the plus side was that they kept going to the end - the minus was just about everything else. It's not just LMS who's going backwards, it appears to be everyone else - Hull had a nice quiet day at the office. Can we PLEASE fire BM? And this from someone who's by and large not a believer in getting rid of coaches in season!

We had that problem for a couple of seasons , Too many players who were just stocking fillers and nothing more .But credit to the club and coach ,binned 9 player's from last season and signed quality over quantity and so far , There's been a massive difference in style from last season. Like you say ,Quins need to add quality players to play along side the good players you already have down there.

It seems hard work is the only things BMcD expects or understands. It is one thing us having youngsters coming through but do we think BMcD will actually develop them. From the evidence of Louie and Clubby he seems more likey to arrest their development. Wish he would do the decent thing and resign.
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What constitutes imploding?

He is grasping at straws with the BB comment- he would never have got a look in if we didn't have so many injuries

Not sure what it means but can only guess it is a reference to the second half of last season.

I hear what people are saying about our coach, but be fair, to say they are making the same mistakes really is nothing to do with the coach but the players themselves. They're not coached to make mistakes.



Not too sure about that one. Not good enough for SL anyway.

Do you really believe that any coach at any level is not asking for any push? I'd have had atleast 2 walkie-talkies bouncing off my head before half-time if that was the case.

I cannot believe they are coached at all

Have to disagree. Hudds were shaping up to be a decent team before he got there IMO.Came in at the right time and they have real quality players who can change a game on their own.
However the players do seem to know what their jobs are and play with a good structure which asks questions of the opposite defenses. They roll the dice and get their fair share of luck. Sadly we have no one capable of rolling the dice..

I thought there were some positives. Low error count, plenty of local youngsters not out of place at this level. Smith looked good when he came on. Negatives? Lack of aggression in terms of chasing our kicks, closing down their kicker, defensive line speed, hitting the ball at pace (come on LMS and TC!). Im not too dis-heartened by the perfomance. Luke Williamson is a podgy waste of space. NL2 quality. Get rid.

With so many injuries, it puzzles me why the club don't look for some good loan players with experience to fill a short term need until our regular players are fit. Look at how well Ainscough did for Cas, who is out on loan! My concern is that the club appear to be focused on the long term in terms of young player development, and are effectively saying that we should write off the next few seasons until that development has taken place.

The comments about Brian McDermott are interesting. On the one hand you could look at what Brown at Hudds has done since taking over from Sharp (an experienced SL coach), and in particular Maguire at Wigan who took over from a very experienced coach, but appears to have taken them to another level. The club has a choice to make - you can either be honest, or talk the club up to the media. Which would you prefer?

However ultimately, it is about money, and until someone comes along to assist David financially, the downward spiral will continue. All the promising players developed will simply be poached by other clubs, and we will never realise our potential as a club. I for one am tired of the patronising and "damned by faint praise" we are constantly hearing - plucky, brave, never give in etc. I would prefer respect.

We need someone who is prepared to help DH out financially and bring in some quality players to make us competitive. Even with the players injured back in the team the quality isnt there to turn us into a team to threaten the rest. I am disappointed with Ian Lenaghan. He should just hand over his share to DH IMO who could then find a buyer himself.
The shares cant be worth much and IL doesnt seem bothered about finding a replacement. Too involved with Wigan to give his time up to sort our future out.

Relatively it isnt that expensive to run a moderately succesful SL club. What we need is someone running the club on a day to day basis who has a vision and is very demanding of his staff. Read the article about Hetherington in this months RL World if you want to see how its done. Its not all about having a sugar daddy. Far from it.