Entries Tagged as ‘strettle’

October 30, 2009

Weekend Predictions, Challenge Guscott!

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 [...]

October 21, 2009

England Injuries – Crisis or Blessing?

Who would be a coach eh? It is bad enough for us pub selectors to try and pick a team from the rubble of the EPS, so imagine how it must feel for Jonno as he sits through each weekend with chewed nails and winces with each injury report. No sooner does he write out [...]

June 25, 2008

Newcomers fail the test

So, no more rumours –  the four players at the centre of the allegations in New Zealand have been named (allegedly) as David Strettle, Danny Care, Topsy Ojo and Mike Brown.
Three Harlequins, three new boys and one relative newcomer.
The revelation earlier in the week that David Strettle was the energizer bunny had seemed to place [...]

June 23, 2008

Standards

So, Strettle’s the energizer bunny.
It’s a good thing that this has not happened on Johnno’s watch (or not his full-time watch, at least).
It says all we need to know about the old regime including Rob Andrew.
Johnno can come in and instill discipline.
He can say that if you want to be an England rugby player then [...]