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"Reds' fan's understatement of the decade"

This will be a great marker as to whether the QRU and BT are dead serious regarding the urgent need to fix the Reds and properly so. If a genuine world-class Attack AC is found and appointed, a small scintilla of belief may return to this Reds' fan. If we see another 'good QLD rugby man...

For many years now, in terms of 'taking real responsibility' for the multiple debacles, disasters and deadbeats at and around the QRU/Reds, we know only too well the culture and MO has been one of a 'responsibility-free zone'. I cannot think of an instance in the last 5 years or so when a top...

Where _precisely_ is the hard evidence for this? Not what you hope, what is verifiable fact. I know we’ve had the media sprouting ‘culture change’ early in this year’s season, ‘heavy BT special gym sessions’ and so on, but the only meaningful evidence has to be in consistently improved team...

1. Years of incompetent, insular and self-deluding board leadership at QRU top level 2. This manifesting itself in many destructive ways, but principally in years of extremely poor HC and AC appointment-making whilst simultaneously preserving executive survivors in key positions that hold no...

Four more years. Perhaps move Tony McGahan over from the Reds as Defence Coach?

To which the appropriate response is: 'Charlton Heston need not apply'.

Priceless RC, just priceless. 'When a (moving) picture tells a thousand words'.

Problem may be for the QRU that the currently accessible stock of 'our good mates and loyal QLD rugby men' is running very low as most have been tried now and have proved - as was predicted - abysmal failures principally as objectively and carefully assessed competence for the role in question...

Sadly, so true. The time for outrage is dead after about 237 outrage moments since 2012. Now we would be just truly shocked if the current Reds roster was centred upon any semblance of a real plan. Shocked at a deviant moment in any otherwise highly predictable, intensely repetitive cycle of...

Pleased to see his name mentioned wherever it may emanate from - you may recall P Blake achieved significant improvements under Deans in the Wallaby defence record when he moved there from, IIRC, the Force in around c. 2010. (I'm assuming you do mean Phil Blake, and not Mooney.....) As others...

100% S2050. I'm sure you and I have agreed here before that history clearly shows no team will ever win a Super Rugby Final without a high-grade 10 along the way. Just won't happen. I'll give Stewart some benefit of the early doubt but at present I see no evidence he has the makings of...

Here you go, today's Courier Mail online "LAST week a Sydney rugby writer took the long handle to the Queensland Reds. Nothing he wrote was untrue. Money is tight, crowds aren’t great and the Reds won’t make the Super Rugby play-offs — although after upsetting the Rebels last weekend they...

The genesis of all this is surely the sound forward squad planning that did not go on under Graham/Cordingly re (a) worthy back up(s) being carefully developed under or around QC (Quade Cooper) and (b) worsened or exemplified (take your pick) by Graham's teacher's pet-type love for Jake McIntyre when it was...

"The Front Row:Cooper a giant drawcard for Brisbane club rugby" An interesting take on the QC (Quade Cooper) events https://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/rugby/the-front-row-cooper-a-giant-drawcard-for-brisbane-club-rugby/news-story/0ad85d9165e6cc9df40377f82c3db890

As a Reds fan, there's no doubt as this season progressed, Simmons has improved his _overall_ standard of lock play vs ditto as it typically was in the Reds' environment. Further, as we have discussed before, he's been invaluable to the Tahs in improving their line out and a crucial cog in their...

I doubt that an HC of Rennie's self-confidence and calibre would in any way be persuaded or influenced by 'members of the QRU making this happen'; for certain he'd only recruit on demonstrable merit and a very careful assessment of the current playing capability and attitudinal/discipline state...

Hi there half: just a note re this good question: it's quite hard to easily assess as State Govts often use subsidies to ensure main line teams play at their stadia. However, I would make an educated guess that the Reds' 2018 run-rate cash-paying home crowds (I note 'cash-paying' as they give...

Interesting juxtaposition: Scenario A: Reds/QRU see Frisby as a 'problem player with attitude/application problems that can't be fixed (or that they don't care to try to fix)'. Scenario B: Rennie - unarguably one of the finest modern Super Rugby coaches who resurrected a faulty Chiefs to...

If that is true - Perese to the Broncos ???!!! - it's fucking tragic. One of the best young talents both QLD and Aust rugby possesses today. This bloke is not a big head, not a greedy guy. If he's moving it will be through great disillusion with the rugby environment he's in and not just to...