Is It Really Brown's Fault? : Sat Apr 20, 2013 6:38 pm  

As we all know we look as good as Batley!

But can we really blame Brown? i mean how many coaches are we going to axe or slate as im sure Mcmanus is the man to point the finger at!

Not even a single good halfback! letting Pryce go and getting Lance hohaia was the worst decision in rugby league!

Josh Perry? i play winger but could play better at prop than him!

We have too many OK players and only maybe Roby who is world class at the moment.

In attack we look as boring as Gary Lineker on match of the day ona Saturday night!

We are in danger of really struggling to keep in the top 5 soon IMO

Re: Is It Really Brown's Fault? : Sat Apr 20, 2013 6:45 pm  

Yes, it is Brown's fault. See thread below about the coaching problem. Not going to repeat all that again. But basically, he picks the team, and he coaches the defensive and offensive patterns. At the moment, he's picking some truly bizarre teams (and there were other choices - reserves as well as Gaskell), and there is simply no evidence of any attacking patterns at all.

Re: Is It Really Brown's Fault? : Sat Apr 20, 2013 6:49 pm  

It appears his Huddersfield habits have followed him, slowing down ptb, laying on and cheap shots, it is a pity that the-entertainers tag could soon be lost.

Re: Is It Really Brown's Fault? : Sat Apr 20, 2013 6:53 pm  

I was disappointed that we came out with what looked like a tactic of hitting Dobson. Not sure if that was down to the coach or Wilkin, but it's what poor teams have tried against Saints in the past. Hit the play maker and shake them up.

The 2nd half showed we could match them, but the first 30 we where just very poor with ball in hand. Not talking crisp passes, just poor going forwards with simple drives.

Re: Is It Really Brown's Fault? : Sat Apr 20, 2013 7:22 pm  

Perhaps its time to look at your chairman, Browns record was there for all to see.
Its a shame to see a saints side looking so lost.

Re: Is It Really Brown's Fault? : Sat Apr 20, 2013 7:33 pm  

how long do you think he has left at saints? its hardly like your players have improved under him. is it just the compensation package thats keeping him in the job?

Re: Is It Really Brown's Fault? : Sat Apr 20, 2013 7:37 pm  

Think we are experiencing the culmination of 5 years of poor recruitment , general decline in playing style and
being too sentimental and soft with former legends. Can't all be Brown's fault. I don't agree with everthing he does or says but to just lump it on him is an oversimplification.

Roy Haggerty wrote:

At the moment, he's picking some truly bizarre teams (and there were other choices - reserves as well as Gaskell), and there is simply no evidence of any attacking patterns at all.

Gaskell is an enigma. Brown didn't stick him in the U20s all last season. Something is amiss regarding Gaskell.

Personally I like the way he has blooded the youngsters. I like the bravery to move Wellens from FB.
I dislike his accommodation of Wellens and Howarth.

clockwork mouse wrote:

It appears his Huddersfield habits have followed him, slowing down ptb, laying on and cheap shots, it is a pity that the-entertainers tag could soon be lost.

Give over Entertainers tag went years ago , by the end of Potters tenure certainly.

Re: Is It Really Brown's Fault? : Sat Apr 20, 2013 7:42 pm  

Gerry Mander wrote:

Give over Entertainers tag went years ago , by the end of Potters tenure certainly.

Potter killed off the Entertainers tag. The rot really kicked in with him.

Re: Is It Really Brown's Fault? : Sat Apr 20, 2013 8:04 pm  

Its not Browns fault he has been given a team with only one pivotal player, so no let him carry on and develop Swift, Percival and Charnock for next season. Turner, Makinson, Lomax, Walmsley, Greenwood are doing OK at the moment under Brown. Sia has turned into our best player under Brown.
We might get the best tactical coach in the game but if we don,t have those pivotal players at 6 and 7 then nothing will change.

Re: Is It Really Brown's Fault? : Sat Apr 20, 2013 8:19 pm  

I don't blame Brown one little bit. We pointed the finger at potter, Simmons and rush but now its Browns turn! The blame at some point has to fall at the players feet as well as McManus.

Brown has come to this club having to deal with McManus and past coaches poor recruitment and retention. He's got over the hill rubbish props in Laffranchi and perry, he's got a poor second row trying to play scrum half in Jon wilkin and anyone the cap fits to play stand off.

You could put the best coach in the world in charge of this team and he would fail. Its a very very poor team and a very very poor squad.

He's had it tough with Roby, Lomax, Manu, TP, Ade, Wheeler and Perry missing most the season. I think we would have won our last two games with those players on the pitch.

So IMO the blame falls at the feet of McManus for allowing ex coaches recruit rubbish and retain players on longer deals like wilkin getting 5 year deal, lance hohaia being signed as a halfback on a 4 year deal etc