Re: New Head Coach - who's it going to be? : Sat Aug 10, 2019 7:07 pm  

The Ghost of '99 wrote:

Yes, it's all down to the part-time assistant coach, nothing to do with the head coach.

The legendary feckwittery of this place lives on.

Who said it was all down to him chuckles? Read again what I said.

Re: New Head Coach - who's it going to be? : Sun Aug 11, 2019 6:21 am  

For me it will be agar. A good rugby brain and offers the club a period of stability which it clearly needs . If we get ward we have failed again with the constant obsession thinking our old boys are the best people to get us out of this mess?? Until we get away from the constant jobs for the boys mentality we won’t ever improve .

Re: New Head Coach - who's it going to be? : Sun Aug 11, 2019 7:30 am  

After three relegation fighting seasons ,we need a good off season and as soon as we are safe an announcement should be made about who will be coach . Then he can get on with working with the DOR who comes in and who stays .

Re: New Head Coach - who's it going to be? : Sun Aug 11, 2019 9:26 am  

This is where Saints have the upper hand isn’t it; their coach leaves unexpectedly but they’re riding high with the best squad on the comp and safe as houses already for SL in 2020.

Re: New Head Coach - who's it going to be? : Sun Aug 11, 2019 9:46 am  

I wonder if there will be a number leaving at the seasons end? A new coach will want to put I. His twopennorth about who goes and who comes in

Re: New Head Coach - who's it going to be? : Sun Aug 11, 2019 3:02 pm  

I’m pretty sure a few players have their cards marked from this season and will be on their way. May take another 12 months to complete the job though.

The truth is that with Ava, Lui and Martin added (who are all starters) we look a better side.

It’s not realistic to expect the side that McDermott, Sinfield/Lowes and then Furner struggled with to suddenly turn into a swan with one “special” coach. Turning our fortunes around is a project which does include the coach, but there are many other factors too.

Agar/Carr is looking fruitful and we have some more recruitment to sort. My guess is that if the right person was to become available we would move: but otherwise we can run with what we have with some degree of confidence.

Add the 2–3 quality players we need and we should do OK next season, and maybe OK is good enough right now. Then again players’ careers are short and can we afford to plan another building year...?

Re: New Head Coach - who's it going to be? : Sun Aug 11, 2019 8:50 pm  

Getting those class players will be hard. Yes, there is some salary coming off the cap at the end of the season, but I think we'll have paid over the odds for the people we have brought in recently because of our position and desperation.

We may have been able to fit them all in this season if we've been able to register ablett and Crosby, as neither have played. If that's the case, if they leave it won't free up any cap space in real terms

Re: New Head Coach - who's it going to be? : Sun Aug 11, 2019 10:09 pm  

That's correct Eagle. I dont think Ablett will be around next year but Crosby's salary will have to go back on the cap.

We currently upto the cap limit also.

On that basis I dont see many changes this off season. Maybe 1 or 2 in at most.

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Re: New Head Coach - who's it going to be? : Sun Aug 11, 2019 11:04 pm  

I can honestly see Ablett, JJB, Golding leaving for starters. Ferres, Donaldson still out of contract but wouldn’t be surprised if Donaldson ended up staying and Ferres rumoured to have signed back at Wakefield. We’ve got to have a squad around 40 players considering the reserves return next season, however a few of the under 19s will join that with that moving to under 18s.

Re: New Head Coach - who's it going to be? : Mon Aug 12, 2019 6:17 am  

Theres room for 2 good signings. As above JJB Golding Ferres are going. Ferres is on a good salary he was an England player when he signed. Ablett will also go.

So theres plenty of cap space released there. A couple of youngsters promoted plus 2 good quality signings will do very nicely.