Its a mixture of both Poor Coaching and sub standard players as well as others who are in the comfort zone.
COACHING wise we have always had problems with Defence, Discipline and having set plays. That is down to Matt Calland. I also feel he is way to close and friendly to the players and why some seem to be in a comfort zone. I dont think the problems have ever been properly addressed and we have around 5 Former players on the Coaching side and am not sure thats good. The Coaching Staff seems to be a Old Boys Club.
PLAYERS also need to have a look at themselves. Failure to make a Tackle, Catch a ball or doing the basics is embarrassing. Everybody makes mistakes, but its how you recover from them mistakes and for me the players seem to be in a comfort Zone and just dont seem to be concerned when making errors. Its clear some players are not of the same Quality of Royston, Maloney, Wrench & Larder. But that does not excuse players failing to put effort in. The pathetic effort in defence is simply not on. If players-no matter who they are cant be bothered then use players who will. We have an U23 Squad and would rather see them play than others who simply are past it or who cant be bothered!
COMFORT ZONE. Fax has a reputation of a drinkers/Social club. Calland has a reputation as being good mates with all the players rather than being a Tactician like a Daryll Powell, Ian Millward. I am not a fan of it and would rather we had a Coach who is not frightened to make big calls but also one who can read the game and change things in a second.
I dont think the fault just lies with Calland. But he brought the players in and he is responsible for performances and results. The players are making the mistakes, failing to do the basics etc. SOme of that is not Matts fault. But a number of things like defence Strategy and game plans are. I just feel that Matt Calland will not take this club further than what he has done. I also dont feel he can change the way Fax play. The same mistakes/Failings have been there since the start, despite which players are brought in.
I have a couple Questions that maybe the Calland followers could answer:
Why do we often get outenthused?
Why have we constantly had defence problems under Matt?
Why cant we have a set system in place in attack?