Very poor defence from King, for the Welsby try.

He's been awful in this game, we need him to be better than this for Huddersfield or any potential Wardle swap deal will be off the table!

Saints made a mockery of playing with 12 men in that game.

Won’t be coming back.

I hope that is the case.

How certain are you, Is that something you've heard from a source? Let's hope so.

He just isn't very good and that's meant as no attempt to stick the boot into him... if anything it's putting the boot into whoever at our club decided to give him a lucrative 4 year deal - that's a decision that seemed a bit mad at the time and certainly looks mad right now.

Another KissKam master stroke per chance?

I haven't been a fan of KFP and have criticised a fair bit in the past but if recruitment is the stick being used to beat him with then how about some credit for resigning thewlis, dean and wrench and for signing Harrison, mikaele, Wardle and Nicholson? Plus next year's recruitment? Or was that all Powell?

Maybe KFP is learning on the job and becoming more adept? I'm off his back for now anyway.

My main issue with KFP, and has been from the very start, is what exactly was his qualifications for the job in the first place?

This is a guy who had zero association with the club - If he had been a former club legend ( a Paul Cullen type), or a legend of RL in general, then I could see the thinking of having appointed him, but his playing days were a record of mediocrity/averageness and yet we were happy to employ him in a very high profile role, which apparently involves him being very influential in appointing coaches and, if rumour is to be believed, having a major role in recruitment of the playing squad.

And so this is where I have an issue with him 'learning on the job' - should we as an ambitious, relatively big spending club, have such a critical position at the club taken up by someone who can sometimes seem a little out of his depth?

100%. Who exactly thought “crikey, that ex bang average rugby player with no relevant experience will make a great CEO for our multi million pound organisation”? Tell me his great successes in 5 years. Please. The guy is a clown. Try listening to him for more than 2.5 minutes if you doubt that to be true….

I agree with you and have done from the appointment but we are where we are and I'm just giving a little credit on assumption the same way he is criticised on assumption. We don't know what he does (I'm glad the social gimmicks seem to have disappeared) so aren't really in a position to pass credible judgement (myself included).

If he was an unknown appointment as in someone we have never heard of with unknown credentials for the position would there be as much scrutiny? Granted though, former player for another superleague club to guy who looks after sponsors for wire to wire CEO is very, very far fetched.

We don't have much tangible evidence on his performance really other than recruitment (which seems to have taken a much needed upturn), club sponsors which he seems to have done OK with (despite the red hoover logo being a shirt ruiner). The sponsorship job will be a lot harder now though for sure and coach appointments, as far as coaches go price won a challenge Cup and reached a cup final and grand final in 4 years which isn't horrendous (despite the fact I'm very glad he has gone) the jury is well and truly out on Powell. The end of season review will be very difficult this season, Powell will need to get some good performances and wins to gain the trust to continue next season IMO.

cart horse

Granny Smith

Golden Delicious

King looks to be possibly on his way back next season.
Jake Wardle to Wigan.
Kevin Naiqama to Huddersfield.