If as I fear changes will not be as far reaching as we would like and mac is retained how do we think attendance will be effected

Down to 7th in the league after Catalans win against Wigan today.

Brilliant not a good weekend

Hooray, that means we've beaten a team above us in the league.

Two teams in fact cas and catalans. Not doing too bad are we, things suddenly seem bettericon_wink.gif

Three apparently.

two of them were in the changing room toilet though

Ali needs to eat some pies . Preferably lard pies . Slimline Ali ain't got the impact that he had in previous seasons .

When Gary H went to Australia in November last year he said he had met with all the player's agents and was looking at signings for 2012 as he always plans a year in advance. Let's hope that the "sleeve" has some player(s) already identified or even signed up as last year he left it too late as the best NRL players had already signed for other clubs. I think we need a couple of marquee quality signings, a centre and a tough go forward prop. We have lots of good young players with loads of potential who can gain experience from these few quality signings. Various names have been mentioned but they maybe are only rumours. Matt Cooper is out of contract at the Dragons and Antonio Kaufusi is not wanted by Bennett at Newcastle, are these two on Gary's shopping list? Not sure on the rumoured swap of Chase an Burrow. Gary H also spoke with Andrew Dunneman about being Assistant Coach. Is it worth revisiting to work alongside Danny Buderus who could be player coach in the short-term?
To sign anybody we need room under the salary cap. But if Webb, Senior, Leuluai, Lauitiiti and Kirke/Bailey left as speculation suggests then there would be money available. How many spaces are available for overseas players as I assume Cross and Hauraki are filling up 2 spaces which is a waste. Overseas players should only be signed if they add something to the squad.
Only Gary knows what's happening but we should be preparing now for 2012 so we can hit the ground running next year.

Season ticket sales were 1500 down this year you would expect the same is not slightly more next season if things continue - a pretty soft run in might help sway some?

Hull Kr - home
Crusaders - away
Bulls - home
Wigan - away
Catalans - away
Hull - home
Salford - away
Castleford - home
Harlequins - away
Wakefield - home
Huddersfield - away

From that I would expect 6 wins - 3 defeats and the two games against the Hull sides could go either way.

Sinfield has been doing that for the last season and a half!

If he picks up an injury we are well and truly stuffed (bit like early last season)

Do you think Gary H already has players lined up from NRL after his trip last year and do Cooper and Kaufusi feature?

The squad needs some new faces but talk of a mass clearout is an over reaction IMO.
The Head coach must shoulder the majority of the blame although injuries have deprived him of fielding his strongest side. A top quality coach can have a big influence with the same group of players. TS at Wire and Maguire at Wigan have transformed their clubs fortunes without massive overhauls of the playing squads.
Hypothetical question maybe, but if TS had taken over our squad of players in the off season we would be a far more competitive side than we are ATM.

I think a complete clearout, is a little over the top, and may affect the swuad in a negative way, instead of positively. We need to get rid of the deadwood in the squad, and players that can easily be replaced in the youth. I reckon we will see Webb, Ali, Kirke, Bailey and maybe Senior leave. I think we need to sign Kylie on a 1 year contract, and JP maybe 2 years. We SHOULD offer Burgess a 3 year deal, whether he will accept is another question. But in my opinion a clearout would only affect the squad negatively.