lyndonmac says...

Poor John doesn't seem to have too many friends! Never met the man myself but I always liked his style --- gave his all for Waikato,was a very good foundation coach for the Western Force, and but for that ridiculous pass by Carlos Spencer to Stirling Mortlock in the Sydney semi-final, he might have been a World Cup hero instead of a zero.

Reckon it may be a fine line between being a hard task-master and letting the inmates run the asylum ---- player-power never sat well for me, nothing worse than bigheads putting themselves ahead of team unity. I feel sorry for all concerned with the Lions --- the political situation over S.A.'s fifth super team seems very, very messy indeed.

Posted 11:42 25th June 2012

Kiwikev says...

@ melkdave

Gavin Henson? Seriously, have you paid any attention to what he done the last two time that he tried to play first class football? He has spent more time off the pitch than on it in the last three years. GH is more interested in being a reality tv star than a serious rugby player...

Posted 01:00 24th June 2012

isthatrightref says...

@ Sasquatch... winning, perhaps?

Posted 00:36 23rd June 2012

Sasquatch says...

I'd like to know what the "unreasonable demands" are?

Posted 16:31 22nd June 2012

melkdave says...

Got to feel for the Lions players and staff,after a very good Currie cup,SARU really took all the momentum ,and hope out of the franchise with its Kings pronouncement imho.I personnally feel they where on the verge of improving in the S15 ,and maybe hanging onto their best players for once,and maybe even getting some NH players down to bolster the squad.Gavin Henson would be one example of a class player who could maybe have sparked them.Now their futures are unclear ,and the will to really fight in every game ,maybe just isnt there.Given that JMs demands for improvment ect would eventually rankle ,and blow up ,as its so much easier to blame the coach ,rather than look at your own short commings .I do hope they can survie ,even if its just part of a reborn CATS franchise from a merger with the cheetahs.In my opinion still the best option for both franchises to get improvement and start to challange in the S15

Posted 13:43 22nd June 2012

ruggaluva says...

Can the Lions.... let them assimilate into the Bulls franchise and the Bulls can play home matches in any of the stadiums in the Gauteng area.

Posted 10:53 22nd June 2012