posted Nov 19, 2008

Hope Lydon, as Head of development brings more to the Welsh rugby scene than Iestyn Harries did as a player. Agree with other comments regarding what he did for the English back play 2004-2006, but his motive may be to learn from our gifted natural backs and then join Shaun Edwards who will eventually be poached by England.

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posted Nov 19, 2008

Look, Lydon is not coaching and certainly not playing. His job is to develop players and coaches and if he is good at it then great I don't give a ****.

If he's not then they shouldn't have hired him. Unless we are insiders in RL just do not know if he is good or not.

Bowring worked well at the RFU and if the WRU hadn't told him to **** off and then implemented everything he called for then we would still have one of the best.

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posted Nov 19, 2008

Why the hell does 606 prevent me saying "doesn't give a ****"
when **** is the what you do to a coin when you want to get heads or tails?

Pathetic.

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posted Nov 19, 2008

fl hick

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posted Nov 19, 2008

Ex England back coach 2004 - 2006. 2004 was about the time since their backline haven't been good. So what qualities is he bringing to the taffs exactly?

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posted Nov 19, 2008

He was an excellent winger and full-back for Wigan.

I wouldn't wish to comment about the days since then.

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posted Nov 19, 2008

I think his brief is to focus on conditioning in general. League players are pretty fit so he might be a good choice. I don't think he's got a coaching remit: let's hope not, for wales sake, as the England back division was not impressive during his tenure as coach.

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posted Nov 19, 2008

I'm surprised people knock Lydon
he was part of the best rugby club side in either code in GB history
Part of the england 7's side who had great success
yes he didn't have a great run as england backs coach but he isn;t going to be coaching the test team
No one was fitter or tougher than that wigan side lydon played in (see edwards as an example of them) and if he brings that steel and determination into our youngsters and our set up I'll be more than happy.

I'm delighted with his appointment and short of someone like henry I think this is pretty much the best appointment we could make

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posted Nov 20, 2008

I dunno, nicking ex-english coaches, how many more foreigners does wales want, lol. Yes this is a wum.

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posted Nov 21, 2008

The guy is a legend of rugby league, and they have always developed technically superb ball players. I believe he will add tangibly to the set up and ultimately prove a success, because he has seen what worked and what did not work at the RFU.

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