That works both ways though. You can argue that the players should show him some respect, but how much respect has he shown the players?

Nobody could blame Carter for trying to safeguard the finances of his club but they can, in my view fairly, critique how he has gone about it.

If I remember rightly, Wakefield were one of the last clubs to agree a post-COVID pay deal, doing so against the backdrop of an unnamed player suggesting industrial action and Carter glibly dismissing the concerns of another who felt compelled to take a second job during lockdown? I also remember Carter making some questionable social media posts on the day of the player's union social media campaign and about people on furlough (despite most of his staff at the time being on the scheme) and, as you mention, the sinister "we will remember" remark. I honestly wouldn't blame anyone for not having the motivation to work for someone like that.

Yes, I get that professionalism and certain expectations to "get on with it" comes into it but if at the same time, you're not prepared to show respect to your employees, you have to accept that comes with consequences.

If there has been a breakdown in trust and the relationship between the players and the club management, Carter absolutely has to take responsibility for that.

To me it's significant that a lot of discussion on here is about our defence, which probably shows how woeful our attack is and that we're actually having to defend so much! Attack is the best form of defence they say - I wish I could see light at the end of the tunnel but without that onfield general, we all seem to realise we need, I can't see where improvement is coming from.,

omg we can’t make breaks, we can’t get field position and we can’t make ground

Reading the after match report from Chester, I agree it is the same old rubbish just another week just like it is the same coaching and just another week. He appears to think that the problem relates only to the games since the end of lockdown it doesn’t it relates to 5 wins out of 29 games. He is disillusioned at least he is getting paid to be so how does he think we feel having to be embarrassed at the end of each game.
To those that support his reign remember the club have worked hard to improve our image within the game which with every match this is being chipped away.

Just watching Wigan demolish Hull FC, having earlier watched the Warrington/Saints game - I know we all had aspirations at the start of this season but we're light years away from these teams. The speed they're playing at I can only dream of following Trinity!

I agree with all that but all of wigan saints wire and to an extent leeds and salford havent had to cope with the readjustments weve had due to covid injury etc and their 1 6 7 9 pretty much intact every game so that certainly helps them but without a regular spine it is difficult but ours are on a different level of skill and speed to them and we cannot match them we urgently need a playmaker of quality if we dont want to finish bottom either this year or next