What a rant that was. "I'm not one for stats Brian..."
He then recounts 4/5 coaches wins to games ratio and that was after he'd told us how many tries he'd scored in so many games for ull.

I have been chuckling at some of the comments about the programme on twitter

Thought he spoke well about his playing career and let's not forget just how good he was. If he had come to Wigan, which he very nearly did he would have gone down as a legend.

When hecopens his mouth to discuss coaching though, that's when the wheels fall off.

Thank God he didn't come to Wigan, 1st class . "I don't like all this wrestling and stuff", just so he didn't have to mention Sam in his present day stars

I enjoyed it also, it's just not on long enough. He was a class player and like johnh says we shouldn't forget how good he was. I remember seeing an interview on TV years ago when he talked about the possibility of moving to Wigan. Would have loved it if it had come off.

I agree. He was a pretty decent player was Schoey.

He always liked the speccies and I remember being outside the main gates at Headingley once when we played there. They had to send out security to drag him in, because he was signing loads of autographs and chatting to the fans.He would have missed the kick off time if left to him.

The most bitter man in RL.

He went red when brian started talking about coaching.

He is a true idiot.

Briers and Brough are both excelent players but they are not exactly the two names that spring to mind when you think of great players to watch.

A fantastic player in his time but in this modern day he has nothing to offer the game whether it be his coaching or his opinions.

It is quite clear from watching Wigan and Warrington in super league and St George and Melbourne in the NRL that organised teams with structures under a top class coach = success.

He was a poacher during his playing career and could do things off the cuff which was good to watch.

However as a coach he won't succeed as his phillosphy seems to you score one we will score 2 and that won't work

schoey should stick to media work at least he's controversial

I remeber reading a little snippet from him somewhere recently and he said
"I tend to speak my mind, which people don't like!"

Its not that we don't like people speaking their mind, Gary, its just what's on [iyour[/i mind is a pile of wingey old bullsh*t.

Schofield has his opinions and isn't afraid to say them, what's wrong with that? I agree with about 1% of what he says but as others have pointed out I think some respect is due for guys like Schofield, I don't like it when Wire fans are always making fun of Offiah's eccentric media personality. Hanley and Edwards have also got a lot of knockers in the RL community.

But there is nobody in Super League today who is in the calibre of any of those four players, not even close, so they should get respect by the RL community.

One thing about Schofield is he is a 'rugby league' type person through and through, I've seen him in the Skyrack in Leeds when the rugby's on, and he's not too proud to mix with the masses and talk RL with any old pleb, I think he likes anybody that will listen to his voice.

But you have to remember on the field he could back up his talk with quality.

I agree with all of that,
but, at the end of the day...
No one likes a moaner.

You're in denial, if you think Tomkins isn't even close to those four players. Injuries permitting, that lad is going to be a legend.

Spot on Ms Cinnamon, even the Aussies rated Schoey's ability on a rugby league field. Not an accolade that any on here will have earned!

i dont take in anything this guys says.
he just showed what a knob he actually is.
and i know people dont belive what he actually says but he does,
small man and thinks rugby league owe him somthing,
get vover urself u fat scumbag

truewiganer, don't hold back, say what you really feel!





I feel sorry for him TBH, even though he makes himself difficult to like with some of his statements.

It must be awful for him to compare himself with Shaun Edwards. He was more naturally gifted than Shaun, but Shaun's work ethic (and sheer luck - Edwards being born a Wiganer and came into the side at just the time that the great club was starting to rise again) meant that Edwards went on to win every club honour in the game, the most successful player in history. The fact that Edwards has since gone on to become a major figure in the other code must be hard to take too.

Edwards is respected throughout the "rugby" world and one of the few people with a RL background who most sports fans in the UK would recognise.

Schofield isn't even popular in RL.

It's like a greek tragedy where the gods smile on one character and torment another...

Class player on the pitch, a bit of a wally off it.

Came across as down to earth, but arrogant at the same time. Strange fella.

(I wish I had a pound for every time he said resassure - I can reassure you Brain that.... blah blah.)

i realise that was a tad ranty, and argessive but he winds me up, n i didnt even see him play that much!

I remember seeing him and Lee Crooks rolling in the gutters of Kings Cross Sydney on the Australian tour. Not the best advert for GB "stars".

The thing that amused me last night was his opinions of just how close we were to the Aussies when Mal Reilly was in charge and how Schofield hated defensive rugby.

However when Reilly was on the show a few weeks back he said that we would never beat the Aussies until we learned how to defend.

Pretty everybody did his defensive work for him, which probably makes him un qualified to comment on that subject , but then he says we just fell short of beating them because only 6 or 7 players could basically hack it and thenothers fell short , I wonder which group he put himself in ?

To be fair though he did say he had a few disagreements with the style of rugby he was being asked to play by Mal.

I agree with Rogues, we need to learn how to defend properly. A major reason why McNamara is such a bad choice for the England coaching role.

The amount of soft tries given away in this super league is ridiculous.

But sadly defenders are underrated in British RL. Lockers is more than just a great defensive LF but the massive contribution he makes in this area doesn't translate in terms of how people rate him. He's "just a very good tackler" is a typical kind of comment from people that don't get the importance of defence (it also ignores other aspects of Sean's game, but that's a different point!).

Many RL fans don't appreciate what a good player Phil Clarke was, to use another LF example, and someone who was heavily biased towards defence. He was an incredibly good defensive player (not sure I've seen anyone better in this country, the guy was an absolute machine and laid the platform for the superb backs Wigan had at the time, by tackling the opposition to a standstill) but to hear many non-Wigan fans speak you'd think the guy was useless.

We just don't rate defence enough. Wigan are "boring" because we are the best defensive unit in SL.

It's a sad indictment of British RL, its fans and the RL press.

So there!





That shut us up.

Very very good off the cuff player that Schofield was, he even admitted himself to shortcomings in his ability to stick to a game plan and his defensive issues.
Definitely two sandwiches short of a picnic up top - his inability to recognise that waiting 60 minutes to pick of an interception whilst hiding alongside Wayne Pearce in defence for the remainder of the game is no use to the team as a whole.
His interview last night was worth watching if only to highlight just why he was never part of a successful TEAM. As a coach - file alongside Doug Laughton and Alex Murphy.

Very bitter man, they should of let Andy Farrell conduct the interview imo