Must admit I inferred from the post that he has identified a group of fans who are not backing them and giving them all sorts and calling for them to not support them again and this group includes those that issued death threats. Ergo "if you ain't backing us clear off".

Well, he should remember that there are many thousands of fans that have supported Warrington since before he and the "lads" were born and will continue to support Warrington after they are retired. They will decide if they continue their support. Owners, players, coaches are all temporary. Perhaps that is part of the problem - they think it is all about them.

He would be better advised to direct his poorly constructed missive towards his teammates.

This post in no way condones the death threats.

Sums it up in a nutshell, no way will I condone death threats no matter how much you may dislike some. Got to laugh the many disagreements I’ve seen on here over the years we could all be dead. But yes as fans there is a level of performance we will not put up with and we have the right to vent it just as much as owners, coaches etc.

But what if it's half a dozen starters? Dropping them sounds like a good thing to do but it's a nuclear option that could backfire. We don't have the squad depth for that.

He'll definitely know who they are but is probably thinking of the long game. Trying to be competitive this season and then making big changes once it's done.

That being said, if we keep losing, the nuclear option becomes more tempting.

Just out of interest, could we take a look at which players who've been around a few years have actually changed their game in response to different coaching? I'm far from an expert, but my observation of the old guard over the last few years tells me:
Ratchford: naa, not really, just slightly slower and less elusive than he was
Charnley: yes, amazingly - Price had him as first receiver on our own line trying to be a prop, but he's changed fairly radically into a properish winger since the beginning of the season
J. Clark: zero change
Jack Hughes: zero change
D. Clark: zero real change, still dangerous on the scoot but well off his best
Currie: zero real change
M. Davis: zero real change
Hmmm.
If you coach someone in business and they don't respond it's either because they 1) don't want to or 2) aren't capable of altering the way they do things. If the above list don't want to change, do they belong in the team? If they get on the field, panic and forget everything they've agreed to try out, do they belong in Superleague? Or am I talking rubbish and have missed a load of subtleties in the way they play?

Jack Hughes is the Captain and still plays every week. That's all we really need to know.

When have you ever seen him behind the sticks demanding more from his players? When have you ever seen him demand the ball and run over the top of someone when we start to look lethargic and flat? Never.

I've been saying it for years since Morley, Carvell & Co. moved on. We're too nice! We don't have anyone in our pack with a bit of grunt about them.

The sad thing is in Hughes' absense of Captain abilities, not one member of our forwards stepped up in that time has stepped up in a game and said "Give me the f***ing ball now. Follow me lads, I'll show you the way."

Too much complacency in our pack. We've got players up front who know they can do whatever they want and it doesn't matter because they'll still get picked every week.

How can we really expect any more from the team when the quality of the squad has dwindled steadily since the last days of Smith? We couldn' win the big one even in the days of Morley ,when we actually used to play as a team. Move forward to now & we have a team not much better than reserve standard as do other clubs in the division.

I think the standard of all sides has dropped. I would expect our team of 2011/12 transplanted into the 2022 competition would beat all before it.

Winning SL is not unattainable by any means. Our peers have done it many, many times. Decent performance during the season winning 23+/28 games, win playoff round1 at home, then the ability to beat 2 from 3 of Saints/Wigan/Leeds in successive games.

In fairness Cooper does try the old ‘give me the bloody ball’ thing, he certainly gave it a go in the Wakefield league game. For me he was a shoo-in for Captain, still baffled why he’s never been considered but I don’t see the inner workings. He is, however, a leader in what he does on field, very articulate and Warrington born.

Wow! Well I have gone and done it. I sat through and watched the whole game. A horrible start to the game, they took advantage and we never recovered. We could easily have lost by more as HKR ran us ragged most of the time with Matt Parcell running the show. I haven't seen us so outplayed for years. Horrible defence around the play the ball.
Couple of their tries at the start of second half could easily have been called for forward passes.
Our best ... probably Bullock & Mata'utia.

Hard to watch but had to be done.

Quote: Smiffy27 "Wow! Well I have gone and done it. I sat through and watched the whole game. A horrible start to the game, they took advantage and we never recovered. We could easily have lost by more as HKR ran us ragged most of the time with Matt Parcell running the show. I haven't seen us so outplayed for years. Horrible defence around the play the ball. Couple of their tries at the start of second half could easily have been called for forward passes. Our best ... probably Bullock & Mata'utia. Hard to watch but had to be done.'" Well done. Highlights here too https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/s ... highlights Some horrible half d tackling

Quote: Smiffy27 "Wow! Well I have gone and done it. I sat through and watched the whole game. A horrible start to the game, they took advantage and we never recovered. We could easily have lost by more as HKR ran us ragged most of the time with Matt Parcell running the show. I haven't seen us so outplayed for years. Horrible defence around the play the ball. Couple of their tries at the start of second half could easily have been called for forward passes. Our best ... probably Bullock & Mata'utia. Hard to watch but had to be done.'" Well done. Highlights here too https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/s ... highlights Some horrible half d tackling

He has been the standout candidate for the captains armband since he came back to the club, I hope the only reason he doesn't have it is that he turned it down.