aberavon coach article in the swep

more jealous, bitter, narrow minded comments from an opposition coach.

its not as if aberavon have any ospreys playing for them, is it ?. and they regularly field only 17 players and have props on the wing .



Head coach in blast at 'bleating' by Llanelli
By stephen ware

ABERAVON head coach Simon King has told Llanelli to "stop bleating and get on with it" ahead of the clubs' Welsh Premiership meeting tomorrow (2pm).
With call-ups to the Wales Under-18, under-20, Sevens and Scarlets squads, Anthony Buchanan's side again see their resources stretched to the limit.
Llanelli were only able to name two players on the bench for Wednesday's Swalec Cup defeat to Tonmawr.
More relaxed permit rules for league matches mean they should travel to Aberavon with a full complement tomorrow, though they were yesterday still working on putting a team together.
Despite Llanelli's problems, King insisted he had no sympathy for the Parc y Scarlets side.
"They know the score, they know the format of the season so they've got to pick their squad accordingly," he said.
"They can be high and mighty when they've got a team with academy and Scarlets players in it.
"Now welcome to our world — Aberavon's and Tonmawr's.
"I don't care about them. I've got no sympathy at all.
"My only concern is us.
"They are the first when they get boys selected for this or that to get their pictures in the paper.
"Stop bleating and get on with it."
Llanelli caused controversy in the build-up to Wednesday's game when they requested it be staged 11 days after it was originally postponed to allow players who featured for the Scarlets last Sunday more time to recover.
That was a day later than was allowed under competition rules, but the Welsh Rugby Union sanctioned the match anyway.
While Llanelli struggle for a side, Aberavon have no fresh injury concerns.
But King believes it is not necessarily a good time to play Anthony Buchanan's men.
"The other side of the coin is that it could be a bad time," he said.
"They're coming off the back of a bad defeat and have something to prove.
"I don't expect it to be a cakewalk.
"In my time at Aberavon they've been one of our strongest opponents."
Nick Reynolds and Owen Williams, who featured for Llanelli two days ago, have been added to the Scarlets side to play Connacht tomorrow.
"There's no doubt that at the moment we're coming under pressure, but that's because we've been successful," said Buchanan.
"We have given people an opportunity at Llanelli and they have taken that.
"We're very proud of all our players that have gone on to play for the Scarlets or Wales sides.
"We'd never stand in their way and stop them from progressing, whereas maybe some others would."
Aberavon: TBC
Llanelli: TBC

Probably more dis-appointed with these comments than Hyatt's nonsense.

Wil Chips wrote: Probably more dis-appointed with these comments than Hyatt's nonsense.   King is more highly respected, and had involvement at age grade national coaching.   Very weak from him.

Wil Chips wrote: Bloody comedians!   *Off to Connacht next season I hear.