Re: 19 vs Whitehaven (A) : Sun Mar 15, 2015 9:29 pm  

atomic wrote:

Another who expected a walk over in the championship.

Daft comment. This isn't about my expectations, it's about what Hughes expected. If he has a long term goal/plan to grow/ build a team then great. If he wants instant success this year what happens if he does not get it?. Would he be prepared to fund a full time team another season?

Re: 19 vs Whitehaven (A) : Sun Mar 15, 2015 9:43 pm  

Atomic, I don't think many people expected a walk over in the championship, but what most people expected from one of the 3 full time teams is a similar type of performance to the other 2 full time teams, on paper we have a better squad than last year.

Re: 19 vs Whitehaven (A) : Sun Mar 15, 2015 9:46 pm  

Havenwarrior read the post, that was not from a London fan, so the nomad comment was aimed at the wrong folk, if you read the post it was a leigh fan just saying how difficult it is for any team that come up to Cumbria. We are the last folk to knock anyone for the grounds they play on.

Re: 19 vs Whitehaven (A) : Sun Mar 15, 2015 10:00 pm  

Honky, I get what you are saying, his statement was that he wanted to get back into super league as soon as possible, was or is that likely this year, debatable, BUT I think his expectation that we should finish at least 3rd and at least be in the mix is the least he would and should expect.
Personally I still think the super 8 s will throw up a shock, others don't, will it be us? Unless we finish top or 2nd in first part of season then doubtful.
I suspect if we fail to make the middle 8 Mr Hughes may pack it in. If we make the middle 8 and compete but don't go up I think he will stick with it. I know there is the realisation that coming back from where we were beginning of last year is gonna take a long time to recover from.

Re: 19 vs Whitehaven (A) : Sun Mar 15, 2015 10:05 pm  

Honkytonk wrote:

Daft comment. This isn't about my expectations, it's about what Hughes expected. If he has a long term goal/plan to grow/ build a team then great. If he wants instant success this year what happens if he does not get it?. Would he be prepared to fund a full time team another season?

I think the first 5 games have knocked any preconceptions or confidence any of us had about the Championship. The other 2 full time teams look set for 1st and 2nd and the reality is we won't be going up this year, so it is fair to ask if Hughes will be sticking around or not. As an aside, this was meant to be the season that every match counted, but the reality is we will either be whipping boys in the middle 8 come September, or one of the stronger sides in the bottom 8 and neither scenario creates excitement for me or the home support who voted with their feet 2 weeks ago.

Re: 19 vs Whitehaven (A) : Sun Mar 15, 2015 10:15 pm  

my worty is that we dont make top 4 and hughes decides enough is enough for him.

Re: 19 vs Whitehaven (A) : Sun Mar 15, 2015 10:34 pm  

High expectations have proved unfounded and are now well dashed.

We have a newly built squad where almost all of the experienced players were recruited in the off-season by a coach who walked out after two competitive matches. Of the four experienced props who were on the books at the start of the season, two have left and both of the others are out injured, one of them having yet to play a match. We have two short-term half backs neither of whom actually belong to the club. Not exactly a recipe for a successful season.

Re: 19 vs Whitehaven (A) : Mon Mar 16, 2015 6:37 am  

[quote="mickyb1234"]Havenwarrior read the post, that was not from a London fan, so the nomad comment was aimed at the wrong folk, if you read the post it was a leigh fan just saying how difficult it is for any team that come up to Cumbria. We are the last folk to knock anyone for the grounds they play on. --You are right I didnt mean nothing by it was saying how hard it is for teams when they go up to Cumbria its a long drive bad playing conditinons and not very pleasant . I went one year when we lost by 90 to workey on a Thursday night. leigh fan by the way

Re: 19 vs Whitehaven (A) : Mon Mar 16, 2015 8:02 am  

[quote="old tony"]
Ha how dare you call our super ground it'll be like the sports village soon well maybe not thought yesterday without dwyer and sammutt London where poor but I'm sure they will pull it round we've had hard fixtures first 5 games just pleased to get a win

Re: 19 vs Whitehaven (A) : Mon Mar 16, 2015 8:10 am  

on paper we have a better squad than last year.

I dont agree. Last year we had some good players who are now playing well in SL. (Preparation was the major contributor to failure last year) Our current team doesn't have one SL standard player. I question how many of them are championship level.