Quote: easyWire "^^^^^^ THIS ^^^^^^
I've been as guilty as most in thinking the decline from 2013 was just a blip as we rebuilt. But in all honesty last year we weren't outstanding just good in a bad quality league that year. And we didn't have the mentality required to grind out the wins when needed in the finals.
We are in real danger of losing our top flight status and we should have fixed this with the right coaching replacements earlier rather than later. I won't pretend to know who that is, but the form of the teams around us (even Leigh and Widnes) is evidence that we are sliding further in confidence and ability with each heavy loss.
We need a fresh start immediately. I know it won't happen though, the board will allow Smith and the old boys a season in the lower leagues to address our failings, and unfortunately our few genuinely world-class players will be free agents by then.'"
I can't dispute that things have been on the slide since then, people seem to dismiss 2014 as being bad but we were one score away from getting to the gf at wigan, that seems to have been eclipsed by 2015 being fooking dreadful.
I recall us being average that year, choked in the cup semi and struggled with a cobbled together pack.
I would equate that to 06, when we got a couple if big wins at Bradford and wigan, and our first play off win, but it papered over a huge amount of cracks
