Quote: FeeFiFoFum "I've called for Andersons head a few times in recent past, however Thursday night brought new hope for him in my opinion. It wasn't an perfect performance, well not at all, however he got the job done. Unlike some on this thread I am a strong believer in how much a coach impacts a team therefore when he something goes right he deserves as much praise as he does criticism when it goes wrong. Thursday could have easily been a disaster with the hangover from a horrendous performance at Leeds, but no. Baloo got his players ready to go and they were able to move past it. Hes not the best in the league but to me thats a sign of a good coach!
Also people on this thread are talking like the seasons already done say things like 'we don't need to win something every year' and 'we are building for the future'. I'm sorry but last time I checked we were sitting in 4th place breathing down the necks of Wigan. If we win our next two games we WILL be 3rd! I see no reason why the 2015 Giants can't get to Old Trafford and win the Grand Final. For 3/4 years now we have had a team good enough to beat anyone, we just need belief!'"
Good post. We have been building for the future ever since I started watching in 1990 but when you ask when does the building stop, or at least when does the winning something big start, You immediately get the ,Well Wigan have more money, Saints have more youngsters, Leeds have this or that, Its all endless excuses and defence of the club.
We know these clubs have more of everything than we do, but it doesn't stop us from beating them, there isn't a team in the league that we haven't beat, so we have showed that on our day we can match any of them, They only have 13 men on the field same as us. Yes they will have better men in some positions but we will have better men in others.
They need to believe in themselves and they need to do it week in week out. That is the coaches job, in fact for me it's his main job, You can train and practice set moves till Hell freezes over but if you don't believe you can win It will all be wasted more often than not.
Every year since Super league started the same teams have won the Grand final, Warrington have made big strides and given it a good go "10 years ago they were where we have been for the last 5years " They got a new stadium just like us, they got a rich owner just like us, Tony Smith went there and made them believe in themselves, "Just like he did at Leeds " They got on a roll and they are now a very good club.
We can do the same, we are in a great position in the league so we must have been doing some things right " Defending " What we can't have is shows like we had against Leeds and others, We have far too many of them and have had all last season and this.
It's so easy to say things like Look where we were 30 years ago, What that has to do with anything I don't know, I Listen to my Uncle talk about the Fifties, Cooper , Devery, Valentine etc, and he says Saints, Wigan, Leeds ect had more of everything back then just like now, but we used to beat them regularly and win Cups. Great but I want to see it.
A great example of good coaching was a few seasons ago. Wakefield were nailed on for the drop with I think it was 4 games to play, they brought in John Kear to do what looked like an impossible task, They won every game and stayed up.
I don't particularly want to see PA gone , I want to see a fully motivated and fired up Giants who believe they can win the G Final " which they can " If he is the man to do that , Then great.
