Wow, this is a bit strong isn't it?

The guy has propped up a loss-making club in a small town in an unfashionable sport for years including delivering a new stadium. Do you presume there is a queue of oil Sheiks and Russian oligarchs waiting to take his place?

Not really. He said himself some years ago that he would leave when the stadium was delivered as the club would be self sufficient.

The club is in real danger of not being able to properly capitalise on the stadium asset by not having a competitive side. We should be looking at 14,000 crowds but they are already down to around 11,000 and it will only get worse the longer we are continuing to decline on the field.

Maybe he should get some of these "cashed up" board members to put their hands in their pockets and buy a halfback.

Wigan lost finch and lulu last season and lenaghan splashed the cash on green and smith, that's a ambition to well on the pitch .

At the risk of turning this into another half-back thread, which scrum halfs could we have bought (money no object) in the last 2 years?

11,000+ isnt a bad crowd for a game against Catalans considering the team we had on the park last night.

Off the top of my head

Brough
Dobson
Chase
Smith
Green

On TV though it looks really empty even with 11,000!

I'm not of the mind of Saddened (not many are). The chairman deserves more respect than being told by a nobody to step down, after bankrolling all our losses.

But I would say that recruitment needs to have a good review. In the end no one knows who has the say over recruitment. But it needs reviewing as to the process over the last 5 years.

If someone came out and said, actually we have been opperating below cap and it was to save money. Then I think fans would adjust expectations. But with big name signings for wrong positions or positions not needed. That's the crux of the issue.

I still maintain that you throw our best pack out there, then tight games like last night would have a different result.

It's hard to stop every thread turning into a halfback thread as that is where recruitment and retention errors are majorly exposed. No other SL club opperates with a 2nd rower and fullback at half.

Seriously stones and glasshouses really spring to mind.

Me and saddened have been banging on about poor recruitment and retention for years yet people bagged us. All we got was how good are youth is, we don't need to sign players as we have ready made replacements in the youth.

Not many have lived up to those fans expectations

There were freebies in the East Stand though.