Quote: jonh "I still struggle with the Watson love in. He is undoubtedly doing a good job but some looking at the evidence of this year he shouldn’t be near it even if you include the Cup.
In 2020 he took Salford from Grand Finalists to strugglers in the League.
Yes he got to the final of the cup basically winning 2 games to get there.
They turned over a Catalans side who were on a real dip in form at the time and a Wire side who on the day were as bad as we were in the semi.
I can see a good shout for Agar as they have improved massively since he came in but still at times really struggled in SL.'"
Watson - I just think it's really impressive taking that side to two finals in a row with such a lack of resources. Massive gulf in quality on paper between that Salford side and the Wire and Catalans sides they turned over. Only two big games granted but that's how it is this season and our system is all about winning the big knockout games anyway.
I tend to think what should you expect v what was achieved when looking at a coach
Wigan I expected to go as far as they faced Saints. Therefore under achieved in the CC, and at least achieved as expected in the SL. Beating Saints in the GF would be overachieving in SL IMO but we haven't done that yet.
Leeds finished about where they would have expected. I don't think they would expect a trophy, so overacheived.
Salford with all the players they lost and financial issues I had down as in a relegation battle. Making a final is well over achieving this year IMO. Of course don't know whether they would have been dragged into the relegation battle if Toronto had stayed in and a full season been played.