Re: John Kear : Sun Oct 08, 2023 3:24 pm  

Wouldn't be disappointed if he ended up back in some capacity. I know memories fade but did't we decline after he left us with just Chester in charge?

Re: John Kear : Sun Oct 08, 2023 7:41 pm  

Schunter wrote:

Wouldn't be disappointed if he ended up back in some capacity. I know memories fade but did't we decline after he left us with just Chester in charge?

You are right it declined big time .Main worry is when he left last time did not give much notice.Could this happen again if he got a job offer some were else

Re: John Kear : Sun Oct 08, 2023 7:55 pm  

Schunter wrote:

Wouldn't be disappointed if he ended up back in some capacity. I know memories fade but did't we decline after he left us with just Chester in charge?

Well love him or hate him Chester doing a great job of DOR at Leigh, the budget helps of course but we haven’t signed too many duds in the last 18 months

Re: John Kear : Sun Oct 08, 2023 8:21 pm  

ColD wrote:

Well love him or hate him Chester doing a great job of DOR at Leigh, the budget helps of course but we haven’t signed too many duds in the last 18 months

I assume that AL is doing the 'choosing' re the squad requirements.

Re: John Kear : Sun Oct 08, 2023 8:23 pm  

ColD wrote:

Well love him or hate him Chester doing a great job of DOR at Leigh, the budget helps of course but we haven’t signed too many duds in the last 18 months

Haha what exactly is he doing? Best player is Lam’s son so I take it that is down to Chester. Give Chester the head coaches job, see how long that lasts.

Re: John Kear : Sun Oct 08, 2023 9:18 pm  

Lockers700 wrote:

Haha what exactly is he doing? Best player is Lam’s son so I take it that is down to Chester. Give Chester the head coaches job, see how long that lasts.

What exactly does any DOR do, the signings we announced last November (hardaker, O Brien, Holmes, Hughes and about 10 others) didn’t happen overnight. Yes Lam is class but add Asiata, Amone, charnley, leutute etc someone pulled a team together that was beyond our expectations - AL of course had some influence but someone had to pull it together and that was Chester.

We didn’t offer him the coaches role did we, maybe he’s found his niche

Re: John Kear : Mon Oct 09, 2023 8:59 am  

Schunter wrote:

Wouldn't be disappointed if he ended up back in some capacity. I know memories fade but did't we decline after he left us with just Chester in charge?

It certainly feels that way, however I've just had a look - Kear left December 2017 and we finished 5th in 2018. Chris Brereton left November 2018 (judging by companies house anyway) and then it all went to pot.

I think CB was the "rugby" man so to speak who had the contacts - I could be wrong on that point though.

Re: John Kear : Mon Oct 09, 2023 9:53 am  

charlie wrote:

It certainly feels that way, however I've just had a look - Kear left December 2017 and we finished 5th in 2018. Chris Brereton left November 2018 (judging by companies house anyway) and then it all went to pot.

I think CB was the "rugby" man so to speak who had the contacts - I could be wrong on that point though.

After 14 games into the 2019 season we sat in 4th place. The build up of major injuries to our key players then took its toll as we faded away badly. We then have loss of income from covid and reduced Sky money.
Not saying the loss of JK or CB have some creeping effect but lets not overlook other major factors.

Re: John Kear : Mon Oct 09, 2023 1:26 pm  

Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo wrote:

After 14 games into the 2019 season we sat in 4th place. The build up of major injuries to our key players then took its toll as we faded away badly. We then have loss of income from covid and reduced Sky money.
Not saying the loss of JK or CB have some creeping effect but lets not overlook other major factors.

Fair comment, we never recovered from those injuries.

Re: John Kear : Tue Oct 10, 2023 10:46 am  

The downfall started when we re-signed Brough.