I agree with your post about acceptance - but is it going to be any better next year?

Rush as CEO; really ?

Brown coming out with thisIt was just unfortunate, with the incident that happened, that we couldn't hang on.

What planet is he on? We were worse with 13.

I think he's just putting a brave face on in public, at least I hope he is because if he's not he has serious vision problems

Amended for accuracy.

Although I have to add that Greenwood gave it a go too. It's just our experienced forwards (bar Sia) who really should be fired and replaced with forwards.

A good halfback pairing would improve the team as a whole so much, before he picked up his knock you could see Dobson setting up plays , demanding his runners and generally doing what a 7 should. It made me sad seeing what we were missing.

They won the Grand Final in 2010.

Yes, we were actually better off without Wello in a HB "role" as he then became a sort of centre/second row after Meli's exit where he did some good tackles, which is all he really knows now.

Perhaps it will be become part of Browns's master plan - one (still useless) HB.

I think so too, he,s not one for doing his dirty washing in public, I bet the uncut version to the team was completely different.
In my opinion he,s doing a better job with our annual injury crisis than Potter and Simmons.

At the end of the day its the players attitude thats inconsistent, thats probably why he selects Gardner, Wilkin and Wellens the only players with any remnants of that winning mentality that is required.

Maybe we should be looking at the culture and structure of the club in the same way the Wigoons have done over the past 3 years. In the past we would play the game mostly under our terms within our strength and weakness, these days we invite the opposition to dictate the game, very un saint like.

Really? Then how come under those two we got to the semi final of the Challenge Cup but this time we have been kicked out at the first hurdle? AND we are sliding down the league, something we weren't doing with either of the coaches you mention by this time of the season.

The slide was started under those coaches.

I'm sure someone will be able to dig up the respective teams. But I'm almost 100% certain that in neither Potter or Royce's teams for the CC, did we play with no halves.

The lack of halves comes from the offloading of Long, Smith, Pryce, Ellis, Eastmond, Gaskell. Gaskell is the only one that can be laid at brown feet. But basically the silverwear was sold before he got here.

We played with two rookies under Simmons. I can't remember what we played under Potter.

At least Brown could have introduced a rookie six (we have two hanging around) when he got shot of Gaskell. But he hasn't even done that.

The making or breaking of Nathan brown as a coach will be if he can rebuild a strong sthelens side within his three years

I agree but he will need backing to do it , this policy of rely mainly on youth will just not deliver results. We need to have a balance and I suspect we may have to spend some cash.

Loved the Wilkins last kick before the hooter.

Loved the Wilkins last kick before the hooter.

So you said it twice. ?With the other thread I do hope thats your 3 strikes so you sod off back to nailing your sister