Above: Having bought up every available player in Wales and some from the rest of the world that they'll actually allow to play, the Ospreys squad arrive for pre-season trainingI don’t want this to be a Welsh centric blog because when it comes down to it there are more English and American Lovechickens than Welsh put I think something should be said about the under achievement of the Welsh regions and especially the Ospreys – a team so boring that I would rather listen to Gavin Hastings commentate on the weather.
Can you imagine having a team that includes Adam Jones, Tommy Bowe, Shane Williams, James Hook, Lee Byrne, Nikki Walker, Ryan Jones, Jerry Collins, Sonny Parker, Jonathan Thomas, Mefin Davies, Huw Bennett, Ian Gough, Marty Holah, Mike Phillips, Alun Wyn Jones! Then when you think about players who are and have the ability to be class but have not been heard of outside Wales like Justin Tipuric, Tom Prydie, kristian Phillips, Gareth Owen (class), Matthew Morgan, Andrew Bishop, Dai Flanagan. So after all that you have lots of money, a shiny new ground, coaches that players think are amazing like Scott Johnson and what do you do with it all – sweet fanny fuck all.
Yes they do lose a lot of players to international call up but are they telling me that their squad of people numbering quite possibly the population of a former soviet country (with a salary worth more than the GDP) might not make up for it!! The Ospreys act like some spoilt rich kid who buys up talent like sweets so other teams can’t have them and then leave them rotting on the bench or producing them to hone their talents on playing the Ulster seconds during the 6 nations or London Irish seconds during the Anglo-Welsh yawn..i mean cup.
Ospreys may say fuck you Rooster – what about the winning the Magners league last year and how about great wins in the European cup. All good points and correct ones but who talks about the Ospreys performances. People can name games where the other regions came good and produced good performances but even when they win Ospreys games are flat and shit. The marketing team in the Ospreys got off to a good start and then decided that their stars could take them the rest of the way – they were wrong and I would get rid of them. Scott Johnson is meant to be a straight talking no nonsense sort of guy so why doesn’t he start by having a straight talking no nonsense chat with himself. How can a team stick by Dan Biggar who is a good player and not pick the class act that is James Hook and then when things get really dicey at the end of the season pick Hook at 10!? Its too late now – he’s fucked off to Perpignan you fucking idiots and guess whose following him. And its not as if these players are sodding off to take big bucks and a warmer, wine filled culture in the south of France. Chris Mitchell of the ‘he’s not Gethin Jenkins or Adam Jones but he’ll do’ fame has actually chosen to join Exeter – what the fu……….!
In the past few seasons I have been hard pressed to understand the logic of some players who want to join the Ospreys. I know players are competitive and have, in some way, some built in belief that they are or want to be the best, but why would you want to join the Ospreys as 4th choice scrum half playing once every 3 games and once every season against the best – why not join a club like the Scarlets, dragons, Connaught, the Scottish and Italians sides and push yourself against the best as often as possible – George North would have never have a had more than one cap if he was an Osprey as he would have been playing for Aberavon against Bedwas a few weeks later!
Actually I can moan about the other regions another time – I could go on about the Ospreys – maybe a shining light is that they are losing a lot of players and they will stick to the talent they have and not keep looking elsewhere. Its time marketing and pr started earning their bucks and maybe its time Johnson and the rest of the Ospreys team concentrated on becoming the best, not talking about it and making excuses when they fuck up.
Can you imagine having a team that includes Adam Jones, Tommy Bowe, Shane Williams, James Hook, Lee Byrne, Nikki Walker, Ryan Jones, Jerry Collins, Sonny Parker, Jonathan Thomas, Mefin Davies, Huw Bennett, Ian Gough, Marty Holah, Mike Phillips, Alun Wyn Jones! Then when you think about players who are and have the ability to be class but have not been heard of outside Wales like Justin Tipuric, Tom Prydie, kristian Phillips, Gareth Owen (class), Matthew Morgan, Andrew Bishop, Dai Flanagan. So after all that you have lots of money, a shiny new ground, coaches that players think are amazing like Scott Johnson and what do you do with it all – sweet fanny fuck all.
Yes they do lose a lot of players to international call up but are they telling me that their squad of people numbering quite possibly the population of a former soviet country (with a salary worth more than the GDP) might not make up for it!! The Ospreys act like some spoilt rich kid who buys up talent like sweets so other teams can’t have them and then leave them rotting on the bench or producing them to hone their talents on playing the Ulster seconds during the 6 nations or London Irish seconds during the Anglo-Welsh yawn..i mean cup.
Ospreys may say fuck you Rooster – what about the winning the Magners league last year and how about great wins in the European cup. All good points and correct ones but who talks about the Ospreys performances. People can name games where the other regions came good and produced good performances but even when they win Ospreys games are flat and shit. The marketing team in the Ospreys got off to a good start and then decided that their stars could take them the rest of the way – they were wrong and I would get rid of them. Scott Johnson is meant to be a straight talking no nonsense sort of guy so why doesn’t he start by having a straight talking no nonsense chat with himself. How can a team stick by Dan Biggar who is a good player and not pick the class act that is James Hook and then when things get really dicey at the end of the season pick Hook at 10!? Its too late now – he’s fucked off to Perpignan you fucking idiots and guess whose following him. And its not as if these players are sodding off to take big bucks and a warmer, wine filled culture in the south of France. Chris Mitchell of the ‘he’s not Gethin Jenkins or Adam Jones but he’ll do’ fame has actually chosen to join Exeter – what the fu……….!
In the past few seasons I have been hard pressed to understand the logic of some players who want to join the Ospreys. I know players are competitive and have, in some way, some built in belief that they are or want to be the best, but why would you want to join the Ospreys as 4th choice scrum half playing once every 3 games and once every season against the best – why not join a club like the Scarlets, dragons, Connaught, the Scottish and Italians sides and push yourself against the best as often as possible – George North would have never have a had more than one cap if he was an Osprey as he would have been playing for Aberavon against Bedwas a few weeks later!
Actually I can moan about the other regions another time – I could go on about the Ospreys – maybe a shining light is that they are losing a lot of players and they will stick to the talent they have and not keep looking elsewhere. Its time marketing and pr started earning their bucks and maybe its time Johnson and the rest of the Ospreys team concentrated on becoming the best, not talking about it and making excuses when they fuck up.
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