rumncoke wrote:Kiss is an unlucky Coach the only quality player in the back row has been injured for 2 years his second best ( Henry ) is similarly afflicted frequently by injury .
Then add in the loss of two players to an outstanding legal matter and his best back to head aches he has definitely not been blessed by luck .
As Napoleon said give me lucky generals .
As others have pointed out he then selects Mix and Match back lines which hardly provide any basis to create the understanding necessary for a strong defence and as pointed out by someone else defence is not down to individuals it requires team work
Please someone locate a lucky général forget the structures the committees aren’t on the pitch.
It is like buying the idea that politicians can fix the NHS
Finite resources will never match infinite demand .
That the BBC consider waiting lists growing is news defeats me when the waiting lists start to fall will be news but I don’t expect to hear it my life time .
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Ron’n, on the whole that is amongst your finest posts..... apart from the unlucky bit. It’s a bit trite as an expression but in this case it’s aposite , coaches make their own luck. More accurately the decisions they make tell people whether they know what they are doing or not.
Injuries are a fact of life in Rugby. Scaaaaalets got pretty lucky and kept the bulk of their best players fit on the run in. Ulster on the other hand appear perpetually unlucky, it almost always appears to be the better players. Doing without Payne and Coetzee will damage any team.
For me it’s as clear a demonstration as you will get that we have to get away from high class NIQs as our salvation. The problem is that will mean ever more reliance on home grown players. Are UR even partly inclined to do without the hired marquee player? I very much doubt it but it’s the way forward. Think of Leinster and Munster, more often than not they bring in high quality rather than marquee stars, they fill holes rather than sign guys to carry the team.
UR rightly fears the loss of several thousand through the gate, last time I looked a month or so back we were about 1500-2000 down on the average last year.
What is badly needed are forwards, yet we seem certain to split the positions with at least an outhalf needed, arguably a centre/fullback too. If Payne is likely to return you could forget that but we are used to doing with him in small doses, great player, great result for Ireland, Ulster not so much.
I’d give a lot for a younger Nick Williams, good pro not a legend, maybe too or 3 like that.