: Sat Feb 28, 2009 10:23 pm  

redeverready wrote:

Welcome back Adey.

: Sat Feb 28, 2009 11:42 pm  

The-original-&-best-V wrote:

But the conundrum is that it is pretty well documented on here that we have a crap team, particularly in the backs.

Who brought most of these backs to the club? Who coaches them? Who picks them? Who has done nothing to correct the problem? Who has exacerbated the problem by releasing/loaning out players to create a complete lack of competition for positions 1-7?

Unless McNamara, as coach, has had no say in signings or team selections and has no input in training, surely he's the prime candidate to carry the can for the backs' crapness?!

The-original-&-best-V wrote:

I think I may be missing some very important point here, but if the team is crap, how on earth would changing the coach suddenly turn them into world beaters?

One would hope that a new coach would see that our halves and backs are clueless and do something to start rectifying the situation.

: Sun Mar 01, 2009 7:25 am  

redhotjalapeno1 wrote:

Who brought most of these backs to the club? Who coaches them? Who picks them? Who has done nothing to correct the problem? Who has exacerbated the problem by releasing/loaning out players to create a complete lack of competition for positions 1-7?

Unless McNamara, as coach, has had no say in signings or team selections and has no input in training, surely he's the prime candidate to carry the can for the backs' crapness?!

One would hope that a new coach would see that our halves and backs are clueless and do something to start rectifying the situation.

Yep.

Indeed.

: Sun Mar 01, 2009 10:31 am  

redhotjalapeno1 wrote:

do something

Such as?

: Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:08 am  

af wrote:

Such as?

Show an element of tactical nous that would allow us to get the best out of the limited pool of players that we have at our disposal. Good managers can do this.

We are stuck with the dross that McNamara has signed but maybe someone else could make them a bit more tactically aware.

: Sun Mar 01, 2009 12:00 pm  

Anybodys thoughts on Jon Sharp, i believe he would be great for the bulls

[Bullseye]

: Sun Mar 01, 2009 12:09 pm  

catman wrote:

Anybodys thoughts on Jon Sharp, i believe he would be great for the bulls

No pedigree as a coach IMO.

[Bullseye]

: Sun Mar 01, 2009 12:11 pm  

Adeybull wrote:

If it should prove the latter - and I bloody well hope it does not, but the worry is there - then the club will have its work cut out to explain why the problems are not all down to the coach and to stop the NT bandwagon. We'd sure need some plain talking then?

I do wonder whether the finances are so bad that it is having an effect on recruitment despite the assurances from the chairman. If not then it is down to the coach IMO.

BTW welcome back.

: Sun Mar 01, 2009 8:11 pm  

af wrote:

Such as?

Pick players on form (instead of just talking about doing so), sign someone, loan in someone, recall the players we've loaned out, create competition for places and, as Mystic suggests, actually improve the players through coaching... You know, the kind of things that other club's coaches do.

McNamara's approach (of apparently doing nothing to address the problems in our halves and backs) clearly isn't working.

: Sun Mar 01, 2009 8:15 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

I do wonder whether the finances are so bad that it is having an effect on recruitment despite the assurances from the chairman. If not then it is down to the coach IMO.

BTW welcome back.

If you can't pay the dosh (one way or another) then you aint gonna attract the big signatures.

Macca's contract is up at the end of this year along with those of a whole shed full of players.

It's unlikey that Macca will be offered a new or extended contract so why go to the expense of sacking him now? Particularly if his intended targeted replacement is not currently available.

The absolute worst that can happen is that we finish bottom. We're not going to suffer the ignominy of relegation. If we can't afford to pay him off then let him work for a new contract. If he still doesn't deliver then shake his hand politely and jog him on at the end of his contract.