Same old...... : Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:23 am  

Was it not last season after Hudds away when Mr. Chester came out with the immortal line, 'Same old rubbish, different week.....' Now needs to be changed to, same old rubbish, different season......

Re: Same old...... : Tue Aug 10, 2021 12:30 pm  

The fact all this criticism is done in public is hardly going to endear the players to want to change their attitude

[PopTart]

Re: Same old...... : Tue Aug 10, 2021 12:44 pm  

snowie wrote:

The fact all this criticism is done in public is hardly going to endear the players to want to change their attitude

What would the response have been if he'd said it was all OK and they tried hard?

Re: Same old...... : Tue Aug 10, 2021 12:53 pm  

I just think as a group, generally they have it too easy, they are not pushed enough and tested, they have dropped their standards and slip into, we'll just cruise through games because they don't feel threatened or challenged. They appear to me as an outsider looking in, that they lack direction, a focus, and motivation, they 'appear' to be happy as also rans. They need a fresh face and a fresh voice.

Re: Same old...... : Tue Aug 10, 2021 1:08 pm  

Wildmoggy wrote:

I just think as a group, generally they have it too easy, they are not pushed enough and tested, they have dropped their standards and slip into, we'll just cruise through games because they don't feel threatened or challenged. They appear to me as an outsider looking in, that they lack direction, a focus, and motivation, they 'appear' to be happy as also rans. They need a fresh face and a fresh voice.

I must admit, this is my feeling also. Who is setting the standards to which the club, coaches and players should perform to? I was hopeful in the off season that the new backroom staff would see an improvement in player performance...how daft was I! I then look at the playing squad and wonder who in that group sets themselves high standards on and off the field and demands high standards from the rest of their teammates on the field...I genuinely could not think of one.

It starts from the top down for me. We need a change in culture to move this club forward.

Regrettably unless we get the new/upgraded stadium I believe we will be hanging on by our finger nails and with the potential restructuring of Super League I fear that the time left for our club is limited.

Re: Same old...... : Tue Aug 10, 2021 1:28 pm  

PopTart wrote:

What would the response have been if he'd said it was all OK and they tried hard?

I'd love to know what he said to the players at HT.
We had a whirlwind start, helped massively by some errors by one of their players but, the tide turned after 20 mins of the first half and yet we just carried on with poor quality error riddled RL and our pack looked like the couldn't even break wind, never mind break the Huddersfield line.
Huddersfield did defend pretty well but we had no fire in our bellies.
Surely, Chester has to have some kind of plan or words of inspiration.

Huddersfield had one halfback and he was a teenager (he looks pretty goo though) and yet, our first choice 17 or, very close to it hadn't got either a clue or, enough desire to test them for 60 minutes.