Re: It's time now : Thu May 11, 2023 11:14 pm  

A simple question to the club.
Howe many games in a season of 27, do we need to lose before making a change to the coaching staff ?
Were almost halfway through the season and 0/12 and quite frankly, despite a decent performance for 60minutes last week and a reasonable showing v Salford, we havent come close to beating anyone.
If the club isn't prepared to make a change, then, after 35 years+, I'm done.

Re: It's time now : Thu May 11, 2023 11:17 pm  

wrencat1873 wrote:

A simple question to the club.
Howe many games in a season of 27, do we need to lose before making a change to the coaching staff ?
Were almost halfway through the season and 0/12 and quite frankly, despite a decent performance for 60minutes last week and a reasonable showing v Salford, we havent come close to beating anyone.
If the club isn't prepared to make a change, then, after 35 years+, I'm done.

Its really sad to here you say that, but I do understand it totally.

Re: It's time now : Thu May 11, 2023 11:17 pm  

charlie63wildcat wrote:

I totally understand what our board are saying about our finances and our situation. I'm not getting hysterical or personal about John or Michael or even Mark Applegarth. But I thought I saw a very meek and, at times casual acceptance of our performance tonight. I'd usually be there but had a bad back so watched on TV, which was certainly a different view of what is going on. TV shots of Applegarth and Gale, casually having bants...I guess a moment can mislead but some of it wasn't a good look. More of the vacuous generalisms from Applegarth. I don't think a Change of coach would produce miracles....but I do think it's time to do it now after what I've just seen

Noticed that with Gale and Mash, I wouldn't put too much emphasis on it but they should be experienced enough to know cameras would be on them.

Re: It's time now : Thu May 11, 2023 11:31 pm  

BarnsleyGull wrote:

Its really sad to here you say that, but I do understand it totally.

Cheers bud.
I cant get my head around why MC & JM are not changing something.
Do we wait until we're 0/15 or 0/20.
I understand that we're on a small budget etc but, right now, it looks like everyone is accepting that this is what we've got.
Our set up in the opposition is non existent, never mind our ability to complete enough attacking sets.
We have the most basic of basic game plans, literally five drives and a kick but, there is no threat, none.

Turning up each week just hoping it will improve but, there is nothing there. It's no longer worth the time and pain

Re: It's time now : Thu May 11, 2023 11:37 pm  

wrencat1873 wrote:

A simple question to the club.
Howe many games in a season of 27, do we need to lose before making a change to the coaching staff ?
Were almost halfway through the season and 0/12 and quite frankly, despite a decent performance for 60minutes last week and a reasonable showing v Salford, we havent come close to beating anyone.
If the club isn't prepared to make a change, then, after 35 years+, I'm done.

Know how you feel. We'll go out of the cup next week and we won't get anything in the South of France the week after either as we pass the half point in the league season. At that point if Applegarth is still in a job you'd have to wonder whether it's a deliberate managed decline.

Re: It's time now : Thu May 11, 2023 11:39 pm  

No need to wonder - it IS self sabotage.

Re: It's time now : Fri May 12, 2023 5:29 am  

I am a season ticket holder and have supported the club for 62 years. I have seen many bad times and little success but I have never been so BORED by the rugby been served up by Applegarth. This is supposed to be an entertainment business. I am afraid to say I won't be bothering to venture down to Belle Vue again until we get a proper coach who has more idea of how to get a team no matter how poor to do more than 5 drives and a kick.

Re: It's time now : Fri May 12, 2023 7:24 am  

Hopwood wrote:

I am a season ticket holder and have supported the club for 62 years. I have seen many bad times and little success but I have never been so BORED by the rugby been served up by Applegarth. This is supposed to be an entertainment business. I am afraid to say I won't be bothering to venture down to Belle Vue again until we get a proper coach who has more idea of how to get a team no matter how poor to do more than 5 drives and a kick.

Except when we kick on the 3rd, fourth or earlier.

Re: It's time now : Fri May 12, 2023 7:31 am  

Sacred Cow wrote:

deliberate managed decline.

That's what it feels like. There doesn't seem to be any urgency to rescue anything from this season but at the same time it doesn't feel like we're preparing for the Championship either.

Re: It's time now : Fri May 12, 2023 7:40 am  

It was time after the Cas game and if not then the Leigh game, what the board are doing by keeping him is Gross Negligence