Re: Time for Chester to go - the facts! : Wed Feb 17, 2016 3:25 pm
Peter Mannion wrote:
Very, very true...
What is most disappointing about the current state of affairs is that nobody at the clubs seems to be taking ANY responsibilty or has any accountability for the obvious failures and the buck is been passed around freely.
The ultimate leaders and decision makers are the chairman and vice. Now they may say they employ people like a CEO, Football Manager , coach, defence coach and a highly paid captain to take care of the playing/rugby side of things, but if this is so at least one, probably more, of those people is getting some important decisions wrong.
It would be fascinating to know the decision process that resulted in the farcical situation we are now in where we have no direct line of junior players to call on, however good or promising, and decided to cut virtually all local ties to the first team squad. I assume the 5 year plan must include the possiblity that Hull FC become a reasonable side again and we languish perenially in the bottom 4 or worse , leaving the best talent from the City of Hull academy a pretty straightforward choice when they graduate.
I assume the plan also includes leaving overseas recruitment to our captain to get his mates on equally overpaid contracts but still ensures the CEO gets his annual holiday to Australia , which produced those top signings this year...
The plan seems to further involve a similar situation on the domestic front but with the football manger in charge.
The plan must obviously include small print in the playing contracts that value for money is not expected nor does the value or length of your contract relate to your actual ability or indeed willingness or availability to play. In fact these may quite often be inversely proportional.
The plan also seem to include paying big bucks for a defensive coach who only turns up on Friday afternoons.
As indicated in prior posts the situation is made more galling in view of the fact that FC have turned their own situation around dramatically it seems, and in no small part due to a Mr Motu Tony, whose recruitment skills are obviously par excellence.
Well, Rovers plan did in fact entail turning down Mr Tony for a role at the club prior to his employment across the way, as obviously our guys are doing such a good job...
I do feel a little for Chester because he does not have much to work with but he is the author of his own misfortune if he has failed to impose himself.
I think some brutal self appraisal and honesty needs to be applied from top to bottom and not just by the first team squad, who after all, didn't award themselves their lucrative or not so lucrative contracts.
I fear some may be fiddling whilst Rome burns.
What is most disappointing about the current state of affairs is that nobody at the clubs seems to be taking ANY responsibilty or has any accountability for the obvious failures and the buck is been passed around freely.
The ultimate leaders and decision makers are the chairman and vice. Now they may say they employ people like a CEO, Football Manager , coach, defence coach and a highly paid captain to take care of the playing/rugby side of things, but if this is so at least one, probably more, of those people is getting some important decisions wrong.
It would be fascinating to know the decision process that resulted in the farcical situation we are now in where we have no direct line of junior players to call on, however good or promising, and decided to cut virtually all local ties to the first team squad. I assume the 5 year plan must include the possiblity that Hull FC become a reasonable side again and we languish perenially in the bottom 4 or worse , leaving the best talent from the City of Hull academy a pretty straightforward choice when they graduate.
I assume the plan also includes leaving overseas recruitment to our captain to get his mates on equally overpaid contracts but still ensures the CEO gets his annual holiday to Australia , which produced those top signings this year...
The plan seems to further involve a similar situation on the domestic front but with the football manger in charge.
The plan must obviously include small print in the playing contracts that value for money is not expected nor does the value or length of your contract relate to your actual ability or indeed willingness or availability to play. In fact these may quite often be inversely proportional.
The plan also seem to include paying big bucks for a defensive coach who only turns up on Friday afternoons.
As indicated in prior posts the situation is made more galling in view of the fact that FC have turned their own situation around dramatically it seems, and in no small part due to a Mr Motu Tony, whose recruitment skills are obviously par excellence.
Well, Rovers plan did in fact entail turning down Mr Tony for a role at the club prior to his employment across the way, as obviously our guys are doing such a good job...
I do feel a little for Chester because he does not have much to work with but he is the author of his own misfortune if he has failed to impose himself.
I think some brutal self appraisal and honesty needs to be applied from top to bottom and not just by the first team squad, who after all, didn't award themselves their lucrative or not so lucrative contracts.
I fear some may be fiddling whilst Rome burns.
Yep all you posted appears to be happening from an out sider looking in.
You didn't mention the amateurish preparation and coaching. A coach who appears to acquiesce to everyone soon loses credibility and this seems to have happened.
Why another layer of management in Peacock. If he really was in charge how did Poaching keep his job? How and why did we get involved with Sauilima? Campo must have been involved. Advocating a player we don't have space for or need in that position. Surely Peacock just goes......no.
Far far too many chiefs at Rovers.
Things need addressing quickly but I fear it has a feel of nepotism and no one making hard decisions. If they don't make some soon I really fear the hole will be too big to get out of and its years in the lower leagues again.
Didn't realise what a mess the acadamy merger is. Sandercock changed our academy and our juniors results were much better with international call ups for the first time.3 years later....Surely it should have been given more time.
Decisions need making....Poaching is on borrowed time. He either doesn't know what to do, can't communicate it or both or is just stealing a living. The evidence that Chester is struggling is clear. It ain't gonna get better. 'We're over our adversity' as quoted from our coach after the Cas game was harrowing for me. 1 draw and everything is ok. Please.
Some players need to step up but are they willing to. Albert looks thoroughly miserable. I certainly am and don't see a way out without drastic changes.
Peter Mannion....Keep an eye out for Malcolm.
