Re: New Coach : Tue Aug 08, 2023 4:05 pm  

Mr Snoodle wrote:

As fans we have 2 choices - go and watch the club, whoever is the coach, and give them our support.....

....or stay at home and fume because we haven't recruited the love child of Wayne Bennett/Sean Wane (Wayne Wane??) who doesn't exist.

I heard you shouting his name, in a Kathy Burke/Waynetta Slob type voice

Re: New Coach : Tue Aug 08, 2023 4:08 pm  

I wouldn't be surprised to see a promotional video nearer to season ticket time featuring Big Sam ,the Starlights & Wizzy Rascal sailing down an airbrushed Mersey at Warrington Bridge..

A Karl production to equal anything by Cecil B. De Mille.

Re: New Coach : Tue Aug 08, 2023 4:11 pm  

ninearches wrote:

I wouldn't be surprised to see a promotional video nearer to season ticket time featuring Big Sam ,the Starlights & Wizzy Rascal surfing down an airbrushed Mersey at Warrington Bridge..

A Karl production to equal anything by Cecil B. De Mille.

Corrected for accuracy

Re: New Coach : Tue Aug 08, 2023 4:29 pm  

easyWire wrote:

The alternative was a guy who choked in two semis and has just been let go from a poorly performing NRL team. And he turned us down anyway.

Since no one of any repute is likely to be available for some time, who do we go with? May as well look on the bright side. Have a watch of the two documentaries and you'll see why he may bring something different that we've been missing.

I watched one. Non of it means he'll be a good coach. Judging by his whole ethos, he was only able to get his team to buy into it for one year over the course of his entire career. Not a good return.

Re: New Coach : Tue Aug 08, 2023 4:39 pm  

WireWireWire wrote:

I watched one. Non of it means he'll be a good coach. Judging by his whole ethos, he was only able to get his team to buy into it for one year over the course of his entire career. Not a good return.

I do feel sorry for you. You are literally going to spend the whole of next season waiting for us to fail, just so you can come here and try to score points by saying 'I told you so'.

I totally get that you are underwhelmed by the appointment (you still haven't said who would satisfy you), but to drone on about it so negatively just smacks of a spoilt child.

Re: New Coach : Tue Aug 08, 2023 4:48 pm  

Not been on here for a long time but cannot believe the ludicrous negativity about the club taking a bold choice. Everyone should be overjoyed that Powell has gone (he has set the club back five years) and we have a new coach with everything to prove.

The Assistant role now should be very interesting, shame Gleeson hasn’t taken it permanently. Sam on defence, Gleeson on attack.

Re: New Coach : Tue Aug 08, 2023 5:10 pm  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

I do feel sorry for you. You are literally going to spend the whole of next season waiting for us to fail, just so you can come here and try to score points by saying 'I told you so'.

I totally get that you are underwhelmed by the appointment (you still haven't said who would satisfy you), but to drone on about it so negatively just smacks of a spoilt child.

I feel sorry for deluded lot, frankly. Back on the merry go round for another few years before you see the light of day. I'm so sorry that my opinion is such a thorn for you to see, I didn't realise I wasn't allowed to challenge the very real twoddle on here about this appointment. People swayed by an interview in which he talked a good game, his belief system worked for him, but it didn't really work on anyone else did it bar the one year? Which it seems only happened because he decided he was out the door because it'd taken him 4 years of banging his head against the wall and still having no trophy to speak of.

I'm sure we'll do moderate success compared to the last couple years, judging by the barometer of his career at Souths, we'll get about as much success as Price did. 3-4th place finishes on our good years, and a gallent win or two in the play offs. Mediocrity. And just because the ars fell out of the club in the past couple years under Powell, which the same people 'knew he was the right choice to lead us forward' are now throwing him under the bus just as easily, don't expect people to be content with 4th by contrast.

Re: New Coach : Tue Aug 08, 2023 5:31 pm  

WireWireWire wrote:

I feel sorry for deluded lot,

Supporting any sports team is based on delusion/hope. The vast majority of supporters the world over will inevitably be disappointed because only a tiny amount of teams can win the available trophies, whatever the sport.

But supporting a team is about having hope, having dreams, backing those hopes and dreams, seeing that hope crushed, on occasion seeing that hope rewarded.

Supporting a team is not about behaving like a spoilt child, demanding success like some self entitled brat.

Most people know this appointment is a gamble. Most, deep down, because of our record, probably do suspect its likely to end in tears, but most will get on board because its what supporters do - We dare to dream and hope, because ultimately its sport and there are far more important things to whine about.

Perhaps lighten up a bit, enjoy the ride and you never know, you might find some joy in supporting your team.

Re: New Coach : Tue Aug 08, 2023 5:41 pm  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

Supporting any sports team is based on delusion/hope. The vast majority of supporters the world over will inevitably be disappointed because only a tiny amount of teams can win the available trophies, whatever the sport.

But supporting a team is about having hope, having dreams, backing those hopes and dreams, seeing that hope crushed, on occasion seeing that hope rewarded.

Supporting a team is not about behaving like a spoilt child, demanding success like some self entitled brat.

Most people know this appointment is a gamble. Most, deep down, because of our record, probably do suspect its likely to end in tears, but most will get on board because its what supporters do - We dare to dream and hope, because ultimately its sport and there are far more important things to whine about.

Perhaps lighten up a bit, enjoy the ride and you never know, you might find some joy in supporting your team.

I'll be happy when i'm given something to be happy about. Until then they'll recieve due response based on the previous decisioms, and this most recent one. At this point they're just throwing sh*t against the wall and BEGGING for it to stick. And What is this nonsense that demanding success means I'm a spoilt child? Will Burgess be a spoilt child when he demands success? Because one would hope thats why he's here?? Stupid assertion. Why am I not allowed to demand success? We've been promising it for 15 years but always end up finishing like wet farts.

Very rousing speech though. Good effort. Maybe we'll become the hunters next year!

Re: New Coach : Tue Aug 08, 2023 5:50 pm  

Nice to see were all happy with the appointment then.

Im calling it now... a return to the 'souths' away shirt next season.