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Didn't link only get appointed in 2010? Edit: a quick internet search confirms McCall was appointed in 2009, and Link in 2010. There is at least one article which states Link was handpicked by McCall...

I am strongly critical of the participation levy & individual player insurance which has had a pretty significant negative impact on participation at a local level and also on club finances. As I understand it, Carmichael was the architect. I was told that second hand - so maybe it is wrong, but...

According to Facebook, I think that makes you a genius BarBar.

Could be a problem. Unless we can have a squad of about 60 and the ability to play about 3 people in each position (and some in multiple positions) we'll never finish selection meetings in time for games. Although some selections would be easy. McKenzie would be back as coach and Gill & Holmes...

Yeah - I noticed that too. He certainly seemed like a bloke trying his best to keep himself in the selectors best 15.

Congrats Reg. Have you decided what the first thing you are going to do when you settle into the big chair?

I also noted that, immediately after dropping the kick off, he instantly reacted to recover the situation. From memory he made two driving tackles, one of which he drove the ball carrier backwards 5-10 metres. He made some mistakes, but the effort was clearly there and I thought he showed...

Tomorrow TOCC, tomorrow. It's only one more sleep.

I did like your post Dru - but on reflection, even though I think Matwijou has been good for us if we have Douglas, Simmons, Neville, Rodda & Tui all on the books then we should probably prioritise other positions. Hope he gets picked up though - he has been pretty solid.

So, wait.....Holmes is killing our back line attack???? And Talaki??? That's a shame - I thought they were doing pretty well.

I honestly don't know where I stand anymore TOCC. I understand the rational for sticking with McIntyre and I have agreed so far, but I confess I am one struggling to see the improvement. If anything i feel that others around him have improved, but he is hampering any real progress of the unit...

Problem is the Reds isn't the right place for him right now - unless we ditch two of Mason, Greene & McIntyre and pick up an experienced 10 to mentor him for a year or two until he is ready.

What's Faulkner done wrong?

I thought he made a few other mistakes - but may well have been wrong. My choice to highlight Hanigan was deliberately hypocritical to point out the problem with making assessments of very limited sampling, as I realise he is very highly rated.

Harsh. Greene has had scant minutes, got dropped, got bought back against close to the toughest opposition and got put on the field with the key strike centre not playing, a rookie 13, lost his defensive lynch pin, had his fullback replaced by a half back and played behind a forward pack getting...

You'll note that not many critics of Hooper come from the Tah supporters in here who seem to be coping admirably under sufferance with his attempts to imitate a genuine 7.

Lets compromise - we'll take him as a player, you guys can take credit for him as a coach.

To be fair Scrubber, I think your criticism of Cooper lacks context. He was injured at the end of 2011 and had major knee surgery. He did come back by the end of 2012, but expecting him to play to previous standards is unrealistic. From 2014 - 2015, I don't think a single Reds back looked...

Well, for every Wayne Bennett, there is a Craig Bellamy.

Chasing Higginbotham & McMahon doesn't make a lot of sense to me unless we are letting Browning go. Personally, I feel that would be a shame, even if both are undoubtedly better players at this time. Between Browning, Tui & Timu we appear to have 6 & 8 covered (Leaving aside as Shatz as I don't...