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Tony Clifton
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Booth is a good coach and has markedly turned around the Ospreys. Compare them now to the depths they were at with Tandy/Clarke. The damage done will take years to fix, and Booth has slowly but visibly improved the squad as he can. One by one he’s gotten rid of some of the paycheck collectors.
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Wil Chips
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I think it’s almost mandatory for a journalist these days (who wants to make his/her way to the top) to retain his credentials and integrity by offering up only considered and thought provoking pieces, with at least some balance and analysis.
This recent article was weak, and a thinly veiled and very stretched attempt to pick individual successes from a team failure, and so continue the long litany of pro Ospreys articles from his pen. He’s touting Griffiths as a future Welsh captain made me chuckle as it’s based on quotes from a coach who ( no disrespect meant) has not played or coached professional rugby, and not attained anything ( unless you count relegation as an attribute) at semi pro level. That’s not even bending things to fit a pre determined outcome ( which I can cope with) that’s just rank poor journalism. Don’t get me wrong on Morgan, he’s excellent and as certain to be capped by Wales as there is right now, and had a great game, but you can’t just embellish the positives and ignore the negatives. He missed a crucial tackle that enabled our last try for example, was unable to bring Cawdor down when he went for a dart on the blind side in the 1st half ( luckily there was cover, but it was his man) He also won’t be first choice for the O’s when Tips is fit. Wales are not short of quality 7’s, and if all remain fit, then Morgan is not in the running right now. The overall standard of Welsh rugby journalism isn’t bad at all, Simon and Steff keep that bar up there, not sure what the value addition of a writer that really only has one narrative adds though, |
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Lee
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The article reads as if it was written before the match had taken place and was banking on an Ospreys win. He then had to make a few adjustments and additions before publication.
I would have to take his word about the lack of quality in the game as low quality is something that he knows all about.
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scarletnut
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I still wake up late at night and think of what might have been when tim stimpson hit that jammy penalty1
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SA14
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You haven’t been on here since day one…….
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Dic Penderyn
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Orders today is really the horse that was tethered too long,the dog that was leashed,the bird that was caged.His "player ratings" column for Wales Online makes for difficult reading.He followed that up with a piece gushing praise for George North.No detail was spared by the hopelessly devoted scribe,e.g"The Ospreys went into a team huddle after North came onto the field,with Collins putting a reassuring arm on his team-mate's back".Really.
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reesytheexile
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Edited by reesytheexile - 01 May 2022 at 4:01pm |
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Dic Penderyn
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You know what quotation marks are for,yeah?
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RR1972
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Edited by RR1972 - 01 May 2022 at 8:20pm |
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Jones2004
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How many times was he charged down in the first half? Once can be unlucky, but the amount he was charged down suggested a serious inability to organise a ‘caterpillar ruck’. On the basis of yesterday I’d have Cawdor and Kieran in the Welsh team every day of the week over Webb.
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GPR - Rochester
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Cawdor is the best available Welsh 9 by a country mile. As for the back up it should be Aled Davies but because we are hell bent on making life as difficult for our coaches as possible you can pick anyone from Hardy, Webb, Rhodri or Tomos as back up. Enough has been said of Tomos which I won't repeat but Hardy has gone backwards this season at a rate of knots starting with a diabolical display in Edinburgh.
Blacker picked up a lot of momentum early season but his form has fallen away along with limited chances. I would be surprised to see both Hardy & Blacker in our squad after next season as we have three 9's with real potential who are going to be pushing very hard.
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townboy
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I was in Llandovery on Saturday watching their game against Bridgend and was told that Harry Williams one of young 9’s has been released along with Tomi Lewis..Not sure how much truth is in this thou
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scarletnut
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I still wake up late at night and think of what might have been when tim stimpson hit that jammy penalty1
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RR1972
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Would mcbryde be a good pick as head coach for the drags?
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RR1972
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Edited by RR1972 - 02 May 2022 at 10:53am |
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SA14
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Andy Howell was Charles Dickens compared to Mark Orders. He really is an awful journalist. All his pieces start with some random mini story. He must have got some of his influences from Ronnie Corbett monologues.
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