Yeah would actually agree with this.

I've always quite liked Simmsy as a character, and I've often found the slagging of him wearisome by people who really don't know what he does. Equally, as there isn't much awareness of what he does he's also hard to defend. One thing that must be asked though is why we are the only club that has a director of rugby? What skill set is missing from the rest of our backroom staff that every other club seems to cover with other personnel?

I have wrote a letter to man,stressing my total support and to take nonsense of any of them.And to try and put
our club where it should be.If he does not get is way,we have got problems.Its that serious in my opinion.

Can you for gods sake buy a computer rather than doing it on your phone, your messages a nigh on impossible to read.

I said that I had wrote to Mr Parish,expressing my total support.And that he should take no nonsense of anybody at the
club IE Wilkinson Tarry or Simms and maybe some of the players,do you understand now

Dreamland !!
So he shouldn't take any crap from Mr Wilkinson,and he hasn't won a game yet.
I don't blame him for not winning a game but ,for heavens sake,get real.

Yes If he was misled,or are you not up to speed with this one.

Totally up to speed but on which particular planet can the hired help take on the owner and win?

I do worry if Parish didn't look at the club before signing is contract, was he that desperate for a job?

A quick search on the internet or a quick chat with the likes of John Cartwright whilst at the Origin game would have told him all he needed to know

Small club, not much money but loyal and passionate fans and a board who want the best for the club but not the financial clout to make it happen.

Still really hope he brings the club into the next level. I won't judge his coaching abilities until he has had the players in pre season, then I'll call for his head after game 3 if we haven't won. [size(only joking but expect some to do it)[/size

Much better

People seem to be confusing the size of the job Parish was confronted with and the resources/support he was promised to help him complete this job. They are two seperate issues and people seem to be struggling to grasp that. He surely understood the state the club was in on the field and the problems we face off it but he is questioning whether he is getting the support he was promised to help sort these problems out.

A great point that I don't believe the club & staff do - they just say "Well we haven't got the money to do it another way" and so carry on as they always have rather than looking for solutions
For example, our Marketing and Merchandise are poor - especially compared to other similar-sized and even some smaller sporting clubs

And I think this is mainly what Matt Parish is getting at. Rather than look for solutions everyone at the club just says "We haven't got the money." and wants the conversation ended there.

I think he realises the budget for playing staff won't be great but he has to be backed to do what he thinks is best with what we do have, and I don't believe he is getting that backing from those that he should be.

The Chairman has stated on numerous occasions that he is very happy with Steve Simms in the position of Director of Football.

He also clearly has a lot of faith in Dave Tarry and has had him at the club for many years.

If you or I had put as much into the club as the Chairman then we could both have a big say in who we wanted in various positions.

And both of them have been unbridled successes!

The Chairman quite clearly appears to be asleep at the wheel of this club and he needs to wake up fast. Just because he knows everyones names and is a nice bloke doesn't make him a great chairman.

The wage bill is an interesting one, we return to the question of who picks the players was it Simms or did McRae pick them?

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