Re: Peacock announces retirement : Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:38 am
tvoc wrote:
Me neither. The timing of the actual announcement smacks of a realisation that while the mind is still willing the body is telling him it's no longer possible at the standard he demands of himself. The whole beating the Exiles line lays somewhere between selfish and nonsense. I don't think Peacock would be the former so imagine it's closer to the latter.
Hopefully no real damage done and better to step aside now than on the 5th of July.
Hopefully no real damage done and better to step aside now than on the 5th of July.
I suggest you watch boots&all tonight. There is a full interview with him. And you are correct to say he didn't make up his mind in January, it was actually December. He actually says he talked it over with his wife in December and McNamara, and decided he just wanted one last go at the Exiles before finishing.
You better put those knives away, as it appears Peacock is indeed selfish, if that is what you want to label him as.
Unless you are of course saying that he is just lying for tv and interview purposes.