How the hell do you know, you were not even there, did you just decide to accept Giant Daz match report. Funny how Kear gets no credit for having the right tactics on that day but gets bagged when he doesn't. You really have not got a clue.

I have given up with this one Vasty. He's bizarre and its like trying to educate pork.
Do yourself a favour and ignore the 'moron'

All very fair points - and all taken with a huge amount of gratitude to John.

But.... The problem, if that's what it is, is, IMO, that John is perfect at taking a rag-tag bunch, banding them together and getting them up for a fight. As I say, if he just landed today I would imagine us having a huge lift and winning 3 or 4 more games this season against much tougher opposition. However, on the skills side of things, I feel that we have failed to adapt; failed to move forward and failed to keep up with what the game has now become. Add these to the fact that, on occasion (and far too regularly for me), we do seem to have the strangest selections of players - to the point that it does appear as if someone is just making a point in doing it!

Can I just say that in all this, there has to be reasoning behind the choice of the successor. We have for too long seen the assistant step up at Wakefield becuase they were the easy choice. I don't want easy, I want quality - and none of the names you have mentioned would tick that box as head coach - unless we are in the Championship! I would however suggest that a JD or Morro would make a superb assistant at our club, just as Willie is doing at Wire right now.

IMO it's time to move forward in a new direction. It's time to concentrate on bringing our own produce through to the first team. It's time to stop this relentless effort to sign old men when we can't keep hold of the young ones. It's time to change the left/right basis of our attack. It's time to move away from the reliance on the scoot and the drive. It's time to see set plays, dummy runners and play from deep, and it's time to free the players such that they are not worried that trying to off-load and failing will result in a spell in the reserves - rather that adventourous play should be rewarded, encouraged and nurtured in order that we can be entertained and, that we can begin to play the kind of RL that ALL the other clubs in SL appear capable of playing and that, IMO, we CAN - if given the chance!

Amen to that!

please dont panic, the torture is nearly over.

Why are you going to stop posting?

Ouch!

as somebody who thinks that kear is the best we’ve had in a generation, i would have to concede that i can understand why you would hold this particular view. i’m sure it’s not the case, but we have a young side, and it’s understandable that they react poorly and get overrun when things don’t go to plan.

the challenge is what to do about it, and i think that our options are limited.

Agreed - until July 26th, they're almost non-existent.

No just a sad pretender, mr benson maybe but not rhubadub.