Re: Round 16| London Home : Mon Jul 08, 2024 12:50 pm  

Aside from that fact that lots on here are ridiculously critical (some of you need some happy) - Arthur might end up catalysing a couple of players to leave. It would be easier for the incoming coach to take a settled group. I don't think Blease will shy away from a couple of hard decisions in there, the question is will he get them right?

I'm not as despondent for our chances against Wire, although to me their performance at HQ was the best I've seen this year. They have some disruption, we're underdogs, let's see what we can come up with.

If we do get done over I wonder who will be the next target for the Malcontents in the away support...? Judging by this forum Rohan Smith still has some legs.

Re: Round 16| London Home : Mon Jul 08, 2024 1:44 pm  

Someone like Arthur coming in for the rest of this year is an opportunity to try and remove some of the awful bad habits that have been embedded over the last 2 years.
That wasn't going to happen overnight and the performance against London showed that.
Chev and Grix are not in a position to do that as they were part of the problem.
We can have a reset with the current playing squad for a few months.
A coach with proven NRL pedigree coming in to get us back to RL basics, remove the gimmicks, improve line speed, improve intensity and try and get us so we at least look organised. All the things that have been missing.
The results are not so important to me tbh.
Whoever we have in 2025 at least then has a better foundation to take us forward.
I think it's a good move from the club.

Re: Round 16| London Home : Mon Jul 08, 2024 2:11 pm  

KaeruJim wrote:

Aside from that fact that lots on here are ridiculously critical (some of you need some happy) - Arthur might end up catalysing a couple of players to leave. It would be easier for the incoming coach to take a settled group. I don't think Blease will shy away from a couple of hard decisions in there, the question is will he get them right?

I'm not as despondent for our chances against Wire, although to me their performance at HQ was the best I've seen this year. They have some disruption, we're underdogs, let's see what we can come up with.

If we do get done over I wonder who will be the next target for the Malcontents in the away support...? Judging by this forum Rohan Smith still has some legs.

Ridiculously critical?, have a look at the league table, we have just parted with an absolutely absolutely useless coach, who signed several sub standard players. The assistant coaches are hopeless and we have just about managed to beat the worst team in the league. Plenty of scope for criticism I would have thought.

Re: Round 16| London Home : Mon Jul 08, 2024 3:01 pm  

and one of you is ridiculously happy to accept mediocrity and a poundland coach

Re: Round 16| London Home : Mon Jul 08, 2024 5:08 pm  

Yep, I love nothing more than a bit of mediocrity.

I’m more M&S than Poundland though.

Re: Round 16| London Home : Tue Jul 09, 2024 1:51 am  

Everyone agrees that something had to change and that bringing in Blease was a step in the right direction. It does feel that the club has been muddling its way through for too long, without the laser focus on performance of the first team, which ultimately drives the club and enables all the other stuff to happen off the field and with other Rhinos teams. Like more than a few others I thought Rohan might be the one to bring us back on track, but while he did a lot to rework the squad, its still a mess. Taking all that other stuff off the coach and making their ultimate objective first team results has to be a good move.

Re: Round 16| London Home : Tue Jul 09, 2024 7:13 am  

One thing I'll certainly agree on is that whatever RS is or isn't as a coach, his recruitment was patchy and risky. Not sure how much of this was GH getting directly involved or pulling purse strings, but in terms of player selection a C.

Blease does have a much better track record with judgement so let's hope he can apply that at Leeds. A steady hand at the tiller who isn't GH is what I think we needed, so let's hope.

Said it before but it looks as if we need both a new coach and some new players in order to challenge again. I just don't think our first grade squad is consistently good enough. Next couple of fixtures will be interesting - will we have a new coach in place for Wire...? I reckon BA was on the plane yesterday/today and they'll announce him once he's arrived and branded up for the cameras.

Re: Round 16| London Home : Tue Jul 09, 2024 11:30 am  

Jim I love the way you distance yourself from negativity whilst also pointing out the failings of the coach and players.

Re: Round 16| London Home : Tue Jul 09, 2024 12:15 pm  

Seth wrote:

Jim I love the way you distance yourself from negativity whilst also pointing out the failings of the coach and players.

There is a difference Sethster between critical thinking and being negative. Like I guess there is between confidence and arrogance.

I don’t criticise others, generally, to make myself feel better. I try to provide a balanced view.

We all have opinions and I like to think I’m willing to change mine from time to time based on evidence.

Re: Round 16| London Home : Tue Jul 09, 2024 12:52 pm  

KaeruJim wrote:

There is a difference Sethster between critical thinking and being negative. Like I guess there is between confidence and arrogance.

I don’t criticise others, generally, to make myself feel better. I try to provide a balanced view.

We all have opinions and I like to think I’m willing to change mine from time to time based on evidence.

That is not allowed on here, if you said it 5 years ago you have to stick with and forever be criticised. Changing your mind based on evidence is frowned upon