Re: Player movement thread : Mon Aug 05, 2013 9:18 pm  

He's coach of the worst team in SL. He talks complete rubbish. His team are not not fit to play park rugby. His captain went back to Australia half way through the season. His next captain made. Public denunciation of the club. Oh yes, Tony Rea, not responsible for anything bad....

Re: Player movement thread : Tue Aug 06, 2013 4:57 am  

Why do people attack Tony Rea all the time?

He is trying very hard to be a good coach, and he has very explicitly predicted that a victory is just around the corner.

Is it really because he is unsuccessful as a coach or is there another darker motive?

Re: Player movement thread : Tue Aug 06, 2013 7:39 am  

Nothing darker, I can assure you, he is just a bad coach and does not seem able to motivate players, and correct their faults. You should ask the same question to those who defend him, even when we had to get rid of him last time, they did the same.

Re: Player movement thread : Tue Aug 06, 2013 7:51 am  

Does anyone have any knowledge of the capability of Nathan Ashe?

Re: Player movement thread : Tue Aug 06, 2013 7:58 am  

Judging by the 11 responses to your question on the Saints board he is rubbish, no pace, can`t defend, not SL standard etc with people struggling to see what improvement he would bring to our team.......great signing TR (if true).

I am with the doubters regarding TR.....I repeat a question raised on an earlier thread....can anyone name an aspect of our game or a player that has improved due to the coaching of TR, because I can`t? The guys a busted flush and talks cobblers, no better than Powell before him.

Re: Player movement thread : Tue Aug 06, 2013 10:46 am  

I would not take too serious, many of the responses on the Saints board, they have been converted to the new faith, McManus! Why did they let Jamie Foster go? and he did well at Hull and now with The Bulls, also the same with Gaskell, now at Salford, soon to be at Bulls. But at the same time they persist with Wheeler, who is not that good and drives around the town in a Mercedes, thinking he is the bees knees! The problem at St Helens, like here, is coaching, their former coach now CEO Rush.

Re: Player movement thread : Tue Aug 06, 2013 1:06 pm  

jaybs wrote:

I would not take too serious, many of the responses on the Saints board, they have been converted to the new faith, McManus! Why did they let Jamie Foster go? and he did well at Hull and now with The Bulls, also the same with Gaskell, now at Salford, soon to be at Bulls. But at the same time they persist with Wheeler, who is not that good and drives around the town in a Mercedes, thinking he is the bees knees! The problem at St Helens, like here, is coaching, their former coach now CEO Rush.

Wow,so few lines so much bullsh1t.

Re: Player movement thread : Tue Aug 06, 2013 1:20 pm  

Don Brennan wrote:

Wow,so few lines so much bullsh1t.

You get used to it if you keep reading his posts. He'll blame the bad decisions (if they are) on Wood & the rest of the RFL soon.

Re: Player movement thread : Tue Aug 06, 2013 5:16 pm  

Don, truth hurts. LOL

Are you honestly saying some of the young players such as Foster & Gaskell have not done well, after leaving Saints? - and don't say they wanted to leave!

Sorry Ritchie, you can't blame Woods & The RFL for what McManus & Rush do at Saints, I can't even do that.

Re: Player movement thread : Tue Aug 06, 2013 6:08 pm  

jaybs wrote:

I would not take too serious, many of the responses on the Saints board, they have been converted to the new faith, McManus! Why did they let Jamie Foster go? and he did well at Hull and now with The Bulls, also the same with Gaskell, now at Salford, soon to be at Bulls. But at the same time they persist with Wheeler, who is not that good and drives around the town in a Mercedes, thinking he is the bees knees! The problem at St Helens, like here, is coaching, their former coach now CEO Rush.

Foster was let go because his confidence level hit rock bottom midway through the year, loaned him to hull to see how he would react and the coaching staff thought Makinson offered more potential - I liked Foster at saints, but he would be behind both Makinson and Swift who are coming through and just wasnt right for us - Im sure hell be a very good super league player.

Gaskell leaving was slightly different. He managed to alienate himself to 3 different coaches to end up not being picked. Brown spoke very highly of Gaskell when he first arrived, but within a few weeks he was once again sidelined. What he does to be sidelined has never fully been explained - Im less convinced hell make it as a superleague player but I hope for the lads sake to be proved wrong.

Wheeler is a truly special player, better than eastmond or lomax in my opinion ... if you can get him on the field, next year will be make or break for him (literally) and i cant say which way its gonna go!

As for Ashe, hes not as bad as the saints thread suggests, his problem is he was announced to the fans as the next best was gonna be a replacement for wello (he is a full back, but plays 6 occasionally) etc when he was 15, but hes not been able to develop to live up to the hype as he hasnt really progressed physically in his time at saints. Hes good technically though just doesnt really have the strength/ speed to make it happen. I would watch with interest to see how he develops with you guys as he could be a good signing - but is a gamble