Matterson - has he lost the team? : Sun Mar 21, 2010 7:16 pm  

Tigers coach Terry Matterson:
"I'm not too downhearted. I thought we gave a good account of ourselves. The scoreline was a bit harsh. If you score 22 points, it should be enough for us to win the game.
"We came up with some dumb decisions at times. We had to play at the top of our game today to get the result. We were near to that in the first half but we weren't quite on it in the second half."


1 - How can you be "not too disheartened" after losing a game where we performed like a team without cohersion?
2 - My post point ; the team didn't seem to have a clue what was been asked of them, there were too many players playing in unfamiliar positions!
3 - His selections now are bizarre, and if he is studying games why did he not play Dixon on the same side as Richards to counter his aerial ability.

Re: Matterson - has he lost the team? : Sun Mar 21, 2010 7:37 pm  

I think thsats the distinction between being the coach and being a fan. I want to rip into them and blame, but given there is a short turnaround to Friday then the Easter program, I think he's trying to protect the meagre bit of confidence in a thread bare squad.

Lets face it, we have brought in two rejects (I rate both, I am not bagging them, I am making a point about our strength in depth), and they are straight into our first 13 let alone 17! There is no point b0llocking Wainy for not being as good as Pat Richards, when you haven't got options.

What else can he say? We're 5hit and we know we are? A week is a long time in sport, we can get on a run with a bit of luck - 2 poor teams today, Wigan were just a bit more confident and believed a bit more - as well they might, they're going great.

The worst decision was kicking high in their 20 three times to Richards - what did we think he'd suddenly started to be shy of the high ball? Best in the league in the air - possible the best all round and complete outside back in the league except for pace, and he makes up for that with quality.

Re: Matterson - has he lost the team? : Sun Mar 21, 2010 7:56 pm  

Wigan by their standards this year were average today so im guessing T.M in private will be gutted we didnt pinch it.

Re: Matterson - has he lost the team? : Sun Mar 21, 2010 7:59 pm  

duke street 10 wrote:

Wigan by their standards this year were average today so im guessing T.M in private will be gutted we didnt pinch it.

Agree within you Chris, he's not the only one..... it was there for us we just didn't have the quality. We did well to keep it respectable, it could have been a 40 pointer if we hadn't stuck at it - in fact, 2 years ago it would have been 40 points and last year maybe too.

Re: Matterson - has he lost the team? : Sun Mar 21, 2010 8:10 pm  

Has he lost the team? yes! last year a now ex player said that the team consider Matterson in such high regard as this: "he's like a mate you can take advantage of, he's a proper soft touch and won't punish you" then there's the "rumours" of players turning up to training drunk etc to back that further.

Re: Matterson - has he lost the team? : Sun Mar 21, 2010 8:21 pm  

There's defo problems down the lane!

Re: Matterson - has he lost the team? : Sun Mar 21, 2010 8:35 pm  

mdean wrote:

I think thsats the distinction between being the coach and being a fan. I want to rip into them and blame, but given there is a short turnaround to Friday then the Easter program, I think he's trying to protect the meagre bit of confidence in a thread bare squad.

Lets face it, we have brought in two rejects (I rate both, I am not bagging them, I am making a point about our strength in depth), and they are straight into our first 13 let alone 17! There is no point b0llocking Wainy for not being as good as Pat Richards, when you haven't got options.

What else can he say? We're 5hit and we know we are? A week is a long time in sport, we can get on a run with a bit of luck - 2 poor teams today, Wigan were just a bit more confident and believed a bit more - as well they might, they're going great.

The worst decision was kicking high in their 20 three times to Richards - what did we think he'd suddenly started to be shy of the high ball? Best in the league in the air - possible the best all round and complete outside back in the league except for pace, and he makes up for that with quality.

I made this point on the Casforum what on earth do we do pre match training sessions the last thing we should be doing should be kicking to Richards if I was Matterson I would be pulling my hair out at this ploy during the match

This should focus what if any is happening, if anything, by our coaching (sic) team at Cas

Everthing is so regimented everytime we kicked off after the numerous Wigan tries the ball went to Tomkins who gave it to a forward, we tried the short KO when we we 18 points behind, something needs to be done to address our regimented approach to games or is it beyond our forward thinking coach

Re: Matterson - has he lost the team? : Sun Mar 21, 2010 9:04 pm  

I don't think we ever looked like winning in all honesty. It was men against athletes !

It's disappointing and frustrating, as I think there's an apathy setting in, especially amongst the supporters. Our problems could be identified 3 months ago. We had a 'good' season last year in relation to finishing position, then for whatever reason, the club decided not to kick on and try and reach the next level. It's obvious to all and sundry (supporters), that our squad hasn't been big enough for a couple of years. Yet the club decided not to recruit to improve the quality and squad size. It's obvious to all and sundry (supporters), that we have players that aren't up to SL standard. It's obvious to all and sundry(supporters), that the general physical condition and fitness of the players isn't up to the standard of other SL teams. Therefore, we were behind the 8 ball 3 months ago and now we are behind it even moreso with injuries.

We analyse each defeat to see where we went wrong, yet the fundamental reasons why we are losing were 'put in place' 3 months ago. We are 'nearly' good enough. We are scoring 20 pts a week, yet we concede more. Time and time again, our defensive weaknesses are exposed. Look at the league table and compare other teams defensive stats. Facts. We can't tackle.

We get tired in trying to understand and make sense of another defeat. The reasons we are now losing, were foreseen by all and sundry (supporters) 3 months ago.

Yet, some will get out their season tickets or £18s on Friday night and go through it all again. Some will stay at home. What will you do...

Re: Matterson - has he lost the team? : Sun Mar 21, 2010 9:25 pm  

Good post^^^^^

I wont be there friday because of work,but fear some will vote with their feet.

The loyalty of the fans will be tested to the limit this season,take notice B.O.D

Re: Matterson - has he lost the team? : Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:46 pm  

Bought a season ticket in december, so i have to be there or i will lose money.