Roar Of The Tigers: Episode 1
Hello and welcome to Roar Of The Tigers, a new series of blog posts dedicated to steering Leicester Tigers to Gallagher Premiership and European glory via the medium of Go Rugby Manager (available now on iPhone and Android). When setting out my managerial style, I want to promote an exciting brand of free-flowing, easy on the eye rugby so initially my style is very attacking. Think Kevin Keegan’s ‘Entertainers’ at Newcastle United, except we want to win something…. That comparison to the St. James’ Park club is quite pertinent as our first assignment is a trip to Newcastle Falcons, thankfully we come away from our Premiership curtain raiser with the points via a 27-10 win. Handre Pollard has a good day with the boot, contributing eighteen points himself to add to tries from Sam Carter and Dan Cole. There’s an air of expectancy surrounding Welford Road for our home opener against Bath but any hopes of giving our home fans something to cheer about evaporate as we’re beaten 21-...