Dear Bryn

[Kanbei]

He hasn't much choice ... huge gamble - but IMHO the only alternative we have.

I wouldn't even say it's a gamble. The guys leaving have hardly played this season anyway. If this really is the best crop of youngsters we have had in a long time then they need as much game time as possible.

[Snipe Watson]

He hasn't much choice ... huge gamble - but IMHO the only alternative we have.

I wouldn't even say it's a gamble. The guys leaving have hardly played this season anyway. If this really is the best crop of youngsters we have had in a long time then they need as much game time as possible.

Given a choice between an ambitious youngster on the way up or a senior guy on the decline, it's a nobrainer.

[Cockatrice]

If not mistaken it was this site that first reported the clear out of Daves many moons ago... good to see that not everything you read on here is shyte.

[UlsterNo9]

Totally agree eggs. We have Gilroy, Stockdale, Addison, Ludik and the very talented but easily broken Lyttle covering the back three. I suppose Carberry can play 15 too. We are losing 4 back three players without enough replacements. We are in really bad shape.

Maybe we could give Peter Nelson a run out at fullback?

[Dave]

Totally agree eggs. We have Gilroy, Stockdale, Addison, Ludik and the very talented but easily broken Lyttle covering the back three. I suppose Carberry can play 15 too. We are losing 4 back three players without enough replacements. We are in really bad shape.

Maybe we could give Peter Nelson a run out at fullback?

He's leaving

[TinPig]

Jared if he gets back to playing.

Sadly he won’t be back, Wrecked while playing for the British & Irish Lions so it doesn’t cost Ulster financially but massive loss in all other ways.

[Snipe Watson]

Jared if he gets back to playing.

Sadly he won’t be back, Wrecked while playing for the British & Irish Lions so it doesn’t cost Ulster financially but massive loss in all other ways.

Did I miss this announcement?
Playing for the Lions increases the risk of migraines?

[Cornerfleg]

It does Snipe ... it's all those Fecks you have to try and locate, morning noon and night ... searching and searching for a feck about playing for the Disney Parade. Does yer head in.

[Tender]

I think we’ll miss Sparky more than Diack.
That sort of a clear out usually follows a feed of Guinness and a Lamb Madras. Apart from the two enforced and Charles (who has a tribe to feed) the class of 2018 is mainly Daves and a few who’ve come to the end of their careers

[Silverstu]

The other positive is it shows they are doing what they said they would do- Bryn, Willie Anderson etc have all said the future is about bringing through the guys in the academy - they are certainly creating enough space for them.

[UlsterNo9]

Totally agree eggs. We have Gilroy, Stockdale, Addison, Ludik and the very talented but easily broken Lyttle covering the back three. I suppose Carberry can play 15 too. We are losing 4 back three players without enough replacements. We are in really bad shape.

Maybe we could give Peter Nelson a run out at fullback?

He's leaving

Hope reading it on this forum is not how he finds out.

[Dave]

Totally agree eggs. We have Gilroy, Stockdale, Addison, Ludik and the very talented but easily broken Lyttle covering the back three. I suppose Carberry can play 15 too. We are losing 4 back three players without enough replacements. We are in really bad shape.

Maybe we could give Peter Nelson a run out at fullback?

He's leaving

Hope reading it on this forum is not how he finds out.

As long as he finds out somehow.

[Dave]

The other positive is it shows they are doing what they said they would do- Bryn, Willie Anderson etc have all said the future is about bringing through the guys in the academy - they are certainly creating enough space for them.

Agreed Stu. It's the best academy crop for a long time. I hope we invest in them and use next season as a means to rebuild.

[Columbo]

Jared if he gets back to playing.

Sadly he won’t be back, Wrecked while playing for the British & Irish Lions so it doesn’t cost Ulster financially but massive loss in all other ways.

Did I miss this announcement?
Playing for the Lions increases the risk of migraines?

Payne definitely going...

(Apparently he has been very impressive as defence coach though)

[Columbo]

was having a chat a couple of weeks ago with someone who I'd trust to have a bit of an insight, he was saying that Ulster manage their NIQs totally differently from Leinster / Munster - down there if anything NIQs are given extra work to do, more analysis, they're well paid to be flogged for 80 mins a game every weekend. Whereas at Ulster they're treated like superstars - I heard about NIQs getting contract extensions, and then not bothering their ar$e... "can't go to the gym today, my shoulders a bit sore", "ok no worries", that kind of thing - and then in 6 nations windows, when all the local boys (some of whom getting paid a pittance..) are knocking their melts in in the snow and stuff, the NIQs are quite often away in Spain on the beach...

Now a lot of that may simply be down to whatever coach we happen to have had at the time (this is probably all Anscombe/Kiss era) so hopefully McFarland will run a tighter ship. But I think it's also something that can be laid at the door of Logan (and maybe Bryn?), this concept of the marquee signing to get attention and put bums on seats - I personally believe that winning things gets bums on seats more dependably than having a s**t team with a couple of ex All Blacks or Springboks in it, that gets battered every week

Also heard that no harm to the Hond, it's a bit of a joke around the place - apparently he's already been bought out of 2 pro contracts, looks like Ulster might be the hat-trick seriously, whoever was involved with getting him in the door needs to have a long hard look at himself in the mirror