Re: Taxi for Chester? : Sat May 01, 2021 7:30 am  

Luppylad wrote:

Yes good teams on paper but leeds wigan hull and last night the games where all there for winning due to other clubs injuries.we like to blame injuries when where not doing so well but cant win v teams with injuries ie leeds and wigan..speaking of leeds theybhave won 2 of there last 8 games which for a club like leeds aint good but who was both of those wins against...yes us

Again, cherry picking. I guess you're including Leeds' cup loss against Saints. The game they won against us last year was on a 3-day turnaround with a load of kids playing for both sides. (18-20), if you go back just two more games they also lost against us and Cas, so 2 from 10, but that doesn't work so well.
The Leeds game this year is probably one that got away. They had players missing, but their squad is much stronger than ours and the pack they had out that day was not weak, that's where they beat us. A few of our top players are still underperforming by their standards and a club like Wakefield relies on those players.
This may become our worst season ever and we may be relegated, but it's still foo early to tell. I've seen us play some good rugby in spells this year and a run of wins could still turn our season around. We'll see.

Re: Taxi for Chester? : Sat May 01, 2021 7:43 am  

Willzay wrote:

All I’ve managed to find so far press conference wise is this:

‘Wakefield coach Chris Chester admitted: “It was another disappointing loss, another game where we put in a lot of effort, but [there was] a lack of quality in the team.”’

More of the same spiel.

More worrying is that Mr Chester as picked the lack of Quality players to join the club

Re: Taxi for Chester? : Sat May 01, 2021 8:17 am  

As a neutral it looks as if your results against Leigh and Salford could be critical. Maybe Leeds too if we don't pick up

But surely Chester's top level experience, especially in tight corners, compared to the likes of Marshall and Duffy suggests it ain't gonna be you that goes down?

Re: Taxi for Chester? : Sat May 01, 2021 8:20 am  

coco the fullback wrote:

Again, cherry picking. I guess you're including Leeds' cup loss against Saints. The game they won against us last year was on a 3-day turnaround with a load of kids playing for both sides. (18-20), if you go back just two more games they also lost against us and Cas, so 2 from 10, but that doesn't work so well.
The Leeds game this year is probably one that got away. They had players missing, but their squad is much stronger than ours and the pack they had out that day was not weak, that's where they beat us. A few of our top players are still underperforming by their standards and a club like Wakefield relies on those players.
This may become our worst season ever and we may be relegated, but it's still foo early to tell. I've seen us play some good rugby in spells this year and a run of wins could still turn our season around. We'll see.

Ok so they only won 2 out of 10 both against us

Re: Taxi for Chester? : Sat May 01, 2021 8:21 am  

It's about time the club stopped hiding behind the Chester cloak and started to take some responsibility themselves. Chester must be a god send he takes all the flack and never includes MC in any kind of negative comments or criticism.
Funding must improve and before I get the usual comments like we have no money , we'll to carry on like we are is not an option, money must be found to either back Chester or a new manager. It's simply not acceptable to keep wheeling out the skint, skint skint banner, it's the responsibility of the club to provide funds to allow a competitive side to take the field and then back the manager.
Its shameful to allow the present situation to continue in the knowledge that anew manager would almost certainly require funding pot.

Re: Taxi for Chester? : Sat May 01, 2021 9:01 am  

lampyboy wrote:

It's about time the club stopped hiding behind the Chester cloak and started to take some responsibility themselves. Chester must be a god send he takes all the flack and never includes MC in any kind of negative comments or criticism.
Funding must improve and before I get the usual comments like we have no money , we'll to carry on like we are is not an option, money must be found to either back Chester or a new manager. It's simply not acceptable to keep wheeling out the skint, skint skint banner, it's the responsibility of the club to provide funds to allow a competitive side to take the field and then back the manager.
Its shameful to allow the present situation to continue in the knowledge that anew manager would almost certainly require funding pot.

Superb post,I couldn't agree more
It is THE CLUBS responsibility to provide the money,this is a business and needs to be treated as such,lets take something simple for example "supermarkets" when they are struggling they go out and get the funds/resources/management team and do what's needed to make them competitive again,they don't just suddenly allow their shop standards to slip or have half empty shelfs and just say "we can't help it we have no money"
Best Post I have read on here

Re: Taxi for Chester? : Sat May 01, 2021 9:05 am  

Clearwing wrote:

As a neutral it looks as if your results against Leigh and Salford could be critical. Maybe Leeds too if we don't pick up

But surely Chester's top level experience, especially in tight corners, compared to the likes of Marshall and Duffy suggests it ain't gonna be you that goes down?

We’re currently behind Leigh and Salford and at the foot of the table.

Re: Taxi for Chester? : Sat May 01, 2021 9:06 am  

Cas sacked Ian Millward for less.

Re: Taxi for Chester? : Sat May 01, 2021 9:35 am  

coco the fullback wrote:

I posted about this elsewhere.
It's specifically the first 6 games of the season, including cup games (even against lower league opposition)
I think you need to take into account the teams we have played this year - exclusively all in last year's top 6. (only missing Warrington)
It would be interesting to know if we've ever played only top 6 teams in the first 7 fixtures before?

Edit: and 6 out of the 7 away from home

Eh? What have last seasons finishing positions to do with this season? It's 17 against 17 every week against teams we've beaten on numerous occasions in any given season. Who are we "allowed" to beat then? Why have we got to take into account who we are playing? Total nonsense! We blew it against Leeds and Hull, played poor in the second half against Wigan and St Helens having matched them in the first half. And we've lost twice to Catalans, outmuscled in the cup game and went toe to toe last night. But for a dodgy call by Kendall we'd have probably won the game.
Let's have less of the excuses and more fight in the traditional Wakefield Trinity style. We seem to give up now when we concede a couple of scores. Where is the leadership, the fire in the bellies? I'm seeing plenty of effort and I applaud that but come on, we should be doing a whole lot better than this.

Re: Taxi for Chester? : Sat May 01, 2021 9:38 am  

Re funding, its only gunna come when we get more support, or those that already do pay more. As many are demanding additional funding for the team, can I expect not to see (when we can actually get to BV) people moaning on here about paying £5 for a pint.

As an aside, is this not the most expensive squad we've ever put together (Pearman debacle notwithstanding)?