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How did he make the final 5?

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Without a doubt, Mark Riley has one of the toughest jobs in football trying to coach a decimated rabble passing itself off as a football team at the moment but he's surely not ahead of the likes of Guy McKenna and Chris Bond when it comes to his ability to coach a team. The mob out there yesterday played with no discipline, no nous and some of the things that went on in terms of accountability etc were simply horrendous. Ward kicking in pffffft. Jamar? Bruce on Tarrant after being out for a month? OMG. This is all starting to remind me of the script for the Producers.

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    I know Bruce is good, but tarrants strength is his running, if bruce was fit he would have killed him, even so did an ok job.

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    I know Bruce is good, but tarrants strength is his running, if bruce was fit he would have killed him, even so did an ok job.

    Isn't that the point?

    Bruce wasn't fit and it wasn't a clever match up at al!

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    how does it go...oh yeah.....give him enough rope ...:)

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    I think our final 5 is problematic.

    Really, Riley is only there because you don't want to pull the rug from under him when the season is still going. He won't get the job. Which means there is actually a shortlist of 4.

    Of that 4, Connolly would be a shocking choice. How a tried failure would be preferable to an untried unknown is beyond me.

    That leaves 3.

    Sheedy, Hardwick and Bailey.

    Why Hardwick and Bailey are in a better position than Bond, Longmire, McKenna, etc... is hard to know, but I guess we have to trust the process.

    But yes, I believe it's down to 3.

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    I think our final 5 is problematic.

    Really, Riley is only there because you don't want to pull the rug from under him when the season is still going. He won't get the job. Which means there is actually a shortlist of 4.

    Of that 4, Connolly would be a shocking choice. How a tried failure would be preferable to an untried unknown is beyond me.

    That leaves 3.

    Sheedy, Hardwick and Bailey.

    Why Hardwick and Bailey are in a better position than Bond, Longmire, McKenna, etc... is hard to know, but I guess we have to trust the process.

    But yes, I believe it's down to 3.

    from what i can tell their presentations were outstanding. good enough to get them through the process. much more so than the 3 you mentioned...

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    from what i can tell their presentations were outstanding. good enough to get them through the process. much more so than the 3 you mentioned...

    Yes from all accounts ive heard Hardwick and Bailey produces absoloutely amazing presentations. Im very keen to what they could bring to the club.

    To be a fly on the wall.........

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    Could have been bad coaching or simply the coaching box is "tanking'!

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