Leicester Tigers

It's better than the one show?!

mike wrote:Cockerill has made the mistake in the past of picking Crane ahead of Waldrom and it cost us dear .I can't see how picking a nearly fit Deacon would enhance our chances when the like of Slater , Parling and Kitchenor are playing so well .

When exactly did it cost us dear?

The Welsh do have a significant problem, but frankly they've managed to mess it up all by themselves. In particular the decision to move Cardiff from the Old Arms park out to the Cardiff City stadium was one of the dumbest things I've seen in a long time. Now they really want to move back, but they...

Don't see how you can say Sarries are only near the top because of the RWC - they have been in the last two finals and are the title holders. Saints one of the best come crunch time? Don't think many of their fans would agree with you - in fact I think the view among their fans is that they still d...

But not as bad as jumping off a ferry after a boozy lunch with your Tigers team mates, whilst representing England at the World Cup ? I mean seriously. The guy cant handle his drink..but ending his career for throwing ice cubes and being a fool in public ? As for suggesting it would be frowned upon...

In regard to the "pride in the shirt" comments, MJ was in charge over the WC debacle - not in terms of team performance but in the manner that the players attidues and media stories gave a very bad impression of the England team so he must take some responsibility in that. Lancaster has t...

Why do people always bring up R Andrew in reagards to the performance of the England men's senior side? He is not responsible for it in anyway! Yes, he may well be involved in the picking of coaches, but Robinson, Ashton and MJ were all reasonable appointments at their specific times, and the only t...

Now that Lancaster has been picked as the England coach (something i'm happy with personally) who do people think should be the backs coach? Sarries have said they will battle to keep Andy Farrell (I hope they win!) and in my eyes having the guy who coached the least attacking team in the premiershi...

There is a world of difference between a technical penalty - like Smurph's blocking and deliberate violent actions. If you were going to cite a player for blocking what next? Cite a player for a deliberate knock on that the ref called accidental & awarded a scrum. Yeah, but whats the difference...

I am suggesting a development competition so the younger players play against the championship sides. There may be a few one sided games but if it gets people down to the championship grounds then it is worth it. You say Exeter are the model but to build a fan base you need exposure, a prem team pl...

Get promotion, get the gate money from league and cup matches, share of TV revenue, develop the facilities, develop the ground. That would seem practical! what gate money exactly?! the crowd sizes are very limited for many of the teams in the championship, how exactly are they meant to survive in t...

It's definately not a problem! It wouldn't bother me if either of them got picked to start at the moment.

Recently i think Mafi has come on leaps and bounds and when he plays well in seems to coincide with out pack going well - not sure if this is due to Mafi or the other way round!. Im starting to think that i would prefer to see Mafi start rather than Croft as Mafi seems to do the hard graft better th...

IMHO not Lancaster and possibly not Mallett for England - and just how is this an imnprovement on MJ's purple patch record and play? surely its a bit early to judge Lancaster though as its only his fourth test in charge, and there has been significant improvement shown from the start. if you want t...

Just to play devils advocat here, what if Flood is England's 1st or 2nd choice fly half in a couple of years time? Should Ford still expect to be behind Flood for Tigers then? yep, in my view. if fords not picked for england and flood is then i would expect flood to be our number 1 flyhalf as well.