...'coaching' covering both mental and tactical aspects of the game

(and ability to control players professionalism)

Mental attitude.

Coach, well he needs to drop the drinking culture it only works for a while then you get caught out.
Players need to be taught professionalism, thats how you win things, never mind how many pints you can sup.

Well i guess it was going to bite us on the bum eventually. How can the players be expected to be proffesional when they follow the example of the coach. Done for assault and failing to do a drugs test. The players are not playing for him so its time to go. We need a tough coach and not just one of the lads.

It all seemed to be going so well earlier in the season for you too , with many excellent performances.

Maybe it was a bit premature to be claiming a SL spot.

From other posts it does appear there is a rather disruptive off-field culture which many are blaming for the dip in form.

Fax have certainly got some decent players , but maybe the failure to bring in a few fresh faces at this stage will prove costly.

Were they doing so well?

They'd played a lot of clubs in relegation trouble when Calland made his somewhat controversial comment.

Calland out now I told it to his face tonight too. Sick of failure.

DISGUSTING. Big man little boy what ever you are . Why not have a go at the "SCROATS" that inhabit the South Stand ?? I' ll tell you why . You've no BALLS. DISGUSTED -- You should be ashamed.

i think its a bit of both after really thinking about it last night i dont think we are as good as we all think we are

we aint beat no top team convinsingly,

called is swaping key players all the time you need a stand off and scrum half playing for a full 80 minutes so the whole team knows the set plays and when its going to happen, and we also need some subs on the bench that can do more the 30 minutes out of the 80,

i also belive that the contracts been issed to certain playera nad not others has un settled the team

come on love hes only said what most of us think

Why have a go at the south stand scroats what have they to do with it

Whats that got to do with the price of fish. I suppose he would have had 5 or 6 buddies backing him up as well.

i personally wouldnt shout that stuff at him until i acutally knew what was going on behind closed doors. however i feel the coach got his a.rse kissed enough earlier on this season, he now needs to learn to deal with it being bitten

He want's to tell them to their face's that their not wanted either. But we know that wo'nt happen' do'nt we.

Always had my doubts about Calland and he`s about as quick to apologise a Gordon Brown.
Sickening really when we were going so well and we have got some good players but we seem to be a good time team with a coach to match.
My doubts started when we lost at home to Shefffied and afraid I rate Mark Aston as a much better street wise coach able to get the best out of his players who on paper are not of the same quality.
Mind you watched Barra and Widnes last night and neither side looked anywhere as good as we did earlier in the season.
Wonder if Dave Larder has inherited any of his dads coaching and man management skills?
You never know but we could all be pleasantly surprised by a sudden turn around but I wont be going to Batley or Leigh which I would normally and I boycotted last nights match as well.
Might just go down the Shay to see them seal second place on points by battering Toulouse and stepping on to Grand Final glory with a win up in Cumbria. We can live in hope!

Last Night

Royston- Looks shaky at full-back but ran ball out well- 6
Patterson- Decent going forward, few fumbles- 6
Goddard-Solid but not found his old form yet-6
Bannister- Nowt Special prefer Roberts of the two-6
Haley- Missed a few tackles but a better performer-7
Govin- Controlled the game when he was on why did he go off-8
Penky- Play him at hooker, Calland-5
Cherryholme- Tries but not good enough-4
Gleeson-Better performer but cannot do much from slow play the balls-7
Wrench- Best player-8
Larder- Made more yards than usual-6
Smith- Dangerous in first half, quiet in 2nd-6
Beswick- Good in 1st but went missing in 2nd-6

Black- Start with him at scrum half made a few breaks-6
Watene- Not on long enough-5
Maloney- Needs to stay on longer not stand-out-6
Bowman- Didnt tackle well worst performance i have seen from him-5

I just thought we looked tired.

One thing that does interest me is that I understood that pre-season training was geared towards peaking at the end of the season. The evidence so far seems to suggest it hasn't worked.