Quote: The Avenger "Any coach worth his salt won’t want Applegarth as an assistant because he’s got a reputation for undermining those in front of him to advance himself.
Applegarth needs to go and go completely from the club, he’s moved on from being a Youth Coach and if he still has ambition to be a Head Coach he needs to drop into the Championship and build his experience.
It’s not hindsight from me to say it because I said even before he was given the job, he wasn’t ready, he was a ‘coach by numbers’ kind of Coach, he would make players play to a strict job description thus eliminating ingenuity & flair, his playing format would be get to a point (40s & 60s) and play wedge/double wedge as nausium & his man management wasn’t the best. I said there was a decent Coach in him and maybe one day he’d be SL level but he needed to gain far more experience and wasn’t yet ready.
I said all this the day Willie was sacked and MAs name was rumoured and I got roundly criticised by many on here saying they knew better, they didn’t!'"
You did say that. No one can argue that.
I have to say I wasn't that keen when he was first mentioned because of his lack of experience.
But the more I listen to him the more I think he is right for the role......however the attack is stunted and I'm not sure its the thing you say. Playing to a strict job description isn't a problem to me, providing you have the people to do it.
Dropping a high ball to the winger under no pressure is nothing to do with Mash. Every try bar maybe one against Leigh was down to an individual making a basic mistake.
Maybe you can blame the recruitment or the team selection but that's not a game strategy issue.