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Yes! Seem to think most Fans were saying that at the begining of the season. Maybe the clear-out should have started at the top! I suppose it shows he has listened to use all be it a year late!........

I agree that a clear-out was needed. However we also need to bring in some replacements!

=whiteYes, I know it's been established in the article that we are doing

Of suitable quality.

I wish we'd have kept Morrison though.

Keeping Morrison would have been a bit of a gamble, he did seem to become very injury prone. No doubt he'll stay injury free for Wakefield though!

It will be just our luck. Hope he does stay injury free, he is a quality player, and it just shows how good the Aussie's are, that he never played international rugby for them.

Don't we have one every year since he's taken over?

2006: Withers, Bai, Meyers, Johnson, Fielden, Watene, K Pryce, Ferres

2007: St Hilare, B Harris, Henderson, Vanikolo, McKenna,

2008: Hape, Feather, Finnegan, Carlile

I think there may be other players that I've missed, but we've had a large turn over of playing staff every year and I think that has been one of the main reasons for our inconsistancy.

New guys come in and have to learn how their new team and new team mates play.

Look at both Saints and Leeds, unarguably the 2 best teams in SL right now. Their playing staff has changed very little over the last 3 years and as such they've consistantly performed.

tbf we also had big clear outs in 2005 and 2004 and I seem to remember a fair few leaving at end of 2003 too. difference is quality of players we're clearing out has steadily decreased. at least this time we seem to be bringing a better quality of player in.

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The thing i find amusing is all the noise he's making about this clear out aren't all these players his signings in the first place.

All except Terry Newton? (and I guess, technically, Sam Burgess)

And I suppose you could discount Semi and Sam from the list because I would think they genuinely would have hoped to have retained them both.

And I think the Morrison signing had been lined up before Macnamara had taken over as we'd been linked with him before. But could be wrong

correct.

Statements like that do nothing for Macca's credibility IMO.

Nail on head.

I can't believe this.



BSC first with a link.

No he wasn't, the first with the link was the T&A

Steve Mac:
T&A headline:

Read the quotes alone. What SM says is pretty much nothing, certainly nothing extraordinary. Just another 'Remind T&A readers that the Bulls exist' article.

Blotto was the first on here with it this morning, close but no cigar BSC;

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I also posted on that thread who we've let go each year since 2004 but I cant be arrisd to repeat it. Point is on the outs, we've had bigger turnovers and lower turnovers but as has been said, its the decreasing quality year on year thats been the problem, and its something McNamara has yet to turn around IMO.

He is right though. A clearout is exactly what we needed. Starting with the coaching staff.

You know, the guy has a bloody cheek. He seems to blame everyone from dodgy refs, his assistants to the very players that HE bought and had so much faith in, yet he still continues to steal a living from the club.

I think they have to try to come out and turn what's happened and what we're going through in terms of departures into a positive message.

I guess there trying to build for next season and that probably includes expectations of the fans, I guess there dammed if they don't say something and dammed if they do.

Exactly.

I think that`s a fair summing up, to be honest. I`d doubt that this was in any way a club initiated press release, it`s more likely that the T&A feel they ought to have the odd Bulls` related story in the paper, however banal, just to keep sales up. I guess that asking Macca about the final and sticking the extra bit on the end serves the purpose. Having been asked the coach has little alternative but to seek the positives.