super League than the NRL but they are there.
  9. I wasn't really thinking of the England game... more the New Zealand vs. Tonga game. For a long time the NSW and Queensland Origin teams would probably have been ranked 1 and 2 in the world if they were national sides but now, with so many of the games best players Kiwis or PI representatives the balance is swing back to internationals being the top tier of the game again. I love SOO for what it is but the sport is massively better off with internationals being the top tier and so I am happy with this transition.
  10. Maybe. But I am trying to think why a player would not want to round off his career with a shot at winning a world cup on home soil. It could be a fairytale ending to a wonderful career. I just want him to play so much! (I sound like my 9 year old daughter!)
  11. The thing about Roby is that he would be a dead cert to be picked if available. And what a way to round off a career to play in the biggest and best ever world cup on home soil. And yet it doesn't look like he is prepared to extent his career by 6 weeks to do it. Is it because he doesn't think he can perform at the standard he thinks is needed or is it because he doesn't think England have a shot at winning cause its a big thing to not play in?
  12. Origin used to be a better standard than international League. It isn't any more. However, that isn't really relevant to a 'Brit's in the NRL' thread. If you want to start a new topic on this then I will happily chat about it but I will leave it here.
  13. A deliberate knock on is a penalty. It's just another of the laws we have decided not to bother with.
  14. It works both ways. As I say, Isaah Yeo can't be world class can he because he has never played an international game? It's not the players fault they don't get a chance to play these games.
  15. I recognised you were being ironic. I was supporting your point. As we discussed on another thread. Isiah Yeo is the incumbent for Australia yet never played for them.
  16. Incumbent is not a very relevant term in international Rugby League.
  17. Great to see the ref have the confidence to give that try without a thousand replays.
  18. We have a World Cup this Autumn that should showcase the women's game magnificently. My view is that this should be followed up with some stand alone elite women's game to show it can grow in its own right. Your view seems to be that the women's game will grow best if it is shown as a curtain raiser to the mens final (at least for the next few years). We have both stated our views. Let's just hope that women's Rugby League can thrive.
  19. This argument would have been used for football and rugby union as well. Before they realised that the women's game will grow in its own right. There is huge momentum in women's sport at the moment and it would be entirely typical of Rugby League not to take advantage of it due to our own lack of ambition.
  20. There is plenty of evidence from other sports (and indeed ours) that when you decouple the women's game from the men's and let it thrive in its own right then the benefits are immense. The game is at Wembley next year before the men. Great, let the players and clubs enjoy the occasion but let's move very quickly to the point where we can have a stand alone women's final and another occasion that we can celebrate in our game.
  21. I have already said how delighted I would be for anyone to play a Challenge Cup final at Wembley. Again, if we make decisions based on the experience of the players then this is fine. But sometimes development decisions include other factors than just how happy the players are. And I am happy for you to disagree with my opinion on how to best develop the women's game, that is what these forums are for. But don't tell me what my attitude is. I am not moaning about the Women's Challenge Cup Final being at Wembly, I have an opinion that the development of the women's game would be better served with a stand alone event.
  22. Different views about how we can all see the Women's game excel. Not moaning. A big difference.
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