I keep hearing this but it's just not the case, yes Royce played a part in which players where brought in for this season, but ateotd he isn't solely responsible for the club's recruitment! It just doesn't work that way, the decision on who to buy is made by people higher up than the coach in RL, he simply states which positions we may need to add bodies in and suggests players that he thinks may be suitable, scouting, agreement on players, negotiations and purchases are handle by several people within the club including the MD & Chairman. It is very convenient to lay the blame solely at the door of the Coach.

He wouldn't have been involved in signing LMS, Perry, Shenton and I doubt whether he would have been greatly involved in Hohaia's recruitment either given the timing of his signing (factoring in scouting and negotiation periods), short of offering his opinion of the player from an NRL perspective.

So I'd argue that the only signings he'd have had any real influence over would be Flanaghan & Laffranchi neither of which have yet to be proven as bad signings.

I've said for a whole that sia will end up prop but I think it's a few years off yet and could offer much more if was used proper a little wider.

Stupid, short sighted decision by Saints board. You'll come to regret it when you get the uber talented young English coach that is Rich Agar from Wakey when they bin him off...lmfao
Seriously, all things considered I can't think of any logical reason to get of Simmons now. Sure you've lost some games, a pretty poor points haul so far but you'd have been there or thereabouts come the end of the season. You've been seriously unlucky (The Cats wonder try that shouldn't have been for one) and some players just switching off/underperforming (this happens in sport no matter how good a coach you are)
with the squad you had at your disposal this year it would have been a big ask to win silverware IMO but rebuilding and bringing on the youngsters so they make fewer and fewer mistakes was a priority for you this season. As others have said you are in transition after having had a huge amount of success with some mainstay players that are no longer there.
IF you lose the next 3 games then I think you'll be lucky to make the 8 personally

If we lose the next 3 games we can still easily make the 8.

It's a cert. I'd give him a new contract with the intention of moving him there next year.

I'm glad others can see it too. All I hear around me at the ground are morons who clearly dont understand Rugby screaming for us to 'throw it wide' which we do and go nowhere because of the lack of options to make a defence work.