The bandwaggon is turning on the coaching staff. Might better advised to check how many current internationals are on the pitch
They are poorly prepared though, mentally at least. They havenât addressed the attitude and decision making of the younger players. But you are right, you canât win with the quality they have, and Murray was the last straw.
I called it a long way back, Penny had a history of evolving teams and developing young players, going to the âIndigenousâ team (Foley in particular) was foolhardy.
THey look like players confused between 2 coaching philosophies.
Is that them definitely finished lads ?
I saw their coach interviewed during the week - he spoke like a simpleton and looked like he just got out of bed
Ah well.
Up your hole you cunt.
[QUOTE=âthedancingbaby, post: 1075555, member: 48â]Is that them definitely finished lads ?
I saw their coach interviewed during the week - he spoke like a simpleton and looked like he just got out of bed[/QUOTE]I saw that interview, Foley looked like he was dragged out of bed, the lisp cunt, talk about a lack of professionalism
Ah well.
[QUOTE=âTassotti, post: 1075575, member: 361â]I saw that interview, Foley looked like he was dragged out of bed, the lisp cunt, talk about a lack of professionalism
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It was Six-One news I think. It was very strange
Leinster showing them how its done
Someone with a lisp simply cannot command the respect of the dressing room. As Iâve mentioned before, we saw that clearly with Colm Bonnarâs disastrous spell in charge of Wexford.
For lads with no interest in Rugby they do an awful lot of watching of it.
Only when they are being bate out the gate. Great times.
The lack of that motorway between Limerick and Cork really came home to roost today.
How did Foley get the job anyway? One of the clique?
Rode the hounds and fucked the foxes.
Without an actual knowledge of it, I get the feeling Penny was undermined and there was some backhanded politics going on alright.
But the management of Munster, above coaching, in recent years has been questionable.
The Hanrahan thing is mind boggling ly stupid, and it was parochialism and arrogance that was their un-doing. Basically they had started to believe all the media shite about them and are now living on oast glories thinking a name and tradition is enough.
Reality is, if you look at the top 8 in the European Cup today based on points, itâs nearly a 1-8 in terms if financial power as well.
Size is more key than ever and the Irish teams lack big dynamic players. Collectively we have enough, along with an incredibly astute coach, to be very good internationally but they are simply not attracting the decent foreign players anymore.
[QUOTE=âcaoimhaoin, post: 1075669, member: 273â]Without an actual knowledge of it, I get the feeling Penny was undermined and there was some backhanded politics going on alright.
But the management of Munster, above coaching, in recent years has been questionable.
The Hanrahan thing is mind boggling ly stupid, and it was parochialism and arrogance that was their un-doing. Basically they had started to believe all the media shite about them and are now living on oast glories thinking a name and tradition is enough.
Reality is, if you look at the top 8 in the European Cup today based on points, itâs nearly a 1-8 in terms if financial power as well.
Size is more key than ever and the Irish teams lack big dynamic players. Collectively we have enough, along with an incredibly astute coach, to be very good internationally but they are simply not attracting the decent foreign players anymore.[/QUOTE]
Foley had no track record as a coach. Very strange decision.
I theorize that some people may have been getting insecure about the quality of Pennyâs coaching and started creating a campaign about the style not suiting Munster. Despite the fact that Munster have lacked the players to play âthe Munster wayâ for a few years now. Once Tipomi, O Gara and Howlett went they were replaced with Charlatans and Leinster cast offs. The attitude and decision making of Zebo, Keatly etc has never risen about Mediocre and regularly below it. The forwards has never been much if an issue.
Penney did an excellent job with Munster and got them a damn sight closer to a Heineken Cup final in both of his two years than Tony McGahan had done with a stronger squad. He had them punching well above their real weight in that competition.Theyâve been a mess since he left. Ulster have made similarly stupid coaching decisions twice since 2012. Brian McLaughlin in particular got a very raw deal from them.