Re: Mark Applegarth : Sun Sep 18, 2022 8:07 pm  

charlie wrote: RL Project has him down as playing quite a bit of loose forward for us https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/mark-applegarth/summary.html Yeah. I just saw program notes from 2004. Promising Loose Forward Mark Applegarth signs 3 year deal.

charlie wrote: RL Project has him down as playing quite a bit of loose forward for us https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/mark-applegarth/summary.html Yeah. I just saw program notes from 2004. Promising Loose Forward Mark Applegarth signs 3 year deal.

Re: Mark Applegarth : Fri Apr 07, 2023 7:13 am  

Khlav Kalash wrote:

From the outside it appears this could be the reasoning going on. Poching may have been told he's working working with youngsters next year and he may have balked, so contract not renewed. Who would accept such a position, a coach who has worked with these players and is keen for a shot.

If true I hope works out for both the club and Mash. Could be a great success or utter disaster.

An utter disaster it's turning out to be.

The absolute lack of creativity, ideas, structure, awareness is mind boggling. We are so far off the pace we'd struggle in the championship.

It is time to make a change, not that I think any coach coming in would change the course of our direction (down), its more to bring some actual enjoyment back to attending matches. I genuinely now go to games not worrying whether we're going to win, but worrying whether we're going to score.

Re: Mark Applegarth : Fri Apr 07, 2023 8:13 am  

Khlav Kalash wrote:

An utter disaster it's turning out to be.

A bit of an understatement. Sixteen halves of SL rugby played this season and ten of them have seen us score 0.

Sometimes a few adjustments are all that are needed to turn a season around. To turn our season around will require a complete rebuild and reprogramming.

Re: Mark Applegarth : Fri Apr 07, 2023 8:23 am  

King Street Cat wrote:

A bit of an understatement. Sixteen halves of SL rugby played this season and ten of them have seen us score 0.

Sometimes a few adjustments are all that are needed to turn a season around. To turn our season around will require a complete rebuild and reprogramming.

Whilst still lacking creativity admittedly, there was that period just after half time where we actually played with urgency and what a difference it made. Why not play like that beforehand? We look so lacking in confidence it’s untrue.
We look like we need a motivator as much as owt. We need……?

Re: Mark Applegarth : Fri Apr 07, 2023 10:38 am  

Schunter wrote:

We look like we need a motivator as much as owt. We need……?

Mr Motivator!

Re: Mark Applegarth : Fri Apr 07, 2023 10:52 am  

Schunter wrote:

Whilst still lacking creativity admittedly, there was that period just after half time where we actually played with urgency and what a difference it made. Why not play like that beforehand? We look so lacking in confidence it’s untrue.
We look like we need a motivator as much as owt. We need……?

I agree.
I actually said to my pal, "bloody hell, we've started playing rugby league".
Although it's hard to gauge, as Cas aren't exactly world beaters just now but, the second half was possibly our best 40 minutes of the season.
We have to be more adventurous with our kicking game in the opponents 20.
Maybe, confidence is so low that, we actually daren't try anything.

We have to persist with Lino and Smith in the halves though, they still look better than Gaskill.

Re: Mark Applegarth : Fri Apr 07, 2023 2:27 pm  

The Avenger wrote:

I can’t spake!

FFS

Ditto