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dolf_lundgren wrote:I cant see that happening, if Cockers throws in a bunch of kids and they get hammered where does he go then? It wont help the players, the club or the coaches to do that.
Last night was an embarrassment, but bear in mind the 2 previous weeks ( and the first 20 mins) saw great improvements. Yes bleed some of the young players in but we cant be knee jerk and throw half the squad out. Berghan for example was actually playing quite well last night, carried well and had th scrum going forward.
Yes we need changes but it cant be a complete revolution. Bear in mind the players you want to bin now would have been the players you would have brought in a couple of years ago with the same theory, what makes you think the youngsters are good enough to make the grade?
macdone wrote:Our recruitment is shocking. Rasolea, Mata, Weir, K Bryce, Marfo, Harries - wtf. Meanwhile, Glasgow get Huw Jones, Gibbins, Masaga. They add Matawalu and Jackson to half backs that are already miles better than ours.
Unfortunately CdP has lost it and needs replaced. Ford and McInally need dropped, Bradbury too.
robdinsdale wrote:FFS. We've got the youngest team I can remember ever having and folk think chucking in another even younger bunch of laddies is the answer.
gowrie wrote:robdinsdale wrote:FFS. We've got the youngest team I can remember ever having and folk think chucking in another even younger bunch of laddies is the answer.
Don't see how last night's team qualifies as young, the average age was nearly 27, add in the bench and it goes over 27.
macdone wrote:Of course our recruitment is p*sh and of course we should compare ourselves to Glasgow - we have the same owner and the same guy recruiting for both teams. We have become the Connacht of Scottish rugby (although they are better than us at recruiting developing players).
It's the recruitment of young \ developing players that's most worrying. We could really use Jack Cosgrove right now. We should have snapped up Vellacot, Eadie and Steele, not to mention Huw Jones. There was a time when we could have signed Duncan Taylor but that ship has sailed - we were too slow.
We have ended up giving contracts to Fraser and Galbraith, neither of whom would have got contracts for a mid table Championship team down south. Meanwhile George Horne and Paddy Kelly are sitting twiddling their thumbs as Glasgow´s 4th choice rather than playing in our first team.
I understand Scott Johnson feels he has to maintain Glasgow´s incredible success. But letting Edinburgh slide won't be good in the long run.
macdone wrote:Of course our recruitment is p*sh and of course we should compare ourselves to Glasgow - we have the same owner and the same guy recruiting for both teams. We have become the Connacht of Scottish rugby (although they are better than us at recruiting developing players).
It's the recruitment of young \ developing players that's most worrying. We could really use Jack Cosgrove right now. We should have snapped up Vellacot, Eadie and Steele, not to mention Huw Jones. There was a time when we could have signed Duncan Taylor but that ship has sailed - we were too slow.
We have ended up giving contracts to Fraser and Galbraith, neither of whom would have got contracts for a mid table Championship team down south. Meanwhile George Horne and Paddy Kelly are sitting twiddling their thumbs as Glasgow´s 4th choice rather than playing in our first team.
I understand Scott Johnson feels he has to maintain Glasgow´s incredible success. But letting Edinburgh slide won't be good in the long run.
BigD163 wrote:I am not going to get on the back of a 22 year old captain too much, he will learn. .
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