Re: Where do we go from here : Sun Jun 11, 2023 6:21 pm  

it's not results it performances.
if smith gets all the plaudits for taking us to a grand final he should take respowhen it goes wrong.
it's a shambles. total and utter shambles and the main responsibility is smiths

Re: Where do we go from here : Sun Jun 11, 2023 6:55 pm  

Think some on here are turning it into a football forum. Coaching merry go round doesn’t work. Just look at the other team they worship!
Rohan gets 3 years. Let’s see what he’s implemented by then….

Re: Where do we go from here : Sun Jun 11, 2023 7:11 pm  

tad rhino wrote:

arthur, saints haven't done badly with their Australian coaches.

So who would you go for Tad?

Re: Where do we go from here : Sun Jun 11, 2023 7:17 pm  

arthur, I have no idea who is rated or available in Australia. over here there's little quality and even less available.
but it's not my job to know.
I do know, and it's my opinion and I've said it for a while, smith simply isn't good enough. and his left field ideas don't work. I know you disagree and I've no issues with that. it's a forum. we all have different views.
long may that continue

Re: Where do we go from here : Sun Jun 11, 2023 7:44 pm  

tad rhino wrote:

arthur, I have no idea who is rated or available in Australia. over here there's little quality and even less available.
but it's not my job to know.
I do know, and it's my opinion and I've said it for a while, smith simply isn't good enough. and his left field ideas don't work. I know you disagree and I've no issues with that. it's a forum. we all have different views.
long may that continue

I totally accept that. For me, what Smith achieved last season counted for a lot, but with each loss (especially these last two) the scales start to tilt the other way. Thing is - if the board did push the button tomorrow I genuinely wouldn't know where any coaching search was headed. The likes of Flanagan etc always get thrown out there but it's abundantly clear they aren't interested. The brutality of the Furner sacking (I'm not suggesting he was the answer) has done us no favours in Oz. I just have very little stomach for another "exhaustive search" for the right man. I'm not sure there is a right man for the current playing squad. That is the truly shameful thing. I just that hope that whatever happens regarding coaching the decision is taken with a clear head and without emotion.

Re: Where do we go from here : Sun Jun 11, 2023 7:50 pm  

I think that's a great post. j just can't see this ending happily

Re: Where do we go from here : Sun Jun 11, 2023 8:02 pm  

tad rhino wrote:

I think that's a great post. j just can't see this ending happily

I was there today. Believe me, you couldn't spot a happy ending with the hubble telescope. Just awful.

Re: Where do we go from here : Sun Jun 11, 2023 8:16 pm  

Agree with the last few posts.
Furner was probably a decent choice but to pick up a football link.
He was too Brian Clough wanting to get rid of the players too quickly and it didn`t go down well with certain yesterdays heroes at the club.
The players or some of them today were the ones who turned over Wigan, Catalans and Saints.
So something has gone wrong recently and it could be some players have been told they won`t be here next year.
I`ve always thought contracts should run until the end of a season and negotiations only take place when the season is over.
No idea who is available but completely left field other than Ryan Carr . How about Lee Briers?

Re: Where do we go from here : Sun Jun 11, 2023 8:30 pm  

Briers no thanks.
mate of mine is a first team physio at leeds utd. he says allerdyce had something about him an aura, that when he spoke players listened. he said he wished he had been brought in last December. we need an allerdyce/graham Murray senior figure. if only for 2 years

Re: Where do we go from here : Sun Jun 11, 2023 8:47 pm  

tad rhino wrote:

Briers no thanks.
mate of mine is a first team physio at leeds utd. he says allerdyce had something about him an aura, that when he spoke players listened. he said he wished he had been brought in last December. we need an allerdyce/graham Murray senior figure. if only for 2 years

When we hired Murray he had just coached Hunter Mariners to the final of the World Club Championship. He was a hot property. Even back in 98 getting Murray was something of a coup, nowadays it would be a miracle. I just wish it was as simple as opening up the chequebook, but those days are long gone.