: Sat Mar 14, 2009 5:03 pm  

Ulster Wire wrote:

Offloading plasyers during the season would stupid. Dont say play the reserves becasuse you know thats daft.

Let the new coach work with the players. Let him sort the low confidence ones from the ones who don't care and well make moves during the off season.

A real low today but we will get better.

Fair enough, off loading a vast number of the squad would indeed be a bit silly.

However, I think the time has come for Tony Smith to drag EVERY member of the squad into his office individually, and for him to ask each of them the simple question...

'DO YOU STILL WANT TO BE AT THIS CLUB NEXT SEASON?'

Any no's (Gleeson, Monaghan, probably King) should be immediately dropped from the side, and placed on the transfer list and replaced with youngsters.

All those wishing to stay should be closely monitored, and not given an affirmative answer to their future at the club until the very LAST game of this season.

: Sat Mar 14, 2009 5:06 pm  

It's always in the future for you lot, what about the present?

Re: Is this the best thing that could happen for the future? : Sat Mar 14, 2009 5:08 pm  

Damo-Leeds wrote:

I've forgot all about Tony Smith been at Wire!

I'll wager Smith is thinking the same thing.

: Sat Mar 14, 2009 5:09 pm  

belgianxiii wrote:

There are lots of clubs that would love the quality of players that you consider rubbish. Salford, Celtic, Quins (they have two players signed from NL2 ffs). You could deffo unload unwanted players.

We wanting to offload them and the players agreeing to it are wholly different propositions.

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

: Sat Mar 14, 2009 5:10 pm  

BringBackRugbyLeagueBiff wrote:

It's always in the future for you lot, what about the present?

the present was a 60 point drubbing away at quins, so we need to look forward to next week(the future) the rest of the season(the future) and next year and onwards(still the future) whereupon smith can hopefully undo some of the damage done by lowes(past) and to a lesser extent cullen(also past)

: Sat Mar 14, 2009 5:16 pm  

Tony Catsmith wrote:

the present was a 60 point drubbing away at quins, so we need to look forward to next week(the future) the rest of the season(the future) and next year and onwards(still the future) whereupon smith can hopefully undo some of the damage done by lowes(past) and to a lesser extent cullen(also past)

Can it change in a week?

: Sat Mar 14, 2009 5:16 pm  

BringBackRugbyLeagueBiff wrote:

Can it change in a week?

Aye, maybe we'll only concede 40.............

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

: Sat Mar 14, 2009 5:18 pm  

BringBackRugbyLeagueBiff wrote:

Can it change in a week?

we thoguht it had changed partly in a thursday afternoon and friday at the leeds game last week, we seem to have regressed badly in a week, that is unless the players were sulking and trying to send smith a message, by playing badly on purpose,

of couse, i couldn't possibly suggest that at all could i.

: Sat Mar 14, 2009 5:18 pm  

WireFanatic II wrote:

Aye, maybe we'll only concede 40.............

We reckon there's gonna be a backlash, and therefore a very much fired up Wire side...

We should take the game though.

: Sat Mar 14, 2009 5:19 pm  

BringBackRugbyLeagueBiff wrote:

We reckon there's gonna be a backlash, and therefore a very much fired up Wire side...

We should take the game though.

I have a feeling the only backlash will be from the fans.