Re: Time for a clean break? : Sat Mar 10, 2012 7:56 pm  

Sack him and hire Sean Long with Daniel Anderson as 'Director of Rugby with a free pass to visit Australia whenever he chooses'.

Re: Time for a clean break? : Sat Mar 10, 2012 7:57 pm  

Allez wrote:

And I don't disagree with your assessment of him one bit - I have held that view since the day we appointed him knowing the reputation (or lack thereof) he has as a coach in Australia. However, sacking him now would cause more problems than it solves unless there's an absolute top class coach with a pedigree available. As far as I am aware there isn't. I don't think Eamonn will get caught up in the fans hysteria because we have lost 3 games.

Anyway, onwards and upwards. Am looking forward to next week.

If I was a chairman I'd obviously look at what's available now or at the end of the season.

I'd love DA to take charge, even if it was only to the end of the season. We need some to get the squad organised.

Re: Time for a clean break? : Sat Mar 10, 2012 7:57 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Sack him and hire Sean Long with Daniel Anderson as 'Director of Rugby with a free pass to visit Australia whenever he chooses'.

Never mind long coaching, get him playing!

Re: Time for a clean break? : Sat Mar 10, 2012 7:58 pm  

The Chief wrote:

All tries are tries but the majority of ours, against the better defensive teams, are from within 20m of the opposition line.

I've learned from Phil Clarke, that bastion of statistics, that in fact most tries per se are scored from within the 20m opposition line.

However, I do agree with what you said in the rest of your post. The team is making way too many errors, some of quite an alarming type, for the problem simply to be a form thing. We have relied upon James Roby too much which is understandable to a degree with two young halves last year but this year that needs to change in case we find ourselves without him at the business end and fighting for a spot in the eight.

Re: Time for a clean break? : Sat Mar 10, 2012 8:03 pm  

People always tell me about these cycles in sport, the ones in which a team that is used to winning everything suddenly fall down the ladder and look back on their past greatness, Bradford won the league in 2005.

Re: Time for a clean break? : Sat Mar 10, 2012 8:04 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

I've learned from Phil Clarke, that bastion of statistics, that in fact most tries per se are scored from within the 20m opposition line.

However, I do agree with what you said in the rest of your post. The team is making way too many errors, some of quite an alarming type, for the problem simply to be a form thing. We have relied upon James Roby too much which is understandable to a degree with two young halves last year but this year that needs to change in case we find ourselves without him at the business end and fighting for a spot in the eight.

I think it all comes to the fact we need a good halfback and the idea of playing lance there has failed as many predicted.

Also, we need to good hard working meter making prop.

I honestly think if we had signed a top scrum half and top prop we would have won all our games so far this year.

That isn't having a pop at laffranchci or lomax as both are really trying but its just not worked and Royce should hold his hand up and say he's messed up.

Re: Time for a clean break? : Sat Mar 10, 2012 8:05 pm  

Double post

Re: Time for a clean break? : Sat Mar 10, 2012 8:06 pm  

But is it Royce that makes those decisions or are the players signed and given to him as an assembled squad?

Re: Time for a clean break? : Sat Mar 10, 2012 8:08 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

But is it Royce that makes those decisions or are the players signed and given to him as an assembled squad?

I'd say he signed lance, laffranchci and flanaghan.

Both flash and laffranchci are mates of his and know him.

Re: Time for a clean break? : Sat Mar 10, 2012 8:17 pm  

Just read Royce's post match summary on BBC Sports with his concern over communication with the players amongst themselves. If Jammer where here he would have been bawling and shouting at the players, someone has got to lead this team across the park when things go wrong, I'm blaming the players more than the team coach at the moment, poor attitude at the moment with the exception of Tony and Sia.