Quote OFFTHECUFF="OFFTHECUFF"Brucie is correct as Millward needs time for his team to gel and injuries have not helped.The Rangi Chase thing has probably effected the dressing room.Once he has gone you will see next year Millward is a quality coach.They must like him as you have signed 6 new players of quality next year.'"
I will pay for his ticket myself if your team wants him, under him we have no defence whatsoever, no ideas in attack, no team spirit, have gone from play off contenders to whipping boys and our best players are leaving or want to leave, if that's what a good coach does god help us if we get a bad one.
I don't think that the players like milward even a little and are miserable (hence our lack of desire and team spirit) as for 6 quality players, most of them have big question marks over them and most of them wouldn't have got a deal or as long a deal at any other sl side (excepting maybe baring widnes)- can tansey sort his life out? can he get back to sl standard after failing to impress at york?(no other sl club would give him a deal), can carney rediscover the form he showed before his badly broken leg? (wasnt exactly hot propert in the nrl), how long will gilmours body hold up, (no one else would have given him a two year deal which will see him reach 37((!)) before it runs out), can webster get over all his injury woes? (cant see any other club giving a sick note player a 3 year deal), has ellis got what i takes to be a regular sl halfback week in week out? maybe maybe not (cant see him walking into any other side and becoming a first choice half back with so little experience).
Really there is only shenton that doesn't have some major question marks hanging over him.
Even if all of them work out well they plus just 2 others are going to have to replace orr, hudson, ferres, mcgoldrick,griffon, youngquest, jones, jackson, grehan, mitchell, snitch, arundel and davies, which is a very big ask. Even more so when we are releasing talented academy players like brierly and harris. This is in no small part due to our income being drastically reduced with crowds down due to us playing the worst we have ever done in sl and an early exit from the cup to lower league opposition, under ian milward
With milward in charge and such a skinny squad we will finish in the bottom 3 if we keep chase, if chase goes we will finish bottom without a doubt.
I'll be getting my season ticket as usual but am completely dreading next season.