: Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:08 am  

Teddington Red wrote:

Its a great shame when committed supporters to this fine club still cannot find it in their hearts to praise the coach.
I guess they would probably prefer us to lose to prove that they are right !

Time may prove you correct,after all there are only 2 types of coach - those who have been sacked and those waiting to be sacked.

But,for the moment, give the guy a break !

I believe Mcrae is not a good coach. This goes when we win or lose. I think the main reason for winning the last 3 matches has been effort and pride. After that the rugby comes naturally as shown at Leeds. I am not a fickle fan ie. coach is crap when we lose but great when we win. I simply don't rate him as a coach. That is my opinon and I am entitled to it whether we win or lose. I won't slate him after a great win but my credit goes to the players who have developed a bit of pride in the shirt and a work ethic.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:16 am  

Any coach who says he does know what to do then plans to drop his best players (note players he has said he will drop Adamson in the past) in my view is still a crap coach.If we win SL and or the Challenge cup then I may slightly change my views.
Never liked him from his appointment so no-one can say I am inconsistent on this one.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:24 am  

yes you are fickle and your opinion doesnt count when you come out with stupid comments

get hammered its mcrea's fault nothing to do with the players

win at hull + leeds its all the players nothing to do the coach !!!

give me a break sick of reading people getting on mcrea and simms back at this club. Yes we had a shocking start but we are finally up to speed and that is down to everyone, coach and players together !!!
think some people forget where we were last season and how many new players we have to this year where they needed time to gel together .
mcrea is a good coach and the right one to take salford forward !!
And simms bashers read this... We didnt have any problem bringing our overseas players to the club and they are all performing well even smith is starting to show he isnt half bad.
Eastwood rejected to play for leeds is tearing up the nrl
Bird rejected to play at bradford is looking a class act at catalans
Carney rejected to play at Huddersfield.. World class player/loonatic look at wikipedia lol
Crocker rejected to play at hull.
enough said

Rant over

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:46 am  

mcrae must have some input into the team.
to blame him for the bad performances and give him no credit for the good ones is bit ridiculous.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 11:05 am  

He now has balanced the team with the best Aussies we could afford ; youngsters who are capable of prosperring in Superleague (rather than promising kids who would just be destroyed at the highest level ,at this point in their development) and good pros who were on the books when he arrived.
That was always going to take time.
Well done to the team,and the entire coaching staff.


Now,what about the new stadium ............................

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 11:10 am  

Captain Planet wrote:

yes you are fickle and your opinion doesnt count when you come out with stupid comments

get hammered its mcrea's fault nothing to do with the players

win at hull + leeds its all the players nothing to do the coach !!!

give me a break sick of reading people getting on mcrea and simms back at this club. Yes we had a shocking start but we are finally up to speed and that is down to everyone, coach and players together !!!
think some people forget where we were last season and how many new players we have to this year where they needed time to gel together .
mcrea is a good coach and the right one to take salford forward !!
And simms bashers read this... We didnt have any problem bringing our overseas players to the club and they are all performing well even smith is starting to show he isnt half bad.
Eastwood rejected to play for leeds is tearing up the nrl
Bird rejected to play at bradford is looking a class act at catalans
Carney rejected to play at Huddersfield.. World class player/loonatic look at wikipedia lol
Crocker rejected to play at hull.
enough said

Rant over

My opinion counts as much as anybody elses and I do not believe anything I have said is stupid. I amongt others do not rate McRae as a coach. Decisions and comments he has made backs this up in my opinion. In previous threads I have had a go at the players for their lack of effort and so am not saying that our losses have nothing to do with them at all and everything to do with McRae. As I said the main reason for the upturn in fortunes in my opinion is effort and pride. Everyone could see that this was an issue before and yet McRae stated in an interview that this was not a problem. Now we have more effort in pride we are winning. How can he have made this happen when he could not see a problem in that area. I don't know who or what has caused a change in attitude but I don't think it is McRae.

Of course this is my opinion but I am entitled to it especially when I argue my point instead of just stating that your argument is stupid and that all of a sudden he is a brilliant coach because we have won a few games.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 11:25 am  

We have just won at Leeds for the first time in 30+ years, and people are seeing there arses in case they might have to give Mcrae a bit of credit? Does it really matter? I'm not his biggest fan but let's enjoy the satisfaction of a win at Headingley for a bit longer before we start the Mcrae out campaign again.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 11:28 am  

Karlos13 wrote:

We have just won at Leeds for the first time in 30+ years, and people are seeing there arses in case they might have to give Mcrae a bit of credit? Does it really matter? I'm not his biggest fan but let's enjoy the satisfaction of a win at Headingley for a bit longer before we start the Mcrae out campaign again.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 11:30 am  

Captain Planet wrote:

yes you are fickle and your opinion doesnt count when you come out with stupid comments

get hammered its mcrea's fault nothing to do with the players

win at hull + leeds its all the players nothing to do the coach !!!


Rant over

If you read my post you would see I stated I have never rated the coach so how does that make me fickle ?
As for stupid comments ranting on about players who have come good has nothing to do with this.
We have won three games and that does feel good, however it does not take away the shocking games and decisions made by the coach before this.
I will praise the coach if I honestly think it was him who changed this round but I can not say this.
Can you

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 11:39 am  

Prestwich Red, suggest you take the earlier advice and enjoy the long overdue win at Leeds before starting the next 'McCrae Out ' campaign !

Alternatively, tell us what he has to do to satisfy your complaints .

Grand Final or World Championship ??