I imagine our recruitment 'committee' to be a 3 man WhatsApp group, consisting of Moran, Fitzpatrick and Price. At various times of the day, Fitzpatrick pops up with YouTube clips of various NRL players that he's been sent by unscrupulous Aussie agents..

'Watch this fellas, this lad is an absolute monster' as Karl links them to a 3 minute clip of some huge Aussie or Kiwi lad knocking 10 bells out of various NRL opposition..

'Looks great Karl' says an excited Moran 'we'll have some of that'

'Yes, looks fantastic' says a giddy Karl,

'Ahem, lads, have we checked out his stats, his stamina, discipline, important stuff like that?' interrupts a not as enthusiastic Steve Price 'remember, I've got to work with the guy'

'Typical of you, Steve' says a mocking Fitzpatrick 'always trying to put my great scouting work down - I'm going to contact this guy's agent in the morning'

'Good stuff Karl, get onto it, I'll sign the cheque' says Moran

Price throws his phone to the floor and goes back to bed....


... 6 weeks later, Price walks into Fitzpatrick's office,

'Karl, that big lad you brought over from Oz?'

'What about him, Pricey?'

'He's another pile of $hi+e, Karl.. Thanks' .....

Sandow was a talent, who then decided to leave us and then completely waste it. If only he'd been fit for the full 80 minutes at both Wembley and OT.

Russell was a panic buy after Briers retired and he had a fairly decent world Cup.

Gidley was signed after we gave up trying to go young and British with myler and gob, ratch bridge an a young patton. We got Sandow and gids. Who as you say generally had been a utility player in oz

I don’t buy it , sorry.
Moran didn’t get rich by “staffing money up the wall”.
I think we can all make an educated guess re prop re ruitment.
SP “ We need an experienced front line prop”
KF “Turns out not to be as easy as we would like. Every time we got close to signing a contract his agen called to say he had been offered an NRLcontract based on our offer”
SP “ but we REALLY need a prop, even those know it all’s on RLFans have worked it out”
KF “Well there’s always Latu as a last resort, I know no one is keen on him but...”
SP “ (I with words he will come to regret ) “well he should do a job”

So the likes of Latu and Sita were thoroughly scouted and not picked up after viewing a 2 minute showreel on YouTube?

I'm struggling to believe that...

Wasn't sita signed because he was hiku's mate? And then hiku buggered off! Some mate.

Not sure you actually read my post, that is not what I said at all (or if I did I didn’t mean to).

How are you quantifying that Briers is a bad coach? As he's an assistant all you can really base it on is the opinions of others within the sport. The role of an assistant coach is to assist the head coach. He could be doing a sensational job of that and you wouldn't know.

I think what Warrington are lacking at the moment is a genuine leader in the squad. If you had a Jamie Peacock or Paul Sculthorpe in your dressing room over the last 10 years, I suspect you'd have three or four titles by now.

I've made this point a few times.
How many of us know what the exact role is and to what extent he's listened to by SP?

Agar was vilified during his time as assistant coacb to TS on here, but doesnt seem to be doing a too bad a job at Leeds.

Next time you're bored of watching our lame attack faff about in the opposition's last 20, move the ball from side to side with no penetration and hope for a mistake, strike up some of the highlights of the early TS era and watch how dangerous we were and how many options there were to score that came from Briers. High kicks up to both wings; cut out passes to players out wide; dummy and run through the line.

Also since Briers left, at what point have we had a good kicking game? A brief window with Sandow thats it.

More like a reminder of the current squad's own shortcomings. Briers has had to work with a succession of guys like Gidley, Austin and Widdop, who were stars in the NRL and they don't come close to being able to do the stuff he could to break open a defence, something he must have privately noted.

These theories on coaches are cyclical anyway. When the next Aussie coach comes in, and clears out Briers and fills it with his own Aussie pals, we'll start hearing a theory that the problem is the "Wire culture" has gone from the club, and people will be saying we need to bring in players who have worn the jersey and know what it means....get Michael Monaghan/Brett Hodgson as coach they will say, bring back Cullen as Director of Rugby (that one will probably come from rubber duckie).

Then we'll hear a theory that we need to have someone with experience winning things, and Sean O'Loughlin will take over as coach, and people won't like him either.

I think we had that with Morley, but weren’t able to replace him as a player or leader

According to the club website we have two assistant coaches Briers and Henderson, so how can one be singled out from the other without know which areas they are assisting in. The youth appear to be coming through doesnt Briers have a lot of input with them?

What's the 'Wire culture' though?.... Loss, failure and the feeling of constant disappointment?

Is it just me, or is 'Wire culture' the actual problem here?

I blame Price for poor forward bench selection
Can Briers play prop?