Dumbest team in SL

Unfortunately for SW the days of ranting and raving are gone in sports coaching, when the team aren't performing he has generally employed this tactic, Sky will often flick to the half time team talk in the dressing sheds and the silver back will be frothing at the mouth. You look at some of the other coaches in recent times and they are quite tactical i.e. Tony Smith, Brian McDermott, Mag McGuire. Albeit Mag did blow up from time to time and McDermott enjoys a sulk...especially when he has been beaten in his TV interviews, but their records speak for themselves.

SW is on borrowed time and I would fully back seeing a new coach at DW in 2017, we have lost two consecutive GF's which IMO we should have won, it hurts, and quite frankly he needs to start producing results as the team are going backwards. Having watched the games at home to Huddersfield and Hull we looked 'clunky' in attack - players running terrible lines, poor handling, halves not combining well. I don't really have a lot of confidence in Sam Powell at 9 or Matty Smith at 7 and IL has failed to step up and sign a decent 6, in fairness to Sam Powell he has had to step in to replace MM and there in lies the problem we need to guidance and leadership around the ruck and in the middle of the park. The defence looks paper thin...the aging Gareth Ellis in his twilight years carved us up the middle on Friday, say no more.

Whilst Hull FC are a different prospect this year and look injury free and balanced for once, I'm not entirely convinced they are the Brisbane Broncos and will be making a name for themselves come the playoffs. With all the stink happening around Saints, KC and their performances please consider they are 4th and we are 5th?!!

So whilst I have pointed the finger and had a whinge what are the solutions...obviously injuries haven't helped SW but he needs to stop tinkering with the team and find some sort of settled line up. With ST back he can put Sarginson back in his proper position in the centre (considering he doesn't play like he did on Friday again), Bateman is our best forward and needs to play in the 2nd row. Crosby was poor on Friday and needs to give way to Flower when he is fit with Liam Farrell coming back in when he is ready. Unfortunately the 6, 7, 9 conundrum is a difficult one and given his time again I think SW would have retained Logan Tomkins but hindsight is a wonderful thing...if Tommy Leauluai became available then Wigan need to snap him up as he changed the game when RTS was injured against The Dogs a few weeks ago...the reality is that this would not happen until 2017 if it did.

All in all I think SW has gone as far as he can go, I hope I am wrong and then we do the double...but I can't see it at all as ranting and raving is all he has I feel, lets see.