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Geordie’s Mid-Season Review

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An excellent review in my opinion, definitely well worth the watch:

https://youtu.be/J7lNvmL-wW8
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The positive spin on this interview smacks of pure damage limitation, and in PR terms it's simply a crisis management exercise to deflect the negativity until Borthwick arrives.

The opening question is "you've won 4 drawn 1 in the Premiership, pass or fail at this point?" - no mention of the 8 losses!
Murphy's response to this appalling season so far is "it's a very difficult question, i think it's a fail". Not a difficult question and there's no 'thinking' - IT IS a fail.

Murphy then says "we've lost some games we should've won, we've come away without points when we should have", once again deflecting the reality of us not being good enough to beat even London Irish amongst others. The rest of the interview is a barrage of the same old "working hard" and "must get better" rhetoric and stating the obvious.

To Murphy's (rhetorical) credit, he can talk the hind leg off a donkey generally avoiding a direct answer, tick all the boxes re positivity but as for pinpointing anything that isn't the same issues most squads deal with season after season, there is nothing in this 24 minutes that is anywhere near an insight into the real causes and the real solutions.

If i had a quid for every time Murphy says 'tough' in this interview then i'd probably have enough to renew my season ticket.
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I suspect the title should be amended to Geordie's end of season review
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Unfortunately so Loretta, I assume it was recorded before the announcement of league suspension due to COVID-19 was made.
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loretta wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2020 12:42 pm I suspect the title should be amended to Geordie's end of season review
Many would say it should be End of Career Interview!
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But it won't be the end of this clowns coaching career. Unfortunately.. He would however make full on comedic rugby TV commentator
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He's moving out of coaching to a DOR role.
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loretta wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2020 12:42 pm I suspect the title should be amended to Geordie's end of season review
Can't we amend it a bit further to: Review of season, end of Geordan...
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Geordie when calmly reflecting nearly always talks sense in my opinion.
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Just more of the same old blarney.
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sapajo wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 10:41 am Just more of the same old blarney.
The interview or most the posts on this thread?
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Freebird wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 4:17 pm
sapajo wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 10:41 am Just more of the same old blarney.
The interview or most the posts on this thread?
The latter....
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norfolkexpat wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2020 4:26 pm But it won't be the end of this clowns coaching career. Unfortunately.. He would however make full on comedic rugby TV commentator
Wow. Just wow.
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Re: Geordie’s Mid-Season Review

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G.K wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:11 pm
loretta wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2020 12:42 pm I suspect the title should be amended to Geordie's end of season review
Can't we amend it a bit further to: Review of season, end of Geordan...
No
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