Graham Dawe leaves Brickfields!

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A very sad day indeed. I am really saddened by the departure of Graham. He must have been under immense pressure from the doom merchants and the players I feel have let him down to a certain extent.
One of the best forward coaches around imo.

I fear the worst for Albion now with a coach that has been sacked by Exeter coming in.

I think its an insult to Graham to be replaced by someone who has not got a particularly good track record.

Not happy!!!!!

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Graham has always givn 100% effort doesn't stand for much on its own. Intelligent effort = quality, Albion haven't had the intelligent bit for a long time
For the first time ever I am not even looking forward to Albions next game and hope I can muster the enthusiasm to attend. What have you been looking forward to in the past for few years, the demise of the club?



I am fully aware that something needed to change to get us heading back in the right direction but I don't think the dismissal of GoD is it. what hasn't changed over the years? Albion must have one of the highest turnovers of players in the leagues, the fitness staff have changed, the doctors involved have changed, the physio's have changed, even some of the board has changed under the radar. Dawe was the only constant. What would you have changed?

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What are you on? intelligent effort won't equal quality without ability. Its becoming clearer what i'm dealing with here. I'll try break it down for you and use an analogy, A team of U-12's could put 100% in in a match, would it be quality rugby? NO, because they all run around the pitch together chasing the ball and you could, metaphorically speaking, throw a blanket over the whole team. They're putting 100% effort in but the efforts are misguided,they're not making best use of resources, the same as the team that was shackled by its limited coach who has at times done such things as leave the team waiting on the pitch for a trainig session while he got diesel for a tractor working on the pitch, suspend a training session so that the team can move a marquee and Bar equipment around the ground.....the list could go on. Graham Dawe had all his success in part-time rugby. As the game has gotten more and more professional his gameplan and appraoch to training has become more and more obsolete.
I have been looking forward to Albion reaching and staying in the Prem, why would I want to see their demise? You said for the 1st time ever that you're not looking forward to an Albion game which implies that you've been looking forward to Albion games all along, games that have the club slipping towards level 3. Therfore, its not unreasonable to surmise that you're looking forwardto the demise of the club, it would fit in with your delusion that Dawe exiting is in anyway hasty. Do you care to comment on the descent of the club over th last 6/7 years?


I would have changed the voice on the tannoy firstly. There is a need to develop the commercial viability of the club and people with particular skills in this field should have been brought in years ago instead of bumbling along on a wing and a prayer. This would have provided Graham with sufficient funding and additional personnel to assist him in his cause. Now i've heard it all, the club dying,"Sack the PA Lady"

One other thing that will certainly suffer his loss also is the input into community rugby, or are you going to attempt to belittle him in his efforts there too.The chiefs had a good community rugby programme under P.D too so don't go thinking that was exclusively G.D's initiative. Bear in mind ALbion players have been late for training and missed physio appointments in the past because of their community commitments, very professional don't you think? Also don't forget that a lot ALbion's community work was attached to Sportsmatch programme, so they were getting grants for doing it, its not all for the benefit of he community

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Prattle on as much as you like narranarra, relish your little victory over GoD getting sacked. You are welcome to you opinion, as am I. You can attempt to be patronising as you like if that makes you feel better but how about you actually reply with something with a little substance. I can see you've tried that with the community rugby issue but i've already highlighted that, surprise surprise, thats not exclusively an Albion initiative. I'll ask again, where do you lay responsibility for the decline of the club since 2005? Did it all start when Louise took control of the tannoy?
It will become clear soon enough as to whether it was a bad decision or not to get rid of him. However you view it, it was a most unpleasant way for the club to dispose of the hingepin that he was.

It leaves a very bitter taste in my mouth, I for one will not be attending this weeks match for that very reason and as a mark of respect for Graham, even though it is his stated wish to support the team.

Lets hope you and the anti GoD cronies have something to enjoy this weekend

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If I knew the answer to that I'd be advising the Board of Directors how to run a successful rugby club.

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Oh dear Narranarra, clearly you have not used enough vaseline as it appears well and truly stuck there. Try not to drag down the respectibilty of the forum with such crude references. That coupled with your attempts at being patronising just expose your struggle to find something to say to win the debate.
I shouldn't respond to your demands but hell, as long as I am amused by you, why not. I don't remember demanding anything, THe question marks at the end of what i've asked would give it away to most people that have a fair grasp of english that you were being asked something. Requests not ''demands''!

I have felt that the main reason for our decline over the last few seasons is mainly down to financial constaints, now remember this is MY opinion, not a handful of suitable statistics to try and give some creedance to my opinion. A handful? Really? Even if it was metaphorical handful, they were fairly significant issues but at least you're recognizing how to contribute correctly to a debate. Next question then. Why do think Albion have consistently outperformed by clubs with smaller playing budgets? And surely you'd agree money wasn't the issue 04/05 then when the Beacon Park money was blown?

When you say my opinion is at odds with the majority are you talking the handful who post on this forum, the total average weekly attenders at matches or Mori Poll? This discussion forum being medium through which we're communicating, i had assumed that it was implied that it was the forum(even just this thread). I really shouldn't expect you to figure that bit out though given your approach to debating and comprehension of whats written in front of you, so you can that little victory if it makes you feel better.

Replies only in tidy little boxes and in red please. [color=#FF0000]Again, the output of a man clutching at straws struggling to gain a grip on a debate. You'd have a bit more credibility if you could stick just to the subject matter. As for using the tools that the helpful web designers gave us, well it just helps me in picking apart your argumsnts piece by piece.[/color]