Col thread?

[newtownbluebags]

What happened to the Col Murphy thread? there one minute gone the next?

 

[bluebag43]

I don't know but a Press release from the Club has just announced the appointment of Paul Young as next year's Premier League Coach. Paul has coached the Parra Jersey Flegg side for the past 2 years!

 

[marshall stalin]

what happened to shane flannagan who coached the Roosters premier league team - maybe an assistant to stuart in first grade?

 

[bluebag43]

Yeah, I heard Flanagan is assisting Mr Ricky in NRL!

 

[bluebag43]

Further to my previous post, apparently Paul Young was Parra Flegg coach in 1999-2000.

 

[newtownbluebags]

Parramatta in any form whatsoever is in my books laying down with the devil, crucify me for saying that but thats how much I dislike anything relevant OR pertaining to THAT club!
Newtown to the death!

 

[newtownbluebags]

Paul Young? didn't he sing - Wherever I hang my hat thats my home???

 

[greg]

Did Col Murphy apply for the job? No disrespect to Paul Young, I know nothing of him but if Col applied for the job how the hell could they give it to someone else? Col has done a brilliant job over the years with limited talent. Throw some talent in like this year and we were two games from being premiers!

 

[marshall stalin]

Paul Young? didn't he sing - Wherever I hang my hat thats my home???

yeh that's him he has a brother too called John and a great uncle passed on called Cliff

 

[Jeffles]

Murph did apply for the job.

As for the Col thread, readers should be under no misconceptions. This is not an independent forum.

I would like to express my praise for the work Col has done. His achievements while at Newtown, winning more trophies than any other coach at this club with less resources than any other coach, makes him, in my mind, the greatest coach the club ever had.

Let's hope Paul can continue Col's legacy.

 

[colcaseysheadband]

Very ,very dissappointed by the leaving of Colin Murphy ,the man was the living ,walking definition of the spirit of Newtown.

 

[testeagles]

jeffles can u shed some light on why col missed out on the premier league job then?

 

[Jeffles]

I'm not in a position to add beyond the press release.

 

[newtownbluebags]

Sad to think that Col was only given a 3 line footnote in the media release?. No amount of money could ever buy the knowledge,experience & passion that Colin Murphy now takes with him. Sad day indeed!

 

[greg]

Very ,very dissappointed by the leaving of Colin Murphy ,the man was the living ,walking definition of the spirit of Newtown.

I totally agree.

 

[TheRefPlaysForParramatta]

well, to have a coach that was a direct link to the glory days of rugby league, to be replaced by someone from a rival team, is a feat that only the Roosters could pull off

 

[Henson]

you can be assured there are many unhappy jets fans out there,the press release explained nothing,Cols owed more than that.And sponsers too!!

 

[Bluebag]

It is unfortunate that Col missed out but life goes on he has been an important cog in the history of Newtown but no single person is more important than the future of the club. Col will still be out there supporting the club as he has done his entire life and would expect others to still enjoy the sight of seeing that royal blue jersey running around. There were those who were hesitant of the Jets-Sharks arrangement and it had a positive outcome and there is nothing to say the Jets-Roosters arrangement will not be the same.

 

[newtownbluebags]

Nostalgia changes nothing, Col is the man! Supporters may have been hesitant at the Jets - Sharks arrangement but the team at that stage had not been turned on it head!!!
Also that "single person" has given Newtown more hope and glory in the last decade + than many would care to remember!
I'm sure though that East's new man will be able to educate all those Roosters about the myths and ledgends of the Newtown RLFC, he will also, no doubt, be able to break into rousing renditions of the clubs various songs!, imbue the players with a sense of history etc, etc, etc! take time to talk to fans and all, you know all those things were use to? Yes a Bluebag right down to the blue and gold bootstraps no doubt!

 

[Henson Park Hornets]

Will Col have anything to do with the running of the club? Or any of the teams?
It seems a shame for all that passion to just leave the club. It would be good for him to get on the board maybe?
I'll reserve judgement on the new coach.