Maybe sometimes the work you do reaps rewards in the second half. The first half is all about putting traffic in certain directions etc, which has a direct influence on how the second half pans out.

Under Cullen we seemed to be a first half team.
I think there was a season one of the last 3 at Wilderspool (think i read this somewhere) that if you went of 1st half performances only, Wire would have won the league.

What we [wire need to do is bring back Cull. He's in charge 1st half and TS in the 2nd.

if its the end of the road for ts next week i for one will be glad..let someone else coach our 2nd rate national side see how well they do..

A little history lesson.

Mal Reilly, coached a squad containing modern greats such as: Hanley, Offiah, Gregory, Davies and Edwards. He couldn't get a win against Australia.

He went to Australia and won a GF.

Lesson over.

I must have dreamt Melbourne 1992, Wembley 1990, Sydney 1988 etc....

Reillys era was the days of 2-1 defeats to Australia, it wasn't the era of getting smashed out of sight and not even coming close.

Mal Reilly also coached Huddersfield to the wooden spoon in England, as did Tony Smith, and if Reilly was coach of England today, or Wayne Bennett or whoever, they would be presiding over big thrashings at the hands of the Aussies.

My point exactly.

it really dont matteer who we have in charge,the standard of rugby which is coached at SL level. Also has a bearing on the international rugby,it could also say it goes all the way down to grass roots.

I find it surprising that nobody voiced these opinions about TS to this degree until he became our Head Coach, yes there were grumblings i have to admit but is there a coincidence in this?

I did.

I had the "good fortune" to be in the same hotel as the England squad in Townsville last year.

You may joke about Cullen being England coach but im fairly sure he recently was, and oh, he also won a trophy with them IIRC. It's a start.

quite right we played nz at our place...flippfloppi was full back

Smith isn't the coaching guru you lot seem to think he is. His performance with England has been truly terrible. Bobbie Goulding has done a better job in a shorter space of time with the French. They are better organised and more disciplined defensively than we are, which is a farce given the quality of the players they have at their disposal.