Re: 3 on the bounce : Sun Mar 12, 2023 11:37 am  

Wildmoggy wrote:

The thing is, at least 2 players have gone public saying all was not well under Poching, and how happy they were with Applegarth, and pre-season training was spot on etc, etc. There's no hiding place now is there? We're not a team of kids, are we really that low on quality and experience that we can go 3 games without scoring?!!

Yes !! I believe we are that low on quality in the backs especially since the injuries to Jowitt and Murphy and Hall being dropped . Lino is not the player we hoped for and looks decidedly worse since Miller left . The forwards are getting us up the field but there is no flair, speed,creativity to get over the line ,kicking game is hopeless too.

Re: 3 on the bounce : Sun Mar 12, 2023 11:45 am  

Wildmoggy wrote:

The thing is, at least 2 players have gone public saying all was not well under Poching, and how happy they were with Applegarth, and pre-season training was spot on etc, etc. There's no hiding place now is there? We're not a team of kids, are we really that low on quality and experience that we can go 3 games without scoring?!!

No, I agree.
I think everyone involved needs to take a long look at themselves before what support we have dwindles further.
Fans are used to the relentless relegation fights but this season so far is already breaking records! People will vote with their feet they won’t pay hard earned money to watch a team getting hammered every week.

Re: 3 on the bounce : Sun Mar 12, 2023 1:07 pm  

1315trinity wrote:

We don’t know what leeway he was given with signings - he might have been told he couldn’t have what he wanted for all we know
At the end of the day you can’t coach something that’s not there!

If he wasn't given the finances or opportunities needed to build the squad he wanted, he should have never taken the job. He's been involved with coaching at the club for quite some time, so we can only assume that he was both happy with the squad, and happy with the recruitment and direction.

This is all on a coach who's natural ability and level aren't as a head coach in a super league club

Re: 3 on the bounce : Sun Mar 12, 2023 1:15 pm  

Or maybe he just thought "Well it's not brilliant, but I am confident in my own ability to make the most of what I've got and can keep us in SuperLeague. It's my hometown club and I've been here a while now, have the respect of the players and the board, otherwise they wouldn't have offered me the job, and am happy to give it a go" ??
Just a thought

Re: 3 on the bounce : Sun Mar 12, 2023 2:20 pm  

FIL wrote:

Or maybe he just thought "Well it's not brilliant, but I am confident in my own ability to make the most of what I've got and can keep us in SuperLeague. It's my hometown club and I've been here a while now, have the respect of the players and the board, otherwise they wouldn't have offered me the job, and am happy to give it a go" ??
Just a thought

Nah. This guy only appears when we are poop.

However, I can't for the life in me see how replacing Miller by equal or better was not a priority in the close season, he was our captain, organiser and more importantly a seasoned half back.

Whoever thought Gaskill was the answer ???????

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Re: 3 on the bounce : Sun Mar 12, 2023 3:32 pm  

Egg Banjo wrote:

If he wasn't given the finances or opportunities needed to build the squad he wanted, he should have never taken the job. He's been involved with coaching at the club for quite some time, so we can only assume that he was both happy with the squad, and happy with the recruitment and direction.

This is all on a coach who's natural ability and level aren't as a head coach in a super league club

You can assume it. The rest of us will live in the real world.

Re: 3 on the bounce : Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:19 pm  

Looks like as a city we need to take up a new sport for the men and women, both nilled this weekend with the women losing 108-0.

Can only get better, fingers crossed.

Re: 3 on the bounce : Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:24 pm  

PopTart wrote:

You can assume it. The rest of us will live in the real world.

When it comes to all things Trinity you have been known to leave reality behind.

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Re: 3 on the bounce : Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:37 pm  

Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:

When it comes to all things Trinity you have been known to leave reality behind.

Are you saying you agree with him that Mash was happy with the squad he took over?
And that he shouldn't have taken it if he wasn't?

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Re: 3 on the bounce : Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:49 pm  

Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:

When it comes to all things Trinity you have been known to leave reality behind.

I'm OK leaving your reality.
Mine may be rainbow coloured and covered in unicorns but yours is just dark, with a hole in the roof.