Re: new coach thread... : Thu Apr 19, 2018 10:22 pm  

Good luck to the bloke I will give him a chance and hope he does well it’s a total pin in the map choice from the club and does nothing to address the real issues

Re: new coach thread... : Fri Apr 20, 2018 11:40 am  

He’s currently in charge of the Newcastle feeder club, who were in the playoffs last year the first he took over -and are currently at the bottom of the table ......Yep sounds like the man with the credentials for the job

Re: new coach thread... : Fri Apr 20, 2018 12:39 pm  

knew it would go down well with you jools.

bagging a coach (if announced) before he's even stepped foot in the country.

we as fans need to back him and give him a chance at the very least.

obviously thewlis saw something he liked in the interview or from what he heard from his mate nathan brown.

Re: new coach thread... : Fri Apr 20, 2018 8:02 pm  

Cannot be worse than Thorman

Re: new coach thread... : Fri Apr 20, 2018 8:45 pm  

GIANTSRL wrote:

:lol: knew it would go down well with you jools.

bagging a coach (if announced) before he's even stepped foot in the country.

we as fans need to back him and give him a chance at the very least.

obviously thewlis saw something he liked in the interview or from what he heard from his mate nathan brown.

Yeah the mate he sacked under duress, brown was gonna walk but thewlis convinced him to stay as if he got sacked he’d get paid out, what a businessman eh ditto Anderson which cost club 70k

Re: new coach thread... : Fri Apr 20, 2018 8:58 pm  

And for when Jools says how do you know and defends him.
1 I was there when thewlis told brown not to quit as it would cost him money
2 baloo was very happy to tell everyone he got 70k to leave

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Re: new coach thread... : Fri Apr 20, 2018 9:23 pm  

djhudds wrote:

And for when Jools says how do you know and defends him.
1 I was there when thewlis told brown not to quit as it would cost him money
2 baloo was very happy to tell everyone he got 70k to leave

Well you cannot dispute that.

Two seasons ago I said I would not go back to watching the giants until there was fundamental change at the club.

By that I did not mean tinkering with the players or the coach. Since then virtually everything that has happened at the club has smacked of either incompetence or something worse

The players signed, the length of contracts or what they have been paid.
Decisions in the back room .

For me although I have never said it the problem is Thewlis .

As long as he is there then I have no faith anything will change at the club.

No matter who we get it will fall apart with the incompetence at the top.

As long as Thewlis is there I will save my money.

Re: new coach thread... : Fri Apr 20, 2018 10:54 pm  

I agree completely ( along with another 8 people) we also sponsor a player. I have followed HRLFC for 40 years and won’t be renewing if Thewlis is in charge. I walked out of the last game v Salford not even caring anymore which is sad. The whole set up is a shambles as I’ve said on here for a long time.

Re: new coach thread... : Sat Apr 21, 2018 5:07 am  

jools wrote:

He’s currently in charge of the Newcastle feeder club, who were in the playoffs last year the first he took over -and are currently at the bottom of the table ......Yep sounds like the man with the credentials for the job

I'm not sure I like Woolford, but to be fair, he took over a very young side last year who were at the bottom of the table about this far into the comp as well, and he improved them enough to make the finals.
This year the Knights shed 26 of their top 40, including all but 2 or 3 of last year's reserve grade team.
The side Woolford named for today has 8 guys who were playing under 20s last year, 4 who were playing country comps, 3 who were in and out of firstgrade, and 2 who were firstgrade regulars.

Re: new coach thread... : Sat Apr 21, 2018 8:19 am  

roopy wrote:

I'm not sure I like Woolford, but to be fair, he took over a very young side last year who were at the bottom of the table about this far into the comp as well, and he improved them enough to make the finals.
This year the Knights shed 26 of their top 40, including all but 2 or 3 of last year's reserve grade team.
The side Woolford named for today has 8 guys who were playing under 20s last year, 4 who were playing country comps, 3 who were in and out of firstgrade, and 2 who were firstgrade regulars.

That would be enough to keep die hard Giants fans going in excuses for years to come.