Re: Barrow away. : Mon Jun 17, 2019 6:37 am  

John Kear sounds as frustrated at Bradford over their inconsistency and he is a proven good coach. Maybe the Grix appointment was a bit too quick? Maybe he just needs more time to stamp his own authority and way of working on the players and bring in his own men?

Re: Barrow away. : Mon Jun 17, 2019 7:32 am  

We won't be able to fairly judge SG until well into next season. I would personally have brought a coach in with no Fax connections and not a forward. As for yesterday, I was always taught That if you can't say owt good about anybody/anything it's better to say nowt......

Re: Barrow away. : Mon Jun 17, 2019 7:59 am  

Hudd-Shay wrote:

We won't be able to fairly judge SG until well into next season. I would personally have brought a coach in with no Fax connections and not a forward. As for yesterday, I was always taught That if you can't say owt good about anybody/anything it's better to say nowt......

Agreeing with you there. An objective coaching view would have been beneficial, especially after transitioning from a guy who spent nearly 5 years here.

Re: Barrow away. : Mon Jun 17, 2019 8:09 am  

Did warn about the merits of a long contract for this appointment....if yesterday's debacle was the only response SG could get from an unacceptable performance the week before,then the motivational aspect of his coaching is clearly lacking already.

Re: Barrow away. : Mon Jun 17, 2019 8:11 am  

Hudd-Shay wrote:

We won't be able to fairly judge SG until well into next season. I would personally have brought a coach in with no Fax connections and not a forward. As for yesterday, I was always taught That if you can't say owt good about anybody/anything it's better to say nowt......

Good Morning Pete, I was taught exactly the same as yer last sentence , but sometimes things have to be said.
I don’t know about Fax and the game yesterday, but maybe you do Barrow a bit of an injustice, they are always a tough team to beat at home,last season they beat Leigh at Barrow,and for me that defeat cost us dearly .
Fax have been struggling for a while now, you have beaten a poor Bradford side twice,Bradford for me are very similar to Fax at the moment, a not very mobile side,the last 20 yesterday we took them apart.Your game with them on Sunday will be very interesting,talking to Bradford fans after the game, they still feel the top 5 is within their reach , but a win against Fax is a MUST, I haven’t seen their remaking fixtures, but for Fax things look bleak.I hope you had a good week end in Cumbria otherwise.

Re: Barrow away. : Mon Jun 17, 2019 8:54 am  

charlie caroli wrote:

Good Morning Pete, I was taught exactly the same as yer last sentence , but sometimes things have to be said.
I don’t know about Fax and the game yesterday, but maybe you do Barrow a bit of an injustice, they are always a tough team to beat at home,last season they beat Leigh at Barrow,and for me that defeat cost us dearly .
Fax have been struggling for a while now, you have beaten a poor Bradford side twice,Bradford for me are very similar to Fax at the moment, a not very mobile side,the last 20 yesterday we took them apart.Your game with them on Sunday will be very interesting,talking to Bradford fans after the game, they still feel the top 5 is within their reach , but a win against Fax is a MUST, I haven’t seen their remaking fixtures, but for Fax things look bleak.I hope you had a good week end in Cumbria otherwise.

Were still in Lancashire Ian, going up to Cumberland later today. Not taking owt away from Barrow, they were far and away the better team. The shocking thing about yesterday was the players attitude, some just didn't look interested and that is unacceptable. Anyroad, off up to The Lakes today and a visit to Hawkshead Brewery Tap. Rugby can take a back seat. Up The Fax!

Re: Barrow away. : Mon Jun 17, 2019 9:35 am  

All I'll say is if they don't buck their ideas up fast kiss goodbye to the top 5 - next four games are big in terms of the end of the season for me - Fax are capable of winning 3/4 of these games - personally think the Semi against St Helens is our remaining season highlight now....

Re: Barrow away. : Mon Jun 17, 2019 11:11 am  

i'd have to agree about the Semis being our highlight now. We've always managed to stay in and around the pack because we could beat those below us and aim to pick off 1 or 2 above, it worked. The losses to Batley & Barrow have nailed the coffin for me this year. Unless there is a complete turnaround, its just too far out of reach for us. i cant see us beating anyone other than Bradford in the teams above us and that's being very optimistic.

one of Grix or QLT needs dropping, i simply do NOT understand either of them being at half back. You have an absolute star in the making in JWH and he hasn't put a foot wrong in my opinion this year when at half back so it boggles to put him at centre or on the bench.

i think Simon Grix will come good personally, could well be wrong but i dont think he's the issue.

Re: Barrow away. : Mon Jun 17, 2019 12:28 pm  

If we learned anything from yesterday at all it was JWH is not a centre.

Re: Barrow away. : Mon Jun 17, 2019 2:20 pm  

I am only guessing here, but we are at that time of year where clubs will be offering new contracts for next season. In the past few years, the majority of our squad has been retained and therefore have stuck together as a group. Maybe this year, quite a few of the squad have already been told they won’t be offered a deal or they don’t expect to stay and this could be impacting on our performances