Comparison to 23/24

[ARQS]

Duff and Sheehan took 1.2 points per game
Williams has taken 1.3 points per game.

Over the course of the season, that's a 4-5 point improvement.

 

[monmouth]

Duff and Sheehan took 1.2 points per game
Williams has taken 1.3 points per game.

Over the course of the season, that's a 4-5 point improvement.

So before boxing day it was pretty much line ball with the other two? Are we sure it's not Weston Super Mare that want to employ him?

 

[ARQS]

So before boxing day it was pretty much line ball with the other two? Are we sure it's not Weston Super Mare that want to employ him?

I suppose it's neither here nor there.

Although when you consider that Duff presided over our worst start to a season for decades and was universally hated, it does make you wonder why Williams is/was so popular in some quarters.

 

[monmouth]

I suppose it's neither here nor there.

Although when you consider that Duff presided over our worst start to a season for decades and was universally hated, it does make you wonder why Williams is/was so popular in some quarters.

Beat Cardiff once and showed 'pashun'. Oh and fist pumped and kissed the YJB ring?

 

[Dr. Winston]

Beat Cardiff once and showed 'pashun'. Oh and fist pumped and kissed the YJB ring?

If we're being honest, that's basically it. The kiddies lap that stuff up.

 

[Cooperman]

If we're being honest, that's basically it. The kiddies lap that stuff up.

Don’t forget selfies. A stadium selfie renders a manager invincible. Bonus points awarded for having your kids in the photo.

 

[monmouth]

Don’t forget selfies. A stadium selfie renders a manager invincible. Bonus points awarded for having your kids in the photo.

Or Darran.

 

[J_B]

Or Darran.

Yeah, but that's all of them.

 

[LaJollaJack]

I'm not sure I had any monetary figure in mind when I said massive. My thought on this is that we have to come away from wasting time and effort on piss poor loans, get in better players through that extended scouting network and maybe blood some of our own. It is also massive in so much as we have very few saleable assets now so we have smaller budgets than those we spunked away in recent seasons.

And in terms of actions speaking louder than words - there is no real evidence of that yet but we are in very early days

Makes perfect sense, so our owners now need to :
- not necessarily spend big but spend more wisely, by:

• continuing to leverage our global sourcing model
• not signing dud loanees, and instead blood more of our in-house gems

The biggest immediate actions are therefore to get the right Sporting Director, along with a far better manager than rookie Williams could ever be.

The above will no doubt be aligned with and build seamlessly upon the significant investment and positive actions our owners have made to date:

• Record spend
• End-to-end business transformation
• New global sourcing model
• Cutting our cloth appropriately to sustain and grow our club to kick on
• Retaining our MVPs along with our playing heritage

Any news on the new SD ?