There must be something that we, the paying public, can do to get the Board to recognise that Macca has reached the limits of his capabilities and move him up or out. I have never played RL but have been watching it for over 50 years, amateur and pro, and it is blindingly obvious that the problem is the lack of strategic management on the field, the lack of responsiveness to the opposition, the lack of proper preparation and planning taking account of the conditions, the team strengths and potential weaknesses and the style of the opposing players.
I manage a large team of people and regularly have to deal with under-performing staff. Sadly it is rare that they can be brought up to scratch quickly enough when they are promoted beyond their competence and this has happened to Macca. Unfortunately if you sit back and let it ride the business goes to the wall and this will happen at Bradford unless the Board take action. Sponsorship will dry up even more, crowds will fall off even more and the situation will becomme irredeemable through lack of capital.
A previous post talked about a whip-round. It's not a bad idea. I'd think most true supporters would dip into their pockets or put on events to raise money if necessary to get a coach with any idea at all.
Meanwhile what can we do, collectively, to put pressure on to the management of the club before it is too late and another season drags us into the abyss?

Lack of effort is fanspeak for cr.p. Another translation required is wrst perormance I've seen in x decades if watching Northern and Bulls, which actually means poor performance that occured very recently, as opposed to Leigh 94, London 03, Saints 05 etc etc.

I thought that heads went down after conceding the first try and the rest of the first half showed a lack of committment in defence. Players were dropping off tackles far too easily and lacking in purpose. That along with the beaming smiles on the faces of Hall and L'Strange at the end of the game left a bitter taste in my mouth.

We may have made more of an effort in the second half but it was let down by a complete lack of focus or plan. We lacked direction and panicked whenever we were on the attack.

The side is obviously lacking in confidence, and is prone to giving up for periods of the game. When the effort is there they lack direction. These are all pretty fundamental problems. The U11s analogy is a bit unfair but in some ways correct as we have experienced professionals who are playing like novices. They all know that you need to run onto the ball at pace, they all know that a flat attacking line offers less of a threat to the defence, they all know that having dummy runners creates space, they all know that concentration is key in defence. I could go on but you get the gist. The problem is that despite knowing what they should be doing they do the opposite when under any pressure.

Well get your heads down and do it. If McNamara really is putting that much effort in, then surely that shifts a tiny bit more blame onto the players? Maybe this week he's spent some time developing a proper gameplan though?

Macca thinks hammering will benefit Bulls: www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... dford.html Didn't we hear this a few times last year after drubbings and we never really bounced back as expected.

Macca thinks hammering will benefit Bulls: www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... dford.html Didn't we hear this a few times last year after drubbings and we never really bounced back as expected.

As I've said, I've all this stuff before, it's now time for the team to follow it up on the field - something they've managed all too rarely. It's easy to talk the talk but walking the walk is another matter.