The thing is if he dies then the GM will die with him as much as people will protest. He was signed on a crazy contract for an assistant replacing an assistant when there were more capable/experienced coaches applying for the role at the time.
Taaffe couldn’t even replace a severely underperforming Illias last year, so I don’t think he’s capable of playing in the halves
Burton was signed before CC came here, so I don't think CC will have much hesitation moving Burton out of the halves, if his own job is on the line.
He's made Burton "His" boy though. All last year he thinks Burton is the only hope for success. He's got love blinders on massively
What’s your stats?
I wanted to see CC play Mahoney for 25 mins or so then replace him, before bringing him back later in second half. That's how I saw this year going with all these utilities, yet CC used him for something like 65 mins straight then gave him the night off. Maybe he was trying to increase his game fitness, but i think it would have been helpful to see if that improved his gameAttack is normally structured by the coach, any player overplays his hand means problems for the player, is Mahoney capable to identify weakness in the opposition's defense, is his overcommitment in defence getting him fatigued causing him to il direct our attack, are the halves barking for direction and control of the attack, are we delaying the attack for a second that feels like an eternity for the ball runners making them easy targets, these are questions needs answering...
If we don't make it right soon I'm afraid it will be another long season
He's not the answer.
IMO, in attack Mahoney needs to release the ball quicker to the halves to give them more time, in defence to tire him he is naturally targeted by big forwards running at him in order to make less effective in attack, the solution is to protect him, also he needs to know that he can't go chasing and do everyone's tackles.
Burton is getting the big bucks and do naturally alot more scrutiny on him
"Reynolds an all-time great"??? Is this JOSH we're talking about? What's he gonna do? Teach Burton how to pick more fights/give away more penalties? Reynolds was a "great little tryer", I'll give him that... But ATG/halves coach?
You know, it might take the tiniest of changes to make the team click, can you imagine the positive effects if the forwards specially the props somehow gain confidence and be leaders, I can't see why not they might not be the biggest but they aren't small either, we need a ROBBO !!!
the ranga is shit
Hehe well yeah that was complete and utter sarcasm. He likes to be thought of having ATG status for his 5 seasons at the club."Reynolds an all-time great"??? Is this JOSH we're talking about? What's he gonna do? Teach Burton how to pick more fights/give away more penalties? Reynolds was a "great little tryer", I'll give him that... But ATG/halves coach?
Mahoney should not be playing 80 min. Mann is on the bench & should play 20-30 min a game at hooker.
I agree with Reed not being an 80min option to be effective.
That might be the better idea, actually. Take some of the sting out of the game, let the opposition forwards tire themselves out running at someone else for 20-25 minutes, then bring Mahoney on. But he still needs to take a step back, while Burton and whoever is his halves partner need to be more assertive...
Good observation, this is important , not just for the set after the long distance kick but for the longer term effect they have on the opposition. Who have just tackled their arses off, limited us to a few metres per tackle, worked hard and then whammo a 70+ metres kick. Makes it a 95 metre set, less what ever metres they run the ball back. Which are limited because 1 of their back 3 have to turn and run back to get to the ball, while we are advancing. It turns a shit set into a good set but more importantly it also frustrates the opposition and tires them out from turning around and running back lots of metres. Especially big forwards that have just spent 5 tackle sets working hard on limiting our metres.
