Eddie wasnt there to tell him to repeat it in laymans terms.

"Warrington Wolves are proud to unveil Eddie Hemmings as our new Language Suitability Consultant."

Thats exactly what I said when I watched it, he was contradicting himself big time there.

I'v no doubt he has done it before , but we probabley couldn't tell at the time

Saw a min of it.. was the tackled player 'winning' or 'losing' the collision in both examples? It could be that the mighty S were tackling in groups and successfully putting the player on his back and slowing them down, while Wakefield were letting Leeds still get a speedy play the ball meaning they have fewer numbers in the line?

Not seen it but that's all I can guess. Or you are right and he's an idiot

Since you put it like that, you do have a point. We were winning the collisions a fair bit and Warrington had fewer men in their tackles and didn't manage to turtle us. Leeds have always had a good ruck and quick plays of the ball, its hard to slow them down.

Partly, but I also think that Cullen and Rae probably don't have anywhere near the level of tactical knowledge of a top coach. Their analysis is barely scratching the surface of a coach's tactical knowledge, it just seems complicated because in general RL fans know next to nothing about the sport. It's scary how little an average RL fan knows compared to fans of most other sports. Hopefully the Boots N All analysis will go some way towards improving that.

It could also be how dumb the players are

Let's face it they are pretty dumb

not many potential oxbridge candidates in the racks of SL

And yet a number of players (at Leeds anyway) currently taking degree courses...?

Agree with all of that. I've watched Barrie over the last few years grow into his corporate speaking role at Headingley and he's really quite accomplished now.

the difference was that Saints had 4 players in the tackle and were dominating the ruck - all 4 players were on top of the tackle and the ball carrier was tackled onto his back and couldnt get a quick play the ball.

In the Hull KR example he used, the 4 players were not dominant, they were all flapping around and the tackle was completed with ball carrier almost on his hands and knees, enabling to get a quick play the ball, and exposing a gap in the defensive line.

at Leeds Carnegie



wonder if the Uni would dare fail any of them.

is it viewable online?

Cullen, Rea, McDermott, O'Connor....I can handle any of these....just please please please PLEASE can we move on and drop Eddie and Stevo?!! I have nothing against them personally, I just think they make our sport sound lame! Bumbling their words...the grammer they use would embarass a 4 yr old!

Especially as the Aussies are now getting Superleague matches and our commentry...all Eddie goes on about is England falling in the World Cup and can Warrington actually win something....it makes me cringe listening to it! We must look like a joke to outsiders!

Anyway, back to the topic!! I think Cullen explained very well the tactics etc behind the tries...so am more than happy for him to carry on!!

Peace out!

A thread about the next Wigan coach?

It always amazes me how complete failures, spectacular failures, always get gigs as experts within the English game.

They takes lessons from Gus Gould

Don't be so hard on yourself Ocker.

Don't think Tony Rae was a faliure was he

Then again, many of them would probably know that the word is "ranks", not "racks"

Nope....in fact, he performed miracles at London on a shoestring budget. No big name players signed, but a few sold on (mainly to wigan).

There's an anti-intellectual streak a mile wide running through RL these days. I've lost count of the number of times intelligent and articulate former players (such as Cullen, Phil Clarke & now Jon Wilkin) are labeled 'big-heads' (etc.) by the oafs.

Tragic.

Your right LF, like the rest of us he failed to see that King and Monas were in fact turds and not the brilliant Australian backs we thought we'd got. How stupid of him.