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    Shocking truly shocking. Bennett and Sinfield need to walk away. Jake Connor is more like Tom O'Connor. The wingers shocking in every way and I excuse Austin on that count. If Wane would have been in charge of that tour with Scully it would have been a far more emotionally and enthusiastically driven tour.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Suttoner View Post
    Has he gone yet? That’s the only news I currently want to hear. That and that our lads have come through relatively injury free. I am worried about the knock to their confidence though.
    I doubt that it will affect their confidence at Saints level. I imagine they will be relieved to get back to playing as a team.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Suttoner View Post
    I’m a bit surprised that Sky News didn’t even mention the game. Are they losing all interest in Rugby League or just peeved that the BBC have the internationals?

    PS I tuned in, in the hope Bennet might have resigned.
    I think this is the case. Whenever RL is on BBC Sky barely mention it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Belgian Saint View Post
    I doubt that it will affect their confidence at Saints level. I imagine they will be relieved to get back to playing as a team.
    Absolutely. I've thought a few times I can see the players saying in private "what is this clown doing?".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Angry Dave View Post
    Absolutely. I've thought a few times I can see the players saying in private "what is this clown doing?".
    Be better if they told him to his miserable face

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    Played like they didn't want to play for the coach any more hoping he'll get sacked. Sinfield's in charge though so no doubt a new 10 year contract incoming

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    https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/rugby...mpression=true

    Bennett suggests a lack of preperation hampered our chances. While he is probsbly trying to deflect some of the blame he does have a bit of a point.

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    The guy is nearly 70 and with the best will in the world you can’t go on forever. One of the great coaches on the whole but time to hang up the tracksuit

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    Quote Originally Posted by barry View Post
    https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/rugby...mpression=true

    Bennett suggests a lack of preperation hampered our chances. While he is probsbly trying to deflect some of the blame he does have a bit of a point.

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    Maybe for the Tonga game, but they've had six weeks or so to prepare for the PNG game and still lost

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    I would think that the squad selection was more detrimental than any lack of preparation.

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    I think he has a point about lack of preparation; after all, how long did Hardaker and Hughes have to come to terms with centre play or Austin with the wing position? I wonder whom Bennett blames for those selections?

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    Quote Originally Posted by barry View Post
    https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/rugby...mpression=true

    Bennett suggests a lack of preperation hampered our chances. While he is probsbly trying to deflect some of the blame he does have a bit of a point.

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    You can have as much preparation as you like, but if you pick a squad as imbalanced as the one he picked you are going to struggle no matter what. Maybe if the coach was based over here they could have run sessions with players who would have been in and around the squad as and when their teams seasons ended, 7 of the 12 Super League clubs finished a month before the grand final, why couldnt he have prepared in that time?

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    I wonder if when he announced his original training squad, that had the relevant injections etc, did he imagine losing the likes of Percival, Makinson, Knowles etc through injury, hence he could only pick the remaining players in his training squad.

    Perhaps the Tonga game shouldn't have included the GF players, if he thought that the game was to close and lacked prep time. He could have used players that featured for England (& Wales for that matter) in the 9's competition.

    Yes there probably are a lot of other factors contributing to what happend, but and it's a huge but, all of this was within Bennett's control. He is the one that delivered a lack lustre performance from what are supposed to be the elite players representing GB, he didn't just produce one lack lustre performance he produced four, FOUR of the most stifled boring games I think I've ever witnessed (and that's including KC's trundle rugby). If we got beat, we got beat, but it's the way we didn't spark anything that is the issue.

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    Dave Woods isn't too happy about the GB tour, hard to disagree with much of this...
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/50446763

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    I wouldn't argue with that , but we should still have a coach who lives on this side of the world and watches the players regularly .

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    Thanks for that, good read, and yep I think its made me realise it doesnt work anymore.
    Good on him for a brutal honest article.

    I didnt watch the PNG game, first time ever that Ive havnt watched a GB or England RL game.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Private Pyle View Post
    Dave Woods isn't too happy about the GB tour, hard to disagree with much of this...
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/50446763
    Must be bad when that happy clapper has a go. Clown he is

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    I think a lot of what Woods says is true, but I don't agree that GB should be dead and buried. What do you tell the likes of Grace, no matter how much you improve you will never play for anyone buy Wales? It seems like one certain way to send the likes of Grace to Union.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Belgian Saint View Post
    I think a lot of what Woods says is true, but I don't agree that GB should be dead and buried. What do you tell the likes of Grace, no matter how much you improve you will never play for anyone buy Wales? It seems like one certain way to send the likes of Grace to Union.
    You're right. It shouldn't be GB that's gone.

    It should be Bennett, Sinfield & that circus the RFL.

    If we'd have gone as England, would the outcome be any different?

    Blaming 4 terrible performances on the name of the team. Do me a favour

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    Quote Originally Posted by Belgian Saint View Post
    I think a lot of what Woods says is true, but I don't agree that GB should be dead and buried. What do you tell the likes of Grace, no matter how much you improve you will never play for anyone buy Wales? It seems like one certain way to send the likes of Grace to Union.
    Nah just need to find a way to get the likes of Wales more games against top nations. Have them playing whoever's touring over here, mid season internationals etc. This GB nonsense has set the international game back a year when we should have been building to the ashes and world cup

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ralph Fridge View Post
    You're right. It shouldn't be GB that's gone.

    It should be Bennett, Sinfield & that circus the RFL.

    If we'd have gone as England, would the outcome be any different?

    Blaming 4 terrible performances on the name of the team. Do me a favour
    Exactly. We all know Woods is a clown although it's worrying that some of what he says is true. As you say, Bennett, Sinfield and the other balloons running the game need to take responsibility and step aside. Not for second do I believe that will happen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ralph Fridge View Post
    You're right. It shouldn't be GB that's gone.

    It should be Bennett, Sinfield & that circus the RFL.

    If we'd have gone as England, would the outcome be any different?

    Blaming 4 terrible performances on the name of the team. Do me a favour
    Spot on.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ralph Fridge View Post
    You're right. It shouldn't be GB that's gone.

    It should be Bennett, Sinfield & that circus the RFL.

    If we'd have gone as England, would the outcome be any different?

    Blaming 4 terrible performances on the name of the team. Do me a favour
    Quite happy to do you a favour after that post.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Belgian Saint View Post
    Quite happy to do you a favour after that post.
    Sorry Belgian. Didn't mean to upset any posters. I do rant a bit sometimes. I am just really unhappy with the way I feel RL in this country is being ran

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    Quote Originally Posted by Angry Dave View Post
    Exactly. We all know Woods is a clown although it's worrying that some of what he says is true. As you say, Bennett, Sinfield and the other balloons running the game need to take responsibility and step aside. Not for second do I believe that will happen.
    He makes some fair calls. But to ditch GB? Why? Because the coach & administrators are clueless?

    I look at how dedicated & professional the RU Lions are & I despair at our rank amateurism. Using GB as an England trial? I can't actually fully grasp the stupidity & short-sightedness of it. A disaster

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