How much time and excuses has Simmons got left??? : Sat Mar 10, 2012 10:48 am  

Basically as the title says

I think Saints have been sh** this season but i thought id give them a few weeks before i have a rant but now after all the time and excuses im sick of hearing the same stupid repetitive statements from Simmons " we'll be ready, we need to get ready to play "


The bottom line is something needs sorting! we have alot of potential in our side and i have said before and il say it again " if this continues we will be lucky to make the play-offs and we will become an average side.


IMO Simmons out DA IN!!!

Re: How much time and excuses has Simmons got left??? : Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:21 am  

i agree something needs sorting but im not calling for RS head just yet, thinking of leeds last year, the way they turned it round.

the main problems are that i cant see him being paid off, Anderson will never come back, and if we are to believe that nathan brown will be in the hot seat next year it will cost even more money to get him now and if we dont do that who want the job for 6 months? Keiron Purtill? not sure

Re: How much time and excuses has Simmons got left??? : Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:27 am  

Let's be honest, we had some awful performances last year but a grand final masked the fact we'd also been poor and struggled. We had 4/5 games which Jamie foster scraped us draw or win with last min kicks.

Stupid as this sounds but the injuries last year helped Royce in the fact the team picked its self. The injuries disguised the fact he's a rubbish coach.

IMO id give him three games, if he don't take 6 points them sack him and try and get DA over until the end of the season.

Re: How much time and excuses has Simmons got left??? : Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:46 am  

St pete wrote:

IMO id give him three games, if he don't take 6 points them sack him

this might be on the lines of what is being said to him, it wont be that much of a tall order, that 2004 team (for me the best ever saints team) would find this leeds, wire, and pies tough, maybe 6 points from the next 5 games.

i expect more as a saints fan but this is a big set of games facing a very under performing side

Re: How much time and excuses has Simmons got left??? : Sat Mar 10, 2012 12:04 pm  

Take Betts he is a good British coach. It will come good be patient.

Re: How much time and excuses has Simmons got left??? : Sat Mar 10, 2012 12:33 pm  

So who would you Saints fans like as coach to replace Simmons?

Re: How much time and excuses has Simmons got left??? : Sat Mar 10, 2012 12:59 pm  

Father Ted wrote:

So who would you Saints fans like as coach to replace Simmons?

I'd like DA back but I highly doubt he'd come back ion fulltime basis but asking him to do the rest of the season is a possibilty.

Re: How much time and excuses has Simmons got left??? : Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:20 pm  

Simmons delivered exactly the same as Potter. Saints have started slow and ... (Shock horr) Continued to decline.

The coach can only work with what he has got. A series of so-so purchases with players who cba and youngster who haven't come good.

You could have Wayne Bennett, Michael Maguire, Jack Gibson or Tim Sheens, it wouldn't matter!

Re: How much time and excuses has Simmons got left??? : Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:26 pm  

jdrocket wrote:

Simmons delivered exactly the same as Potter. Saints have started slow and ... (Shock horr) Continued to decline.

The coach can only work with what he has got. A series of so-so purchases with players who cba and youngster who haven't come good.

You could have Wayne Bennett, Michael Maguire, Jack Gibson or Tim Sheens, it wouldn't matter!

Nonsense.

We're all aware our squad isn't quite what it was. With one of the coaches you mention we still might not win the competition, but I doubt very much we'd be showing the current degree of incohesion and mental frailty.

Re: How much time and excuses has Simmons got left??? : Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:28 pm  

I'm leaning more towards the need to change, but I'd still give it till after Easter.

You need more than 6 games to sack a coach, also if there is a problem a new coach will have little impact against the like of Leeds, Wire and Wigan. Better to give any new man a fresh start with winnable games. Whether that be KP, DA or someone else.

Also I would imagine the board would need the time as they will not have been sounding otut replacements for game 6, and I prefer to give Royce time to turn it around. Last night was a game too far for most. But given we lost 3 of our first 6 in 2007, I'm not ready just yet to be calling for his head. But the seed has been planted shall we say.