Next two home games sponsored by................. : Tue Aug 11, 2009 7:07 pm  

Swiss clinic for assisted suicide. Just turn up and watch the first 30 minutes,
and then even Switzerland has its attractions.

Seriously, I think I will take a good book with me, and not look up unless the players decided to entertain us.

I think Mac should forget trying to make the play-offs, he should play a fully fit 17, even if that means kids. At least they will be enthusiastic and learn something for next season. You win nothing with crocks.

: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:14 pm  

hmmm you may have a point if Lamonts approach to the game last week was anything to go by
Let a couple of the youngsters have a run out and get some experience

: Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:58 am  

Injuries aside, Brian McDermott said we were planing to win the whole competition when questioned at the fans forum and to be honest, I can't see anything other than 4 more losses and 12th place. The squad is paper thin and we are lucky that we face 2 teams that are below us in the table in our run in, but depression is setting in after a season that promised so much.
Recruitment for next year, we are told, is well under way and let's hope that we can attract (afford) the calibre of player needed to get us into the 8 next year.
As for Brian McDermott.........I think he is a good fitness coach, but I am starting to have doubts about his technical and strategic abilities. We seem bereft of ideas and I believe that other coaches simply instruct their teams not to make mistakes and wait for us to make them......hardly brain surgery. Bradford ripped us assunder down our left flank on Saturday.....something they were trying to do the weekend before, so why was this not worked on?
Is the coach taking out his frustrations on the players because his plan for the season isn't panning out by having what sounds like a pretty full on session on the Thursday before the game?
Danny Ward is doubtful and Karl Temata (knee), Danny Orr (quad) and Chad Robinson (knee) have all been ruled out, whilst David Howell will miss the rest of the season due to a fractured eye socket in training last week.

: Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:16 am  

All is not lost.

If we beat Salford and get a few bodies back for the last few games (and those that have just come back get fitter), we still have a chance of making the eight.

Lose Saturday and realistically, that's it for the year.

I'm not giving up hope yet.

Come on you Quins!

Re: Next two home games sponsored by................. : Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:13 am  

[quote="poplar panther"]Seriously, I think I will take a good book with me, and not look up unless the players decided to entertain us. quote]

An excellent idea. Attending at the moment feels more like a duty to be endured, and not something to look forward to.

: Wed Aug 12, 2009 1:57 pm  

Stop worrying - Salford are worse than we are at present and until they get rid of Steve Sims and Tubby the Tuba will stay that way.

: Thu Aug 13, 2009 1:51 am  

gutterfax wrote:

As for Brian McDermott.........I think he is a good fitness coach, but I am starting to have doubts about his technical and strategic abilities. We seem bereft of ideas and I believe that other coaches simply instruct their teams not to make mistakes and wait for us to make them......hardly brain surgery.

Is the coach taking out his frustrations on the players because his plan for the season isn't panning out by having what sounds like a pretty full on session on the Thursday before the game?

You think he's a good fitness coach??? You "believe" other coaches instruct their teams not to make mistakes??? What, do we tell ours to make them?

Flogging teams in training after a defeat is very commonplace. And guess who'd have done it. Not the coach.

Your post is based on assumptions and fantasy. Shown by the fact you think he does player fitness.

: Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:12 am  

Plus, contact sessions aren't the same as fitness sessions. I'd think it was reasonable to be doing contact two days before a game, probably not having King William flog them - which would be Monday or Tuesday most likely.
Judging by our left hand defence, more contact training is required rather than less.
We have looked jaded on occasion this year, but there's a number of factors that may contribute to that - from injuries (and the Chad looked like he was still carrying) to contracts, regardless of the training regime.
Obviously BM needs to manage that to get results, and I'd be loath to say he's not doing so - we won away after all.

: Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:32 am  

Rooster Booster wrote:

Your post is based on assumptions and fantasy. Shown by the fact you think he does player fitness.

....I din't assume or fantasise being told TWICE that we would win the competition. Regardless of bravado and "having to say that", we all knew that the 6 or 8 was the target and for the 3rd year running, we are going to end up 9th (or worse).
Sorry, I didn't know criticism of the coach was frowned upon as well

: Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:57 am  

gutterfax wrote:

Sorry, I didn't know criticism of the coach was frowned upon as well

Criticism him all you like.

Helps if you know what you're on about though.