Pick the 606 v2 member you would like as the new England Manager

First poll is for England manager.

If you feel you should be a candidate or recommend someone please say who and why

Other jobs to follow in later installments are

Backs

Forwards

Defence

Scrum


Just for the record I voted for formerly known as Sam.

Metal tiger for head coach, he doesn't beleive in blaming the referee ever and will fall on his own sword if england fails.

That's the kind of no nonsense attitude you need.

biltongbek I would have put you in there but I am sure you would be frontrunner for the 606 v2 South African head coach post.

Maybe Metal Tiger is Martin Johnson!

I think you should bring in a foreigner to shake it up a it, my vote goes for Billtong...!

Though if he is not interested then I think you should enquire after one of the Kiwis.

Shame you guys got GreyGhost banned, he really could have been your man, had a keen interest in English rugby and wasnt scared of ruffling a few feathers...

Though if the RFU has a say in this they will likely go for someone English, un qualified with little knowledge of selection or the finer points of coaching like Cyril

Well Ghost did know alot about English rugby.

beshocked wrote:biltongbek I would have put you in there but I am sure you would be frontrunner for the 606 v2 South African head coach post.

Maybe Metal Tiger is Martin Johnson!

Beshocked, unfortunately I believe in the old ways of rugby, a little intimidation here, a little nudge there. This modern day game is a little beyond the way I would like to see the game played. If there is a spot at the IRB though to look at law changes, I want that job, thanks.

Portnoy - if Lievremont or PDV can coach teams internationally then he can too

Ja, but Stag, PDV never really coached....... .... you get my drift?

I'd go with Boyne or Greyghost

Sorry maestegmafia,biltongbek,red stag you would all be viable candidates but I was looking for a EQ candidate.

True about greyghost but he might have been deported so I can't include him.

Good call red stag I can't believe I didn't add Portnoy. Sorry guys!

I think I made the poll so you can cancel your vote.

I went for beshocked - I would have gone for robshaw4england but I have a feeling he would feel a little lost whenever Chris Robshaw was unavailable through injury

Went for Formerly known as Sam. Would've gone for you Beshocked but i'm waiting for the defense coach vote, can't think of anyone on here more defensive than your good self!

+1 Brilliant Beshocked, a little humour to brighten the dark.

Whilst I am honoured by the votes, I, like Nick Mallet, am unsure that I could work under the current adminstration & structure. I would have to report direct to the board.

I voted for Sam. I think we need more Tigers in the setup!

Apologies Carpe Diem and Mr Bounce you'll be in my next poll about the backs.

Mr Bounce brilliant!

I need a short list of candidates for the next polls.

Any suggestions?

I was thinking of

Backs

Mr Bounce
Carpe Diem

Forwards
Robshaw4England
Portnoy
Metal Tiger
London Tiger

Defence
Beshocked (of course )
Aslongasbut100ofus

Which other candidates?

Loving this thread btw Beshocked. Just the ticket to lighten the mood!

Thanks Carpe Diem

Do you think we should include some foreigners or do we think the 606 v2 English talent is good enough?

red_stag wrote:Portnoy - if Lievremont or PDV can coach teams internationally then he can too

+1

We've got a few 'residency qualified' we could pick. Don't think we could ignore the Kiwi contingent!

I went for GeordieFalcon because northern....rocks

Whoever voted for me you're mad! I'm a club man! Well at least Sinbad & Woody would get a look in though.

I've long since felt that Johnno, Wells, Rowntree et al were members of this forum - I certainly wouldn't be surprised if some of the Tigers fans listed here may in fact be part of that mafia, sorry coaching staff!

One thing is for sure, ever single member of 606v2, even including the likes of HERSH would do a better job than Squeaky!!

BTW, I picked Beshocked - as no doubt he'd pick some Sarries players which might weaken their squad a bit!

Does Juggler still post around here?
If so, he should definitely be involved somewhere...
even if it is just as a stats machine.

I'd also want Red Stag in the fold to teach our players how to stop getting penalised at the breakdown and scrum.

Wasps - I wouldn't be teaching players that. Any decent team needs to concede a few early penalties to test the water and find the refs limit. They simply play to it for the rest of the game.

I for Aslongasbut100ofus because Arbroath

RedStag....
I agree with that.
However, where England need help is learning how to understand what the Ref's limit is, and trying not to step beyond it later in the game.

A lot of the time, England still seem to get pinged in the 2nd half for exactly the same things that they were pulled up for earlier in the game.
That says to me that they aren't learning or adapting to the ref... that's where they need help.

No 606v2 member would go for the job because they´re too smart to take the job whilst that muppet Andrew is free to meddle in his affairs.

But if Andrew falls on his sword or trips over his 200 000 pound pay cheque on the way to the private airport and gets sucked into the engine of his Lear Jet then Mad for Chelsea would be a good shout as a foreign inclusion. He´s French but is passionate about England and speaks a lot of sense.

