LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 - Prisoner of Oadby Pre-Season
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Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 - Prisoner of Oadby Pre-Season
Watson and Porter called up makes this a necessity reallyads wrote: ↑Tue Jan 31, 2023 3:15 pm Tigers confirm signing Mike Brown.
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Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 - Prisoner of Oadby Pre-Season
Brown looked off the pace in his last few games for Falcons, but he's always been good under the high ball, which he'll be doing plenty of with our game plan!
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Solid old head to drop in at full back, letting Atkinson cover at fly half. We really need Saumaki and Muri to come out of the wood work and get into the action.
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Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 - Prisoner of Oadby Pre-Season
so Simmons, Potter & Brown back 3, who is the cover, Browning?
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I remember him being spiral bombed by Fordie at home last season with a number of knock ons much to the loud amusement of Tigers home fans. Hope he has forgotCrumblingTerrace wrote: ↑Tue Jan 31, 2023 4:02 pm Brown looked off the pace in his last few games for Falcons, but he's always been good under the high ball, which he'll be doing plenty of with our game plan!
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Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 - Prisoner of Oadby Pre-Season
Dropped more in that game than in his whole international career. At his best the worlds premier FB under the high ball,and I include Folau and Kearney in that toosapajo wrote: ↑Tue Jan 31, 2023 4:41 pmI remember him being spiral bombed by Fordie at home last season with a number of knock ons much to the loud amusement of Tigers home fans. Hope he has forgotCrumblingTerrace wrote: ↑Tue Jan 31, 2023 4:02 pm Brown looked off the pace in his last few games for Falcons, but he's always been good under the high ball, which he'll be doing plenty of with our game plan!
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Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 - Prisoner of Oadby Pre-Season
Needs must. Agree with those who say it looked like he struggled at Falcons, but I've always admired his determination and I think from a personality point alone it will be good to have him here.
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Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 - Prisoner of Oadby Pre-Season
He's not going to be troubling the first team once we start getting players back but given the call ups and injury crisis it's a canny move.
What we need to do whilst he's here is get some of that rugby intelligence from him and use it to help the backline. He was never the quickest or the most skilful but he reads the game very well, timing his runs into the attack particularly.
What we need to do whilst he's here is get some of that rugby intelligence from him and use it to help the backline. He was never the quickest or the most skilful but he reads the game very well, timing his runs into the attack particularly.
Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 - Prisoner of Oadby Pre-Season
His attacking play was almost none existent for England,he’s incredibly strong in contact and always made ground and I don’t recall him getting turned over but he was very blinkered. But ironically his attacking play came on leaps and bounds after he finished with England and I’ve seen some very good offloads and passing assists by him. But fundamentally at his best he was a superb FB,and for me was the home nations best. It was only through spite and favouritism that he never got a Lions capsam16111986 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 31, 2023 6:45 pm He's not going to be troubling the first team once we start getting players back but given the call ups and injury crisis it's a canny move.
What we need to do whilst he's here is get some of that rugby intelligence from him and use it to help the backline. He was never the quickest or the most skilful but he reads the game very well, timing his runs into the attack particularly.
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Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 - Prisoner of Oadby Pre-Season
Absolutely nothing to base this on other than gut feeling but I wonder if Mike Brown might end up with a coaching role IF Wigglesworth gets the gig permanently.
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I had the same thought myself, equally devoid of any basis.
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Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 - Prisoner of Oadby Pre-Season
Well he certainly fits the criteria to be a Tigers coach............
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Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 - Prisoner of Oadby Pre-Season
Different environment and personalities around him too. I suspect 95% of his trial was fitness based under Aled's close eye.
A really shrewed signing, particularly if we end up blooding some more academy talent in the couple of Prem matches in the period. We've seen Ilione and Edwards, I wonder if we may see Cusick or Woodward in the centres at some point.
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