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Re: SAD but TRUE. : Sun Oct 04, 2020 10:46 am  
There’d be a certain irony if our only post lockdown win was against Cas - the only team we usually CAN’T beat.
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Re: SAD but TRUE. : Sun Oct 04, 2020 10:48 am  
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There’d be a certain irony if our only post lockdown win was against Cas - the only team we usually CAN’T beat.


:lol: That would be funny......law of averages?!
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Re: SAD but TRUE. : Sun Oct 04, 2020 11:31 am  
As ever the truth lays between PT over optimism and the bitterness of others.

What people are forgetting is that through most of CC time at the club the team has been great. Better than any team that I’ve seen at BV and that includes the 2004 team. Some of the tries scored especially by TJ and BJB have been as good as you’ll ever see in SL.

So what’s gone wrong?

Well CC has probably made some errors, opinions on what they are will differ.

However Chester’s biggest mistake has been to somehow offend Lady Luck.

She hasn’t just deserted him but given him a grade A kicking, what the hell did you do Chris?

People trot out the nonsense that injuries are no excuse, get a grip and stop being foolish of course they are.

This is most notable with the much vilified new signings, how are they supposed to cement their place when they are having to be used like sticking plasters! Come on it’s obvious.

Ditto COVID-19, I’ve no idea why we are suffering more than most but we clearly are, again it’s obvious how that affects any team.

As for a bit of luck during a game, forget it, we can’t beg a break at present.

Yes we are not playing well, yes some players are not pulling their weight, yes some of CC’s selections have looked odd to me also but then I don’t know what he knows.

Whatever the problems in the team there can be no doubt to those thinking rationally that a good proportion of it is coming from sources beyond our control.

If there were an instant fix I’d take it as I hate watching id flounder like we do at present but there isn’t. We are where we are and all we can do is dig deep and hang in there, at least for this season.
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Re: SAD but TRUE. : Sun Oct 04, 2020 12:43 pm  
I think we need to start climbing rather than continue digging because we are currently so deep we are losing the light at the end of the tunnel.
We can hope it is for this season only but with it starting during the last there is nothing to suggest it will be especially if we go on a budget reduction squad.
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Re: SAD but TRUE. : Sun Oct 04, 2020 12:46 pm  
Well, I hope that everyone involved with Wakefield Trinity; the Board, the coaching staff and the conditioning staff et all all watched yesterday's Salford/Wire semi. Salford, a club with a very similar heritage both historically and recently to ours showed just how the underdog can achieve that Wembley dream with the right coaching staff and belief in themselves.

Just recall how we met Warrington very recently in a sem-final and simply succumbed to an embarrassing defeat. salford persevered to the very end and came up trumps.

Well done Salford!

Take a lesson from that Wakefield Trinity.
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Re: SAD but TRUE. : Sun Oct 04, 2020 12:49 pm  
I never realised that the opposite of optimism was bitterness!
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Re: SAD but TRUE. : Sun Oct 04, 2020 2:00 pm  
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I never realised that the opposite of optimism was bitterness!
I never thought bitterness was accepting mediocrity or being sick to the teeth of watching utter dross but you learn something new everyday
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Re: SAD but TRUE. : Sun Oct 04, 2020 2:27 pm  
FickelFingerOfFate think Robinson the new coach of the giants answered your Question he said you need a good conditioner and back room staff and a good spine in the team and some one who knows what the team needs to strengthen it
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Re: SAD but TRUE. : Sun Oct 04, 2020 2:34 pm  
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I never thought bitterness was accepting mediocrity or being sick to the teeth of watching utter dross but you learn something new everyday


Couldn't agree more.

I remember a football manager being interviewed when his team got promoted into the premier league, when he was asked where the target was for the season. He said we dont want to just stay up, we want to be in the top half. His money quote was "if you set your standards low, you will achieve low", and this has stuck with me for about 25 years, and I think of this every time I read the comments, and listen to people on the terraces, when they accept mediocrity all the time
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Re: SAD but TRUE. : Sun Oct 04, 2020 2:37 pm  
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FickelFingerOfFate think Robinson the new coach of the giants answered your Question he said you need a good conditioner and back room staff and a good spine in the team and some one who knows what the team needs to strengthen it

You can get all them in but the fact is CC as not got the knowledge or the willingness to change
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