Just reading Ian McGeechan’s autobiography Lion Man.
I recommend it.
McGeechan is so renowed for his coaching that it’s easy to overlook what a good player he was (and he stopped playing before I can remember watching much rugby).
However, there’s one passage where he describes his coaching philosphy:
"I believe that when you put new players in or [...]
For the first 10 minutes of yesterday’s match, it was as if we had been set into a time machine, back six years. Here was Jonny Wilkinson, dropping a goal, kicking a penalty, ticking the scoreboard over, giving England an early lead, a lead from which they would press on and suffocate the opposition. But [...]
Some really hard games to call this weekend, complicated further by International call ups. How will the teams who lose their star Internationals fair? Will the other clubs benefit? I don’t have a clue. Will Dom add his predictions? Will our predictions be better than Jerry Guscott’s?
Sale v Gloucester
Gloucester look a team in bits. If [...]
Following on from Dom’s recent steller prediction performance (and his contribution below) I have decided to open myself to ridicule by offering my own predictions for the weekend. No doubt in the process proving why I don’t gamble and Dom does. And why I only write tripe on a blog as opposed to writing [...]
Friday
Sale vs London Irish
We said Sale by 3, Results said Irish by 3.
Saturday
Leicester vs Worcester
We said Leicester by 12, Results said Leicester by 5.
Harlequins vs Bath
We said Harlequins by 2, Results said Harlequins by 2.
Sunday
Leeds vs Gloucester
We said Gloucester by 14, Results said Gloucester by 16.
Newcastle vs Saracens
We said Saracens by 10, Results said Saracens [...]
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