Quote: Listerofsmeg "I would keep Wane. 100%.
I agree the attack has been terrible but lets be honest, we still have a huge number of players out and the players we have back have had hardly any time to gel. Can anyone tell me how many games we have had first choice 1, 6, 7 and 9 on the pitch (replace 9 with 13 if you want to ignore MM)? Also Wane has acknowledged he needs fresh ideas, that will come in the shape of TL next season which will make a huge difference in that it will either make Smith buck his ideas of or replace him with a better player. '"
Next season? What about this season! We will sound like Wire if we are not careful next season will be "our year". Last year Sam was going to be the saviour in 2016, now it's TL next year. Getting a bit fed up of this.
Quote: Listerofsmeg "On the positives of this look at the age of the kids in that squad, Dom 22, Williams 21, Bateman 22, Oli 19, Sutton 20, Tierny 21, Bretherton (20 i think?)
The defensive display on show by these young lads has been nothing short of incredible, they grew up playing for Wane and i don't think anyone else could bring that out of them. Look at Leeds and Hudersfield and how they coped with injuries.
With all this in mind just think how many games we would win with no injuries and TL improving our attack. I still think we have a chance in the GF if we get some bodies back (be lucky currently) but I am damn excited to see what this young group of lads can do under Wane.'"
Injuries are part of the game. In any case our attacking problems have been going on for two seasons at least now regardless of who is fit. Statistically I believe it is our worst attack in a season since 1982 and we are averaging 19 points a match. That is the problem right there and the person who is responsible ultimately for that is the coach. It also means we are very boring to watch! We play like robots and Smith and Powell virtually [inever[/i take the line on.
We play the same game week in, week out regardless of who is on the pitch. We have one game plan and Wane expects young players or players out of position to execute it. Quite often we even play with effectively 16 players as he puts a player on the subs bench who he brings on for 10 minutes. He subs by the clock and takes players off who are causing problems regardless of what is happening on the pitch.
The "our attack is useless" is now a stuck record to the extent it's drowning out all the other inadequacies. If we win the GF it will be more luck than judgement and I'd replace him anyway.
Won't happen though. IL will point to the injures, say we have TL and Budgie back next year. If so we can expect more of the same.
I think with a different coach we'd be a far better team . Just as we were when Madge replaced Noble.
