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| Nothing will change IMO.... They will point to Leeds - they had a season like we had last year, then the following season they were rubbish, in the middle 8's and competed for nothing, fans crying out for the coach to go (they even wanted Smith back), then they do OK the year after (this year). Warrington will look at that model, and say, we're having the same troubles, lets stick with our coach like Leeds did.
The problem is, Leeds had quite a lot of injuries last year, but still had one of the best back lines in Super League IMO (MaCguire, Hall, Moon, Watkins, Briscoe etc) - we have one quality player injured, and nothing else to look forward to. We will go into that middle 8's and will have to prey that Leigh and Hull KR can't beat us, because atm, Widnes, Huddersfield and Catalan (8th will be between those two), are all better than us, and actually have stronger squads than the start of the year (we are weaker).
As others have said, we have been rank average since the great team was split up 4 years ago - we managed what we managed last year because 1. Of the easy run we had to Wembley, and 2. Super League was, and still is, average at best - probably the lowest quality I have seen in Super League since it started.
You can also blame our "homegrown" recruitment - on one hand I like the fact that we have some many English players in the squad - but I would rather have as many overseas players as Castleford, Hull, Salford etc, and be where they are, rather than two, over age, past their best ones that we have....
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| Quote: the flying biscuit "
I am resigning myself to relegation. ...and no good can come of that. This is all hugely disappointing.
We were two points behind Saints when they sacked Cunningham....they haven't turned into world beaters but they'll be in a different league to us next month. ....'"
Yes Saints acted and we didn't. They will have Top 4 as a stretch target, whereas we have bottom 4 as a racing certainty.
Failing to plan, was planning to fail.
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| Quote: Wires71 "Yes Saints acted and we didn't. They will have Top 4 as a stretch target, whereas we have bottom 4 as a racing certainty.
Failing to plan, was planning to fail.'"
Something we have actually been good at, failing to plan. We must of trained well fo that
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| How the mighty have fallen, or are falling.
It's a sorry tail of influential people at the club all taking their eyes off the ball in unison.
What was the cause ?
Apathy, Arrogance, Recruitment, Leadership etc etc...
Hard to believe that all this was bubbling under during last season's heroics and the cracks were so well papered over later still with that other heroic effort against world class NRL opposition.
Well anyway the wheels well and truly 'came off.
I'm not sure any of the RL watching world really know why, it's a conundrum without one answer but many.
But for sure many have taken their eyes off the ball and all have waited with some arrogance for it just to fit back together without one key ingredient. CHANGE.
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