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Quote:St_Bart
Unfortunately the elephant's still in the room and hasn't yet gone West.
Harry signed a new contract to 2020 in late October, and Piers Francis is also in a long term contract. I'd be very surprised and disappointed if Lawes were to leave as he's Northampton born and bred - a true world class player.
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Courtney Lawes is from London mate, stop claiming us cockneys as one of your own.
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Courtney Lawes is from London mate, stop claiming us cockneys as one of your own.
Born there, but didn't grow up there.
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Courtney Lawes is from London mate, stop claiming us cockneys as one of your own.
Born there, but didn't grow up there.
Quote:Which Tyler
I've heard that Tom Wood has reluctantly offered to take on the role of Head Coach himself.
"We'll cross that bridge if we come to it. If I was asked to do it for the benefit of the team, I'd consider it very carefully and probably front up."
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Courtney Lawes is from London mate, stop claiming us cockneys as one of your own.
Born there, but didn't grow up there.
He's not Northampton 'born and bred' though, as St_Bart stated
Sorry the pedant in me couldn't ignore that
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The guy I was thinking of was Mark Mapletoft. IIRR he played a game or two for us as well.
Quote:hasta
Every club in the Prem is going to sniff around Harry M now.
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Every club in the Prem is going to sniff around Harry M now.
He must smell nice, because his performances will not attract too much attention.
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Every club in the Prem is going to sniff around Harry M now.
He must smell nice, because his performances will not attract too much attention.
Rubbish, he has his poor moments sure but he is only 21 and a real talent if he can cut those out.
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The guy I was thinking of was Mark Mapletoft. IIRR he played a game or two for us as well.
I remember him playing for Rugby on their little pitch in Rugby against the might of Guscott's Bath when Rugby were in the 1st Division or whatever it was called then (probably 25+ years ago) Mapletoft was by far their best player.
Quote:BathMatt53
Of course he would get into the 23 - for versatility if nothing else. Hasn’t he played 10, 12, 15 and wing? Big lad too. I’m not his greatest fan (his tackling leaves something to be desired) but I can see that he is a talented young man.
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Of course he would get into the 23 - for versatility if nothing else. Hasn’t he played 10, 12, 15 and wing? Big lad too. I’m not his greatest fan (his tackling leaves something to be desired) but I can see that he is a talented young man.
Wouldn't start in the centres, wouldn't start 10, isn't better than either of our wings to slot Watson on the wing let alone displace AW. Possibly be the 23rd man but tbh wouldn't offer much more than Fred does off the bench and Fred is a better player. When at full strength where'd he slot in?
15. Watson
14. Rocco
13. JJ
12. Taps
11. Banahan
10. Rhys
22. Burns
23. Homer/ Clark/ Brew
Can't see it unfortunately. Average version of an average Devoto
Quote:annie blackthorn
Very confused.
I thought this thread was about the sacking of Mallinder senior?
and possibly but obviously optimistically, who might replace him!
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Bathlad thinks he wouldn't I think he would.
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Bathlad thinks he wouldn't I think he would.
I don't think he would either.
Quote:Which Tyler
The issue with his is a tough one to fix though.
Bendy was never a coward.
There's not a lot a couch can do about a player who refuses to position himself to make a tackle - it's not a positional problem, he deliberately avoids making tackles if he possibly can, and then avoids actually committing himself to it if he can't run away.
NB: Mallinder Jr is only a coward in relation to his peers
Having said that, I'd still welcome him at Bath if he wants time out of the spot light and to actually work on this aspect of his game. I'd rather take a Saints coach though, who is also more likely to find himself excess to requirements of a new coaching crew.