GG is a great shout though. It´s like Sysphus being told to do something you don´t want to do and not having a say in it but still doing a good job.

I went for Formerly Known as Sam, he seems like the type to enjoy the head coach role and all the endless infomation/data/stats that goes with it.

I have to take myself out of the vote as i'm keeping myself ready for when Connor needs an expert outside opinion, any day now i'm sure...

I'd have GeordieFalcon in there somewhere though as you can't have an England team without at least one of our Northern cousins in it, water boy maybe?

How about Emack2? He seems to know a thing or two about rugby (NZ mainly), actually he strikes me as more chairman of the board material...

TBH though if you thought MJ was biased can you imagine just how bad it would get with any of us as coaches? It'd be constant Knee jerk reactions followed by mob rule and trying to appease the baying masses with a multiple choice vote.

At least we'd probably see Robshaw in there.

Oh I'll give the backs a go

HongKongCherry wrote:Whoever voted for me you're mad! I'm a club man! Well at least Sinbad & Woody would get a look in though.
!

That was me

I reckon I have too much coaching experience to be eligible for the England job.

I could also be up for forwards coach beshocked - I played at Prop at school (was rubbish though - only made it into the 3rd XV as a replacement. Once.)

That said I like a good debate over which backs should be used and always take good advice.

LondonTiger wrote:

HongKongCherry wrote:Whoever voted for me you're mad! I'm a club man! Well at least Sinbad & Woody would get a look in though.
!

That was me

I reckon I have too much coaching experience to be eligible for the England job.

That was very kind of you. My 1st act as Manager would be to permanently remove all Bath players from the squad. I'm sure no one would complain too much about the loss of Banahan and Wilson!

I voted for Beshocked because yesterday when he posted his team / squad for the 6N it was pretty much what I would have picked (so he obviously knows a lot about rugby ).

However I think his downfall would be surrounding himself with other coaches to support him in his role, seeing as he has absolutely no experience. What Union would ever employ someone with no experience and put them straight into the top job?

Far too much of a Leicester Tigers connection on that shortlist........
















Situation normal then I suppose!

Darn I knew I forgot someone. Should have added our resident London Irish fan.Sorry ozzy.

I would pick Madge,the press conference would be hilarious with his complete lack understanding of the English language,
he would turn it into a lets talk about Wales conference

viewtothegym didn't you know he is already being touted as the next head coach of Wales once Gatland and co go?

Really? a guy off the Internet who has never coached and only played rugby at local club level has been touted the next Wales coach?
WOW! is Rob Andrew the new man at the top of the WRU?

Madge is Rob Andrew.

That's the bombshell dropped.

Has to be NOTTINS .....

Someone told me a while back that beshocked was nottins but i don't think he is,
nottins hated me on the old 606 and he blocked me off the 606 facebook group because of his complete dislike,
he wouldn't budge on his opinion even if i tried to show him its just panto,
but beshocked has interacted with me with no hard feeling.

I still reckon safeasmilk is cyril thou.

I vote for Asbo. His love of English rugby and beer is legendary. Also, being semi-Scottish, he's bound to do really well in the job. All Scots football/rugby managers do extremely well in England.
It stands to reason.

Yup.

Why is DrGrey not on this list?

What about DOD? He loves England rugby!

Gibson wrote:I vote for Asbo. His love of English rugby and beer is legendary. Also, being semi-Scottish, he's bound to do really well in the job. All Scots football/rugby managers do extremely well in England.
It stands to reason.

Yup.

Yeah, Asbo hands down. He would have a great rapport with the players and would lift them out of the doldrums.

Plus he has access to various resources the other candidates can only dream of...

viewtothegym wrote:Someone told me a while back that beshocked was nottins but i don't think he is,
nottins hated me on the old 606 and he blocked me off the 606 facebook group because of his complete dislike,
he wouldn't budge on his opinion even if i tried to show him its just panto,
but beshocked has interacted with me with no hard feeling.

I still reckon safeasmilk is cyril thou.

Viewtothegym little harsh to compare me to nottins.

Why would I dislike someone I don't know? Everyone hides behind keyboards. Nottins was anti Welsh I am not. I might give the impression I am but I am not. Was impressed by the Welsh team in the world cup. My favourite Welsh players are Warburton and Ickle Shane.

Extra respect to ickle Shane for stopping Bananaman.

Plus everyone knows that I am a Saracens fan because I shout it from the rooftops all the time. Not sure who nottins supported.

Yes safeasmilk could be.

That's it! If I win this bliwdy thing by some misfortune, I'm appointing 606v2 virtual pub dwellers as my coaching team!!

aslongasbut100ofus at this rate you are going to be the only 606 v2 England coach!

You are winning most polls!

beshocked wrote:aslongasbut100ofus at this rate you are going to be the only 606 v2 England coach!

You are winning most polls!

beshocked, d'ye think anyone else has spotted that I'm Scots?!

I think that's why your winning!

Hmm, yes I can see that the irony would appeal to your average 606v2 rugby poster!!