Re: Royce Simmons OUT : Sun Mar 13, 2011 8:53 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

:lol:



You say some right daft things sometimes, you do!

You think I say some daft things? Have a listen to our coach talk after a game.

Re: Royce Simmons OUT : Sun Mar 13, 2011 8:55 pm  

St pete wrote:

You think I say some daft things? Have a listen to our coach talk after a game.

I like our coach. He sounds very sincere and humble. I like sincerity and humility. He can't help being an Australian.

Re: Royce Simmons OUT : Sun Mar 13, 2011 8:56 pm  

St pete wrote:

You think I say some daft things? Have a listen to our coach talk after a game.

Re: Royce Simmons OUT : Sun Mar 13, 2011 9:01 pm  

bit harsh this thread imo it must be extremely hard for royce, altho its not a terrible start if am honest, having the factors of injuries, temporary ground ( all games feeling like its away ), a disinterested eastmond and lets not forget we have lost to very good teams aswell

Re: Royce Simmons OUT : Sun Mar 13, 2011 9:02 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

I like our coach. He sounds very sincere and humble. I like sincerity and humility. He can't help being an Australian.

He does seem sincere and humble and looks a very likeable bloke and I actually feel sorry for him as he looks out of his depth at the moment.

That was me being honest and not sarky by the way.

Re: Royce Simmons OUT : Sun Mar 13, 2011 9:09 pm  

_nay0r_4_jenny_ wrote:

bit harsh this thread imo it must be extremely hard for royce, altho its not a terrible start if am honest, having the factors of injuries, temporary ground ( all games feeling like its away ), a disinterested eastmond and lets not forget we have lost to very good teams aswell

To be fair, nobody is saying sack him, I'm Defo 100% not calling for him to be sacked and I think he looks a good bloke but there are things that look to be wrong through poor coaching.

Everything has gone backwards in his first five games and I think he's had pretty good teams out in all five games. Even saintsfan deep down knows we've started 2011 looking poor.

I hope it all works out but I just can't see it at the moment as he looks way out of his depth.

Re: Royce Simmons OUT : Sun Mar 13, 2011 9:10 pm  

I suggest we all give Royce some slack, let him get on with it and grow into the job. I would probably past judgement when we,ve had 6 consecutive games with an almost full strength squad, and not this disrupted team we have at the moment.

Re: Royce Simmons OUT : Sun Mar 13, 2011 9:12 pm  

Judder Man wrote:

I suggest we all give Royce some slack, let him get on with it and grow into the job. I would probably past judgement when we,ve had 6 consecutive games with an almost full strength squad, and not this disrupted team we have at the moment.

We will never be able to judge him then as we won't get almost full strength team playing 6 weeks in a row.

Re: Royce Simmons OUT : Sun Mar 13, 2011 9:15 pm  

He's come to the club at a difficult time but I think he needs to show stronger management with regard to the Eastmond situation. Its all very well saying that he's a professional and will do his best but the reality is its like someone serving their notice at work, yes they carry out their duties but theres no enthusiasm and thats the difference between winning and losing games.
Assuming Simmons is in charge of team selection he should have the courage to leave Eastmond out or move him to another position where his role is less pivotal.

I know we have got injuries and we haven't got a ready made replacement but in the interest of team spirit and unity Simmons needs to take charge of the situation

Re: Royce Simmons OUT : Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:36 pm  

I'd agree that if Eastmond isn't really putting in for the team you'd be better with someone else playing, even if on paper it weakened the team. But wouldn't the players and coach already have picked up on that? If they had, surely he would have been dropped?