Last year when we fell apart in an a heap there we're basic coaching errors that added to our problems. These were namely, no props on the bench bringing no impact, Poor use of subs and an impotent attack.

Fast forward and we play with one prop on the bench, the one player we have that brings impact is played at 13. 3 subs used for 10 minute spells and one brought on once the white flag went up.

The three shining lights from last season in D Clarke, Mamo & Ashton don't make the 13. Wrench and an out of sorts Charnley meant Cas scored on the same blade of grass every time. The wrench experiment has failed.

A lightweight pack meant our halves spend as much time defending as they did creating.

All due to poor coaching and team selecting. Bin Price of now and don;t settle for a lousy 12 months just because he's handed his notice in.

said it when he declared he was leaving... he should have gone straight away.

There is absolutely NO benefit, for anyone, to have him hanging around and 'coaching' these players now.

Don't mind losing if the opposition play well but Wire made Trueman look like Thurston and Turner like Addo-Carr! I was feeling slightly optimistic about the new season as I thought surely the underperforming players from last year couldn't be as bad this.....how wrong was I? The lack of application is unacceptable! We're paying a fortune for Marquee players and getting nothing in return. Senior so-called stars look like they can't be bothered. Leigh were unlucky to lose to the Pies so we'll get battered if we turn up like that again!

I am not convinced Price is totally to blame. KFP would certainly have played a prominent role in recruitment, and yet we have lacked two decent bench props for a long time.
And given a free hand I could never see Price putting Wrench in the team instead of Mamo. He is a conservative animal and putting a very inexperienced academy player in the team for the first game of the season would have been a bridge too far. I suspect the hand of KFP again.

Having said all that his teams have continually looked flat and lacking in ideas. He doesn't seem capable of motivating them or instilling basic rugby moves. The line is flat with the ball passed along like pass the parcel. Nobody runs onto the ball at speed. We don't dominate the tackle, and invariably end up on our backs when we run the ball in. We are clueless near the try line. There are no dummy runners or movement near the ball carrier. That is all basic coaching stuff, rl isn't exactly a game of chess. Last season we saw Watson work miracles with a patched up team of journeymen and rejects. Powell has always got the maximum out of his limited resources, accepting that his best players will get poached at the end of the season. But we are at the opposite end of that spectrum. The club has fantastic facilities and regularly buys in quality players ( well ok, they buy in players I perhaps should say), yet you feel all that has been squandered.

Yesterday was a truly shocking performance.

Yes I noticed that on a number of occasions.
The attacker with the ball should be going right to the line to commit the defence - imho.

Trueman had a great game - short kicking was superb.

Trueman would look good in a Wire jersey.

Price re-signed Sita, signed Clark, Latu, Davis, Kibula, Butler and Mulhearn, re-negotiated Robson to stay. He also signed and relased BMM. There can be no excuse about having available props. If they’re rubbish, don’t sign them. If he’s not getting the players he wants, explain that and walk.

Realistically, the job of the coach is to get the best out of the squad he has available. We know the problem with props, so why not split Cooper and Hill up and supplement them with the next best. Then any momentum doesn’t stop completely when we rotate.

Once the players are on the pitch, the coach says who’s on and who’s off. And having a cameo from Walker is refreshing for the sake of Clark’s longevity, it won’t be our problem next year unless we compete for titles. Clark won’t sit around and knock back offers to stay at an average club. And having Ashton on the bench does nothing at all if you’re giving him 9 minutes when the game has gone.

Turner/Shenton defending on the wing, to any decent coach, screams to kick in behind them, make them turn and collect. Neither are experienced wingers. Yet I can’t recall them being out under any stress at all. At least if you stick Ashton on a wing they would have to factor in his pace. Just the threat of a kick in behind makes them think. Sadly, Charnley doesn’t have that strike pace. And he didn’t do the things he usually does so well yesterday, which is defend and return the ball well.

Missed opportunity. The question is how many missed opportunities will the club allow

Just don't let Price anywhere near him.

Still here then

Trueman wouldn't be half the player he is under the Wire regime. He plays with a freedom and license to exploit his ability whereas we nullify all our creativity with dreary, predictable tactics.

There's an abundance of talent in that Wire team and we should have had their pack on the back foot, and Trueman running up cul-de-sacs. The fact we didn't is down to team selection, use of subs, motivation, preparation and coaching ....... and it's an embarrassment.

NOT with Price as his coach.

So I have asked this question before, what exactly is Briers coaching then, he was a maverick player.