Potter : Sat Oct 02, 2010 8:54 pm  

well thats the end of his two year stay and no trophies won.Hope the Bradford fans enjoy his brand of "rugby".Tonight just typified his period of tenure-5 drives and a kick with no attempt to move the ball around.McManus you dropped a major bollock in appointing the guy-just hope the next incumbent brings back some semblance of entertainment-and trophies

Re: Potter : Sun Oct 03, 2010 8:24 am  

Saint from Prestwich wrote:

well thats the end of his two year stay and no trophies won.Hope the Bradford fans enjoy his brand of "rugby".Tonight just typified his period of tenure-5 drives and a kick with no attempt to move the ball around.McManus you dropped a major bollock in appointing the guy-just hope the next incumbent brings back some semblance of entertainment-and trophies

I'm not his biggest fan (I think the style he encourages is pretty dour) but give the guy a bit of credit, he has brought on quite a ew of our youngsters and I think his legacy (assuming we dont do a Wigan and let them all go) will be providing a good core of young players to take the club forward.

Re: Potter : Sun Oct 03, 2010 8:32 am  

No1 Saint wrote:

I'm not his biggest fan (I think the style he encourages is pretty dour) but give the guy a bit of credit, he has brought on quite a ew of our youngsters and I think his legacy (assuming we dont do a Wigan and let them all go) will be providing a good core of young players to take the club forward.

The work on the young players was done before Mick got here. What Mick did manage to do - and IMO the only positive about his tenure - was integrate the young guys into the first team. Since that was his remit when appointed, job done.

Now, I hope our next coach will get us back to playing good rugby, even when we don't have Kyle and Leon on the pitch, and doing stuff like defending, holding on to the ball, passing with some semblence of speed, that kind of thing.

Re: Potter : Sun Oct 03, 2010 8:40 am  

SaintsFan wrote:

The work on the young players was done before Mick got here. What Mick did manage to do - and IMO the only positive about his tenure - was integrate the young guys into the first team. Since that was his remit when appointed, job done.

Now, I hope our next coach will get us back to playing good rugby, even when we don't have Kyle and Leon on the pitch, and doing stuff like defending, holding on to the ball, passing with some semblence of speed, that kind of thing.

I think the sheer amount of injuries we've had this year and to key players has not helped the cause.

Re: Potter : Sun Oct 03, 2010 8:44 am  

Potters remit was to bring through the youngsters and he's done it.

He's also got you to the grand final without any half backs for a large part of this year.

You may not have won anything during his stay but he's done a good job.

Re: Potter : Sun Oct 03, 2010 8:47 am  

No1 Saint wrote:

I'm not his biggest fan (I think the style he encourages is pretty dour) but give the guy a bit of credit, he has brought on quite a ew of our youngsters and I think his legacy (assuming we dont do a Wigan and let them all go) will be providing a good core of young players to take the club forward.

Totally agree, he's done a pretty good job with the players he's had available the last 2 years and especially this season with injuries to the pivotal positions.
To be honest I didn't expect us toget to 2 grand finals during this transitional stage for the club, we will be a lot stronger next season but our half back situation could still be a worry.

Re: Potter : Sun Oct 03, 2010 8:48 am  

Era of the Biff wrote:

You may not have won anything during his stay but he's done a good job.

Yep. Great.

Glad to see the back of him.

Re: Potter : Sun Oct 03, 2010 8:54 am  

SaintsFan wrote:

Yep. Great.

Glad to see the back of him.

He's done the job he was appointed to do.

Re: Potter : Sun Oct 03, 2010 8:59 am  

No1 Saint wrote:

I'm not his biggest fan (I think the style he encourages is pretty dour) but give the guy a bit of credit, he has brought on quite a ew of our youngsters and I think his legacy (assuming we dont do a Wigan and let them all go) will be providing a good core of young players to take the club forward.

That's strange.
I could have swore Joel & Sam Tomkins played last night along with Goulding, McIlorum, Prescott, Hansen and Farrell.
And there's more to come.

Which of ALL those young players that Wigan let go do you think would get into the Wigan team?

On Potter,
I was talking to a current Saints players dad pre-match and he believes that Potter has concentrated too much on size and strength, saying that they do not do a lot of running or speed training.

Re: Potter : Sun Oct 03, 2010 9:01 am  

On the one hand, his brand of rugby has got us to 2 x top 2 finishes in the regular season, 2 challenge cup semis, and 2 grand finals. That, and the intergration of the youngers into the team. For that, I am grateful. Getting to the GF this year with the injuries we've had is an achievement.

On the other hand, it's not exciting rugby to watch (last year especially), and Wigan showed last night that against a very good and organised defence, our tactics will not win games. Hopefully, Royce will bring back some of the exciting rugby that saints are accustomed to. When we threw it around last night, we looked dangerous.