Re: Plan B : Fri Jun 13, 2014 4:09 pm  

Phew. Plan B worked.

Re: Plan B : Fri Jun 13, 2014 5:07 pm  

Can they take Gale now?I will be glad to see the back of him.I thought Gaskell was decent the bits I saw of him at Saints,but he ain't got no bottle when it comes to a fight with backs to the wall.
As far as trying to compare Gale with Deacs,lol,absolutely NO CONTEST.Deacs was in a different Galaxy imo.
As for a coach for next year,some say you might as well give FC one season to prove himself,although the other train of thought would be to get someone with some OOOOMPH,to get us straight back up.We don't know whether FC has it in him to inspire like PETER FOX WHO COULD MAKE AVERAGE PLAYERS LOOK LIKE WORLD BEATERS under him.Keeping FC could be too much of a gamble as it hasn't paid off this year handing the reigns over to him.I know its been tough but the team has lacked inspiration/spark/guidance imo,so it would be a large financial gamble to let him have another go,albeit at a lower level.
God knows what size the crowds are gonna be,if we only attracted 5k for a QFinal of the Challenge Cup.It shows many have had enough and once they break the habit of "I must be there" it is very hard to win them back.
It could be a long way back.Let's see the management do something POSITIVE for once and try and get a Peter Fox2 from somewhere which sends a clear message out,"WE ARE GOING STRAIGHT BACK UP"---Not more suck it and see from FC as the crowds will be under 3,000 if they don't get this right.
Over to you MANAGEMENT!

[Bullseye]

Re: Plan B : Fri Jun 13, 2014 5:45 pm  

Who would you like to see us bring in as coach mac?

Re: Plan B : Fri Jun 13, 2014 6:48 pm  

Radlinksi/Deacon?But they may be heir apparent s at Wigan.

A Jimmy Lowes type would do for me ,Brian Smith doing out?
It's who would want to coach in the lower league really.

Re: Plan B : Fri Jun 13, 2014 8:30 pm  

Dave Woods, Karl Harrison, John Kear. They are the most likely names to take over or work with FC and do a good job IMO. There may be others out of work that might be worth a shout but none spring to mind straight away.

Re: Plan B : Fri Jun 13, 2014 9:14 pm  

Kear is the man, 2 years to tun it round

Re: Plan B : Sat Jun 14, 2014 4:38 am  

Mirfieldbull wrote:

Kear is the man, 2 years to tun it round

Well, I'd say 18 months to turn it round. Any more than that and the club is not coming back up. No club is under the new rules as they're simply the illusion of promotion and relegation.

Re: Plan B : Sat Jun 14, 2014 5:42 am  

roofaldo2 wrote:

Well, I'd say 18 months to turn it round. Any more than that and the club is not coming back up. No club is under the new rules as they're simply the illusion of promotion and relegation.

Unfortunately you are right - promotion and relegation will probably never happen given that the middle tier of eight is a mini league with the emphasis on Super League Clubs having full time professionals versus part time players. As Dennis Betts said quite some time ago - it took Widnes four years to be anything near as good as they are at this moment, plus they needed further capital investment from a rich owner. It appears to be a smoke screen to get rid of two teams from Super League and thus save the RFL the Sky compensation money. The game is being imploded and no one seems to care.

Re: Plan B : Sat Jun 14, 2014 7:00 am  

The game is dying, albeit slowly. The RFL want to be mindful of Sky's long-term future now that BT are a major player in the pay TV market. Sky will be desperate to keep hold of their football rights - and that may come at the expense of other sports. Key partners in sport go where the most influence and biggest engagement is - that's why the RFL and individual clubs have struggled to attract blue chip sponsorship investment.

How many clubs are self-sufficient? Even when we won three trophies in 2003 we didn't make any profit. Full time professionalism is not sustainable without a league of sugar daddies.

Promotion and relegation should be a one up, one down affair every year and nothing more. This breaking away into a mini league is a load of crap.

Re: Plan B : Sat Jun 14, 2014 7:21 am  

bullsonfire wrote:

The game is dying, albeit slowly. The RFL want to be mindful of Sky's long-term future now that BT are a major player in the pay TV market. Sky will be desperate to keep hold of their football rights - and that may come at the expense of other sports. Key partners in sport go where the most influence and biggest engagement is - that's why the RFL and individual clubs have struggled to attract blue chip sponsorship investment.

How many clubs are self-sufficient? Even when we won three trophies in 2003 we didn't make any profit. Full time professionalism is not sustainable without a league of sugar daddies.

Promotion and relegation should be a one up, one down affair every year and nothing more. This breaking away into a mini league is a load of crap.

The point is, the RFL don't want promotion and relegation. But they get so many people whining about bringing it back that they've brought in a phantom P&R setup. How many times in recent memory have a championship club beaten a SL team? There's a huge gulf between the leagues and this mini-league nonsense is just going to massive highlight it with a number of one sided contests every year