Coach has gone : Mon May 22, 2017 10:03 am  

From the Catalans website and on Twitter

This morning, following the anticipated return in France, the Chairman Bernard Guasch and some members of the Board have mutually agreed with Laurent Frayssinous to part company.

Dragons will be led by assistants Jérôme Guisset and Michael Monaghan, as well as General Manager Alex Chan on an interim basis.

Re: Coach has gone : Mon May 22, 2017 10:26 am  

Crikey.

I feel for him. Seems like a genuine nice bloke. Perhaps a change was needed, some players really need to pull their heads in now and a reaction is needed.

I mean Frayssinous isnt responsible for Inu making that dire pass in his own 20 yesterday. Plus he has been unlucky with injuries. I am not entirely convinced this was the right decision but we will see in the coming weeks.

[Jimmythecuckoo]

Re: Coach has gone : Mon May 22, 2017 10:36 am  

http://freeteams.com/EnglishDragons/new ... ory=160573

http://freeteams.com/EnglishDragons/new ... ory=160573

Re: Coach has gone : Mon May 22, 2017 12:00 pm  

Hopefully the sacked manager syndrome will kick in now and we will go on an unbeaten run.
Something had to change but not sure if this is the right answer, we will soon see.
Has anyone got any ideas for possible replacements ?

Re: Coach has gone : Mon May 22, 2017 12:10 pm  

I would have agreed with Lewis9966 until the last 2days .Firstly 9 of the 12 teams have focussed on producing skilled athletic teams-and St. Helens have shown that you can become one with a new coach-rather than using the outmoded "down the middle with brute force " that characterises us.I don't think that some of the players-Duport Moa Casty Garcia- will be able to change,but we are too easy to defend against.Secondly we have lost confidence and cannot convert a lead into a win as the last 4 defeats prove.Injuries to key players like Wiliame and Anderson who know how to score tries have not helped.But the simple truth is that we are ponderous and predictable.Remember that we have only won 25% of our last 28 games.Quite why the other coaches are keeping their jobs is a mystery

Re: Coach has gone : Mon May 22, 2017 12:28 pm  

Looking at the French forum L.F. has been suspended not dismissed.There may be contractual issues or he may be willing to coach at a lower level.I suspect that he is a nice man who needed to be much nastier.

[Jimmythecuckoo]

Re: Coach has gone : Mon May 22, 2017 1:26 pm  

that isn't quite how the club have published it... http://www.catalansdragons.com/en/artic ... statement/ This morning, following the anticipated return in France, the Chairman Bernard Guasch and some members of the Board have mutually agreed with Laurent Frayssinous to part company. Dragons will be led by assistants Jérôme Guisset and Michael Monaghan, as well as General Manager Alex Chan on an interim basis.

that isn't quite how the club have published it... http://www.catalansdragons.com/en/artic ... statement/ This morning, following the anticipated return in France, the Chairman Bernard Guasch and some members of the Board have mutually agreed with Laurent Frayssinous to part company. Dragons will be led by assistants Jérôme Guisset and Michael Monaghan, as well as General Manager Alex Chan on an interim basis.

Re: Coach has gone : Mon May 22, 2017 1:49 pm  

Fair point . I am only going by the French forum

Re: Coach has gone : Mon May 22, 2017 2:18 pm  

catalanglais wrote:

I would have agreed with Lewis9966 until the last 2days .Firstly 9 of the 12 teams have focussed on producing skilled athletic teams-and St. Helens have shown that you can become one with a new coach-rather than using the outmoded "down the middle with brute force " that characterises us.I don't think that some of the players-Duport Moa Casty Garcia- will be able to change,but we are too easy to defend against.Secondly we have lost confidence and cannot convert a lead into a win as the last 4 defeats prove.Injuries to key players like Wiliame and Anderson who know how to score tries have not helped.But the simple truth is that we are ponderous and predictable.Remember that we have only won 25% of our last 28 games.Quite why the other coaches are keeping their jobs is a mystery

25% of the last 28 games is a telling statistic. They will try get in an NRL assistant coach I reckon.

[Jimmythecuckoo]

Re: Coach has gone : Mon May 22, 2017 6:10 pm  

That's gone two ways in the past hasn't it !!

For every Trent there has been a Kevin.