Quote Nankivell="Nankivell"I fully agree, but our coach seems to have taken time to watch his new recruits before signing them, but has not watched the likes of Ford, Owen, Davidson or Tyson while he has been here, while bringing in players of the same age from other clubs on the basis that their coaches had the balls to do something he hadn't - expose them to the bigger game. Why is Caton Brown better than Ford? Or Menzies better than Davidson, Groat better than Tyson, or Lee better than Owen?
Other clubs and their coaches take a more sensible view of it, to ensure that the players are not over- trained.
That said, over- training seems to be the SRD way.
I personally think the coaching, conditioning and player development staff need to take a good, long look at themselves. They may not just be contributing to the demise of a club, but certainly to the careers of some extremely promising players.'"
You don't seem to be giving up on your criticism of Messrs.Harris and Koukash.
I admire your support of the young players but you cannot have it both ways.
You accuse them of ignoring the young players - then you accuse them of over-training them!
Tyson recently failed to be available for Oldham because he was injured training with SRD.
You will find accusations from Welsh supporters that their national side coached by Harris went into the World Cup under-cooked.
You will find supporters of a Cumbrian side,in the Championship,who protest that their 'travellers' - players on loan,dual reg.live outside the county - do not attend their twice a week training so should not be selected.
If you could persuade Will Hope to return to the game I would be very grateful.I saw him in his MoM performance in a losing Sheffield Eagles side to Batley,coached by the new Welsh coach,John Kear.Will Hope has been in the first team squad this year so he was being watched.
