Quote: Homer "Agreed, I would be out of the door without my feet touching the ground if I told my VP that I didn't know or understand the reasons as to why my team were not performing.'"
LIKE SOME OF THESE......?
CASTLEFORD:
Harlequins coach Brian McDermott:
"I'm disappointed. I wouldn't single out any part of the game, we just weren't in the races.
"We started to do things we wouldn't normally do, such as missing tackles.
"I don't know what's gone wrong. It's not injuries or suspension. We've got a group of people who care about rugby league in London - we haven't got blokes who don't care.
"I've been looking at myself every time we lose - we work very hard. Things aren't wrong in the camp, but they're wrong on the field."
HULL FC:
Harlequins coach Brian McDermott:
"I just said to them that while ever they've got that inner steel about them, we're in good nick. We're not the smartest team but as a group of people we're pretty strong.
"I think our form was more of a concern. I don't see that as a chance missed, our play-off chances started crumbling three, four, five weeks ago.
"Momentum is a funny thing. We started to lose a bit when we had some injuries. Just as they start coming back we don't seem to have the momentum."
SALFORD:
Quins coach Brian McDermott:
"Once again we did not play well. I do not think we have a chance of making the play-offs, certainly not playing like that.
"There was a lot of poor decision-making out there, and that is a real problem.
"We had a side out there today good enough to beat Salford - and we should have beaten them. But there were some dumb decisions made, and that cost us."
BRADFORD:
We will not make the play-offs if we play like that again, and quite frankly we will not deserve to make the play-offs playing like that.
"I am extremely concerned that we have a group of players who went out there and looked like they had never played together before.
"I am frustrated with myself as much as the players. There are questions that need to be asked about everyone at the club - myself included."
BRADFORD (we won this one)
Harlequins coach Brian McDermott:
"It was a tight game and that was one you would have been relieved to win anyway, and not just because of the last six weeks.
"It has been a bit of an odd review in the last six weeks. We haven't been too down on what we have been producing.
"I have found it hard to stand in front of the players and say, 'You've done this wrong, that wrong and you're not up to it'. I couldn't do that because it would have been a lie.
"But there were things we haven't been doing well and we've been missing some men. This keeps things rolling a little bit but we have still got five games to go."
ST HELENS:
Harlequins coach Brian McDermott:
"I am still 100% confident that we will make the play-offs. The players are a very strong group and there is no problem with the attitude.
"There are plenty of things that we are not doing right but everyone is working hard.
"But we will be getting players like Chad Randall and David Howell back next week so there is no need to panic."
HUDDERSFIELD:
Harlequins coach Brian McDermott:
"I thought we were absolutely terrible.
"As an attacking force we were a bit of a joke and even after putting ourselves in a position to win the game we came up with a load of rubbish.
"We have some real problems at the moment, and I do not know what the answer is."
WIGAN:
Harlequins coach Brian McDermott:
"We did start slowly and then David Howell getting sent off didn't help.
"In the second half I thought we were very brave and carried on playing.
"It sometimes hurt us playing because we lost the ball but I would rather do that than go into damage control. I didn't think we did that."
WAKEFIELD:
Wakefield-born Quins coach Brian McDermott:
"This is no more disappointing than any other loss.
"I didn't think we were on course to win it and I didn't think we played well.
"We didn't play well in the first half although we got it back together a little bit in the second half."
