Re: New Coach : Thu Aug 10, 2023 8:04 am  

ninearches wrote:

I hope you will be getting a season ticket Dave ! ?

Snowball fight chance in hell springs to mind, besides I'm a starving pensioner. How's your scooter going ? I've got one now, see you outside Wilkos with the rest of us physical wrecks

Re: New Coach : Thu Aug 10, 2023 9:33 am  

Winner
Leader
Actually played rugby at the highest level for most of his career
Motivator
Respected
Hard as bloody nails.
Burgess will come with all of this baggage... Go the 'Wire'!

Re: New Coach : Thu Aug 10, 2023 10:07 am  

BrianBradyHandOff wrote:

ninearches wrote:

I hope you will be getting a season ticket Dave ! ?

Snowball fight chance in hell springs to mind, besides I'm a starving pensioner. How's your scooter going ? I've got one now, see you outside Wilkos with the rest of us physical wrecks

That's Marg's chariot Dave ,she's a 1% er now ,scream if you want to go faster.
I don't think i will bother with season ticket next season ,my eyesight is going worse & i can really only see through one eye now. This appointment will certainly add to the Wire roller coaster though.

Re: New Coach : Thu Aug 10, 2023 11:22 am  

AppleyBridgeWire wrote:

whom do you have in mind?

No one in particular. I’m not in an administrative role at a SL club, and so don’t have those type of contacts, so can’t put together a shortlist. I can guarantee there are good choices available. Saints keep finding them, though admittedly their context is different.

Re: New Coach : Thu Aug 10, 2023 12:13 pm  

FlexWheeler wrote:

No one in particular. I’m not in an administrative role at a SL club, and so don’t have those type of contacts, so can’t put together a shortlist. I can guarantee there are good choices available. Saints keep finding them, though admittedly their context is different.

Are the ones that saints keep finding nrl assistants that are yet to win anything? Same as Maguire when Wigan appointed him.

Re: New Coach : Thu Aug 10, 2023 1:13 pm  

FlexWheeler wrote:

No one in particular. I’m not in an administrative role at a SL club, and so don’t have those type of contacts, so can’t put together a shortlist. I can guarantee there are good choices available.

Can you really? One that isn't just as much of a punt as Sam? Don't buy into the drivel coming out of Redvee and co at the moment - nothing they love more than trying to wind us up. They can't read the future any more than we can.

FlexWheeler wrote:

Saints keep finding them, though admittedly their context is different.

As you say - not the same context - easier to attract people when you're going for a fifth title in a row. Not so easy when you're picking yourself up from the mess left by Powell.

I genuinely cannot think of a more exciting option at the moment. Nothing fills me with despair more than when I see names like Kear or Rowley bandied round - imo that would be accepting mediocrity.

Most of the noise coming from down under sees this as a great move by us. I'm more inclined to go with that than the slightly more partisan offerings from the brains trust that is the St Helens supporters forum.

Re: New Coach : Thu Aug 10, 2023 1:32 pm  

AppleyBridgeWire wrote:

I genuinely cannot think of a more exciting option at the moment. Nothing fills me with despair more than when I see names like Kear or Rowley bandied round - imo that would be accepting mediocrity.

Most of the noise coming from down under sees this as a great move by us. I'm more inclined to go with that than the slightly more partisan offerings from the brains trust that is the St Helens supporters forum.

Not everyone is mocking the idea. It's a huge risk for Warrington, of course it is, but it's also got a very high ceiling. If it works, it could be spectacular. I think if it does, it'll be short lived and he'll be off to get an NRL job, but the key thing for Warrington is harnessing his mentality and determination and embedding it into the club, so he can leave and the success can continue.

I can't wait to see what he does with some of your players. He's not going to accept Matt Dufty's attitude for one and if this Charnley/Maguire divide everyone talks about is real, I think he'll find that laughable too.

Re: New Coach : Thu Aug 10, 2023 1:43 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

I can't wait to see what he does with some of your players. He's not going to accept Matt Dufty's attitude for one

Don't under estimate the power of Gary Chambers when laying the foundations for Sam Burgess's start. You're commenting under the assumption that Dufty will still be at the club, despite being contracted until the end of 2024.

Re: New Coach : Thu Aug 10, 2023 1:48 pm  

Abe Froman wrote:

Don't under estimate the power of Gary Chambers when laying the foundations for Sam Burgess's start. You're commenting under the assumption that Dufty will still be at the club, despite being contracted until the end of 2024.

Good news that Abe.

Thanks.

Now need to sign a decent winger and move Thewlis to fullback.

Re: New Coach : Thu Aug 10, 2023 2:14 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

He's not going to accept Matt Dufty's attitude for one.

Not sure where this stuff about Dufty and attitude comes from?

He’s a rocks and diamonds player. Not because he’s got a bad attitude but because he has some great positives and terrible negatives. He also suffers when the confidence of the team drops. Some players do. That’s jus the way it is, though, and we signed him knowing this. Not his fault we aren’t good enough to hide his frailties.

I don’t see any bad stink of an attitude in there at all, unless you rely on Phil Clarke for all your rumours.