12-03-2015, 11:13 AM
Real shame as the Club screwed it up by not giving it Carrazzo. People actually listened to him. Murphy was a terrible choice, though I wonder if he would have walked if we had not given him the captaincy? I don't buy it personally - comes across as a straight shooting, one club guy. He is not and will never be a really great captain...at least not in the role that he plays on field. If they could release him from the inside so he can contribute more without getting smashed by bigger players every week? Maybe then. I actually really like it when he drifts forward...you know he is killing it when he get into the F50..he has some amazing vision and disposal when he gets up there.
Docherty and Cripps are good choices - for 2017. Buckley is not imposing enough to be captain...I can't remember from the top of my head who it was that rag dolled him a year or two ago..it was embarrassing..was it Jamo or Walker, who just stood there and let it happen in front of them as well. He's got pluck the young lad, but I'd rather Cripps or Doherty come charging in to help if I was in trouble adn laying down the law. Doherty less so, but he is terribly well spoken. Impressive young man.
I'd love to do a Willy John McBride Call 99 the next time someone tries to pick a fight with one of our own..that would be Godly. For those who don't know, it was a defining moment in a famous British and Irish Lions Tour in S Africa in the 70s. The Saffers were a rough, brutal lot and it was agreed that the Captain - Willy John McBride, an imposing Northern Irishman, that whenever "Call 99" was issued on field..that the entire team would be expected to come charging in and get stuck. It was the only time they needed to make that call. No one messed with them again for the whole tour. Watch a clip when he recalls how it came about...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU-c4YyEVMY
That's what I want our boys to be like..I always did. Build from the back, make our back 6 so good that they get called "the wall" and expect to be in pain trying to get through. Utterly bloody ruthless.
One can Dream ;D
Let's lock in Murphy for the year and Bolton and the Coaches will have a better idea by mid next year I'd say of who is a possible lock.
Docherty and Cripps are good choices - for 2017. Buckley is not imposing enough to be captain...I can't remember from the top of my head who it was that rag dolled him a year or two ago..it was embarrassing..was it Jamo or Walker, who just stood there and let it happen in front of them as well. He's got pluck the young lad, but I'd rather Cripps or Doherty come charging in to help if I was in trouble adn laying down the law. Doherty less so, but he is terribly well spoken. Impressive young man.
I'd love to do a Willy John McBride Call 99 the next time someone tries to pick a fight with one of our own..that would be Godly. For those who don't know, it was a defining moment in a famous British and Irish Lions Tour in S Africa in the 70s. The Saffers were a rough, brutal lot and it was agreed that the Captain - Willy John McBride, an imposing Northern Irishman, that whenever "Call 99" was issued on field..that the entire team would be expected to come charging in and get stuck. It was the only time they needed to make that call. No one messed with them again for the whole tour. Watch a clip when he recalls how it came about...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU-c4YyEVMY
That's what I want our boys to be like..I always did. Build from the back, make our back 6 so good that they get called "the wall" and expect to be in pain trying to get through. Utterly bloody ruthless.
One can Dream ;D
Let's lock in Murphy for the year and Bolton and the Coaches will have a better idea by mid next year I'd say of who is a possible lock.
Keep the Faith