Re: Rowley : Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:19 pm  

Jason Demitreou may be available soon.

Re: Rowley : Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:41 pm  

Him or Carr would probably be my picks if we did lose Smith. Not sure how Demetriou would view coming to SL at this stage.

I’m still not there yet on a Smith exit. He talks a lot of sense but there was always a lot riding on his decisions on retention and recruitment going into this year; and it looks wobbly.

If we do change coach I would want a 100% proven coach this time; not a punt, not a project, not a tryer but someone very highly rated. Furner, Agar, Smith - none were existing top flight coaches. Leeds is a big big job.

We also need to spend big. There’s no getting around the correlation between squad and results: and you have to pay for good players.

Re: Rowley : Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:50 pm  

Errm havent we just shelled out over 300k on transfers? As it goes though mom looks well short of what we needed and frawley leaves a lot to be desired.

Re: Rowley : Sat Apr 06, 2024 9:02 pm  

Seth wrote:

Errm havent we just shelled out over 300k on transfers? As it goes though mom looks well short of what we needed and frawley leaves a lot to be desired.

Unfortunately Nene and Austin were better players…..
Sezer about same as Croft…..

Re: Rowley : Sat Apr 06, 2024 9:12 pm  

I'll be really critical of what this teams producing but sezer equal to croft, you've outdone yourself with that one Shabs

Re: Rowley : Sat Apr 06, 2024 9:24 pm  

Seth wrote:

I'll be really critical of what this teams producing but sezer equal to croft, you've outdone yourself with that one Shabs

Sezer js playing well in the NRL.

Croft looks like an amateur player in SL

That’s why sezer is playing in the nrl

That’s why Croft is playing at a bottom half SL team

Please don’t compare them

Re: Rowley : Sat Apr 06, 2024 9:51 pm  

Seth wrote:

I'll be really critical of what this teams producing but sezer equal to croft, you've outdone yourself with that one Shabs

Interested to know what you’ve seen from Croft, when we’ve really needed a bit of class?

Re: Rowley : Sun Apr 07, 2024 12:37 am  

We're always obsessed with signings and transfers. The squad we have should be finishing no lower than 6th (i think we'll finish between 4th and 6th whether Smith stays or not). The tactics leave no margin for error.

Re: Rowley : Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:23 am  

Until the tactics change and we get more front foot posession and territory the money we have spent on Croft is wasted. Swap him and Williams on Friday and he would have looked top class and Williams would have been on the periphery.

Re: Rowley : Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:35 am  

If Sezer is playing well in the NRL but was poor for us, and Croft was man of steel for Salford and is poor for us, maybe its not the players that are the problem.