The anti-Potter brigade are a bunch of idiots.

All the good things that have happened are down to the players.
All the bad things that have happened are down to the coach.

Simples.

Potter out.

Potter has done the job he was brought in to do - take an ageing team through the transition it needed. The team has probably over achieved this year, whether due to failings in other teams (Leeds, Wire, Hull) failing to take advantage of our weaknesses, or due to the quality of the team.

Whatever happens tonight, Potter can look at his time at Saints as a success IMO.

Having said that - it was the correct decision to replace him.

I think that is far from certain at the moment.

Hopefully we'll see an improvement on 2010 given the squad the new coach will have in 2011, but it's a big "wait and see" as far as whether allowing Potter to leave is a good call. Here's hoping we got it right.

It's been a great season even if we don't win anything. The team Potter inherited needed a lot of change.

It's probably a bit too early in this team's development to talk about it winning the Grand Final but to be in with a chance is a real achievement.

He leaves us in a much better place than we were in when he came - that's his legacy.

As I like to argue for potter in the face of the A.P.S. (Anti Potter Squad), I don't often get to give a rounded testimony of my opinion, instead focussing on his plus points for the majority of the time.

I think he's done fantastically well for us to be in this situation with the squad he's had and the lack of transfers in - that even before we start to talk about the injury situation. He's also showed an uncanny ability to get our youngster (superstars or nay) up to SL standard.
I'll state that I'm a fan and think Bradford have got the exact guy they need to get them selves back on their feet.

In the negetive, I have just two points. I do sometimes wonder whether the large number of injuries has something to do with our training/conditioning regeime and although Potter may not be directly responsible, he should be ensuring we've got the right guys keeping our players in good nick (this may not be the case, and we may just have been unlucky).

The other negetive was the period towardss the end of last season when we seemed completely rudderless. The problem was epitomised by us continually failing to get the ball to our kicker on the last, and finding ourselves with graham or gilmour hoofing the ball anywhich way. We scraped our way to the GF, but looked [ifar[/i from a champion team. That does all seem behind us though.

Apart from that, a big pat on the back for Mick from me. He's left us in good stead for the future and Royce is in a great position with our additional signing for next year. He even replied to the odd email that I sent him.