Quote: wildshot "I wasn't able to hear Carter on the radio today, if anyone can sum up the key points I'd appreciate it.
I don't for one second blame Carter for our current situation. He has salvaged the club and applied some financial prudence which was needed. He even said himself that the first thing Kath Hethrington said to him was "remember you don't know anything about rugby". That's fair enough for me he is a chairman, not a coach. He allocated a budget to Webster and told him to get on with it.
We hear all these stories about how the players are injured. We get that. What is frustrating for us fans is that Webster is saying that effectively the games now don't matter. And secondly the performances on the pitch give the impression that the players don't care.
Webster talks about the frequency of games, well it is the same for everyone else in the league too. They have injuries too and their squad sizes are not significantly larger than ours.
I have a book at home on the career of Neil Fox. When I look through the dates of all the fixtures he played in I found it fascinating that they'd often play matches 2-3 days after their last one.
I remember in the 1980s during one of Wigan's title winning seasons they had a backlog of fixtures on the run in. For weeks they were playing maybe every 3-4 days. Andy Gregory said how they were playing with "bruises on bruises" yet still they ground out the victories.
We've been in adversity before and seen more passion and commitment on the pitch. I can accept losing to a better team; I can't accept losing and not looking interested.
If we go down many of these players will have a different club to play for. As fans we have the same club to support, in a lower league. This is one of many reasons why it hurts us more than the players.'"
Thanks Wildshot. Sums up my feelings as well. Without Mr Carter there wouldn't be a club for some to whinge about.
