it doesn't help the situation when a younger member of our 1st team squad calling our head coach a wa##er in town on sat night.

I thought I was seeing things when I saw that stamp!! No-one seemed to react at all?

At the time when Shaun McRae was appointed most of the fans that I know(Big Pev apart) were all for him coming on board and I myself was unsure about what his impact would be on the team.

He certainly gets us publicity from his Sky appearances etc and whenever I ask him a question he always spends time giving an answer and he has on occasions put me right with his reply as he knows what should have gone on during the match whereas I can only summise what should have happened.

On the salary cap we must be the lowest in Superleague taking into account our crowds etc and he is having to work within a much lower budget than other clubs are.

With regards last Fridays performance although it was a much better one than the last home game against Crusaders some of the players must take responsibility for their performances and ultimately the result.

You cannot give away stupid penalties in key positions and hope to get a win against any Superleague team as we did on Friday night.

You cannot continually play with a poor kicking game, which we did on Friday night, and expect to win the match.

The performance against Bradford was an improvement but the penalties and the poor kicking game cost us dearly and this is down to the players.

Not changing our play, as we didn't do on Friday, at 7 nil down with 10/15 minutes left was either down to the coaching staff not seeing what was going on or the players not implementing what was required, or should have been told to do.

With regards the crowds there has been no "special offers" as far as I know, and I for one do not need any "special offer" to come and support the club and for the "fans" who have stopped coming if you really need something extra to give your support, how do you think that the people who have kept the club going are feeling at this time?what if they had decided to stop supporting the club?

If we cannot improve our support we are on a sticky wicket when the franchise test comes around and if we are unsuccessful will we have the people who are complaining now and refusing to attend games whinging even more?

How do you know that and who was it?

Sadly, with the exception of the inclusion of Mr McRae's name and Crusaders this posting could have been made any time over the past 20 years - it's gone on and on like this for ever. I have been Home and Away for more than 40 years prior to this year FWIW so despite my decision to stop this season I still feel I have a vested interest in the club I love.
When you state "...and for the "fans" who have stopped coming if you really need something extra to give your support, how do you think that the people who have kept the club going are feeling at this time?what if they had decided to stop supporting the club?

That is my point my friend - many of them have! That is the worry and as has been said before; I still believe the Season Ticket changes this season were wrong in principle. It may have still only been a small financial increase but the creation of a 'family club' that to have any value one must join was a gaffe of hideous proprtions IMHO in the depths of a financial recession. As we all know the whole point of the Forum is to discuss opinions.

Name names or stop stirring.

I call my boss a wa##er all the time, doesn't mean he's bad at his job (nor does it mean I have the God-given right to pass judgement on the quality of his work, particularly when he's far more experienced and knowledgable than me)

Don't remember anyone saying Noble was a good coach when he was in charge of GB?

McRae's record is arguably as good as Millward's and only one of them managed to get a job in the NRL.

I'm not McRae's biggest fan but I reckon you're even more full of it than he is?!

No, not at all, please state it more often.

It gets more interesting to read every time.

For me mcrae still has a lot to prove but until the players and us fans buy into his methods and get behind him 100% i feel it will be a uphill battle for him.

He has achieved the same as harrison 3 years into his rein with the minimum of fuss and a lot less money with developing players rather than harrison who in the main had the finished article.

Harrisons teams were built purley on team spirit and we all know what happened in the end you can only get so far up but you can fall a long long way when it goes wrong.

Tactically mcrae is spot on, he knows his teams limits and plays to their strenghts he'll win and win ugly in a heart beat, for it too work it needs the same level of performance we have seen from the players in the last two weeks, when the foot is taken off the gas by the players usually in may/june/july thats when he'll probably be most vunrable

IMO that says as much about the youngster than it does about our coach.

Sorry but what tactics are these and more importantly what wins!!!

he looks like the pringle man and walks like a slug

peace

Slugs dont walk you numpty!

But agree with you on the Pringle man point!