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Quote: fat faced fan "i totally agree. it smacks of naivety. yes we want stability, yes we want the same coach for three years, but only if he's performing. it’s also inconsisten with how we're operating elsewhere; look at the smith signing, he’s got nowhere else to go, we’ve given him a chance to show his worth, with minimal risk to us. why not the same for a head coach who probably wouldn't get a gig elsewhere?'"


You're obviously a big fan of JE and RA, also you also are being naive.
The fact is that our club survived by the skin of its teeth 12 months ago and achieved a SL licence by the skin of its teeth.
As fans, we love the club and would do anything to see it prosper.
However, as a future coach, the situation is that we are pretty much at the bottom of the pile and as such we would struggle to entice the very best players or coaches to our club.
No doubt, we ARE on the up and when there are more tangible signs of growth and stability, we will be in a better position to attract a different level of player.
We have a significantly stronger playing staff than last term and that is down to the hard work of Mr Glover plus, the 2 people that you seem to have a problem with.
Everybody would like us to have played 6 and won 6, but this was never going to happen.

If we had given RA a 12 month deal and then have a great season, do you think the only knock on his door would be from our guys offreing to extend his contract ?
Get real and SUPPORT the club.

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Quote: wrencat1873 "You're obviously a big fan of JE and RA, also you also are being naive.
The fact is that our club survived by the skin of its teeth 12 months ago and achieved a SL licence by the skin of its teeth.
As fans, we love the club and would do anything to see it prosper.
However, as a future coach, the situation is that we are pretty much at the bottom of the pile and as such we would struggle to entice the very best players or coaches to our club.
No doubt, we ARE on the up and when there are more tangible signs of growth and stability, we will be in a better position to attract a different level of player.
We have a significantly stronger playing staff than last term and that is down to the hard work of Mr Glover plus, the 2 people that you seem to have a problem with.
Everybody would like us to have played 6 and won 6, but this was never going to happen.

If we had given RA a 12 month deal and then have a great season, do you think the only knock on his door would be from our guys offreing to extend his contract ?
Get real and SUPPORT the club.'"


the fact that club survived in the top flight by the skin of its teeth is not lost on me. however i fail to see why that fact alone invalidates the points that i and other have put forward.

agar did nothing at hull to warrant a 3 year deal, a one year deal which could have been upgraded at any point should he be doing well is clearly more favourable than what we've done.

to suggest that i don't support the club shows the limit of your appetite for debate and discussion.

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Quote: fat faced fan "the fact that club survived in the top flight by the skin of its teeth is not lost on me. however i fail to see why that fact alone invalidates the points that i and other have put forward.

agar did nothing at hull to warrant a 3 year deal, a one year deal which could have been upgraded at any point should he be doing well is clearly more favourable than what we've done.

to suggest that i don't support the club shows the limit of your appetite for debate and discussion.'"


The inferrance that you dont support the club is purely because, after just 5 games, you are having a go at JE and RA and not supporting them.
A 1 year contract for any coach would not encourage them to come to any club, unless it was someone new to coaching, who was trying to prove themselves and although there may have been this type of candidate, I dont think RA falls into that group at all.
We need stability and some growth before we can recruit marquee players, so for this season we go with what we have and look to improve during each of the 3 seasons within the franchise period.
If the fans support the management, coaching staff and players they will perform better that if they are constantly getting grief form all quarters.

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Quote: wrencat1873 "The inferrance that you dont support the club is purely because, after just 5 games, you are having a go at JE and RA and not supporting them.
A 1 year contract for any coach would not encourage them to come to any club, unless it was someone new to coaching, who was trying to prove themselves and although there may have been this type of candidate, I dont think RA falls into that group at all.
We need stability and some growth before we can recruit marquee players, so for this season we go with what we have and look to improve during each of the 3 seasons within the franchise period.
If the fans support the management, coaching staff and players they will perform better that if they are constantly getting grief form all quarters.'"


i am not having a go at either james elston or richard agar. i am merely playing through a possible and not totally unrealistic scenario. much in the same way we do when we say, if warrington get a good lead in the first 50 minutes on sunday i see no way back for us.

richard agar was not exactly in demand, what do you suppose his other options were? humour me.

i don't think that either agar or elston are getting any grief of any size on here. i do think however that it will come pretty quickly for agar should results continue in the same manner as they are doing. the players seem well motivated and confident despite our run of losses, if we lose the next two or three games then i think morale will suffer in the squad and on the terraces too.

i too see some big improvements in the club, but to pretend that blind faith in the club and it's employees (of which elston and agar are two) is the way we're going to get the best for wakefield trinity would suggest you've forgotten how we got in this position in the first place.

like all trinity fans i want the best for the club, and for the supporters. at least we can agree on that?

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Quote: fat faced fan "i am not having a go at either james elston or richard agar. i am merely playing through a possible and not totally unrealistic scenario. much in the same way we do when we say, if warrington get a good lead in the first 50 minutes on sunday i see no way back for us.

richard agar was not exactly in demand, what do you suppose his other options were? humour me.

i don't think that either agar or elston are getting any grief of any size on here. i do think however that it will come pretty quickly for agar should results continue in the same manner as they are doing. the players seem well motivated and confident despite our run of losses, if we lose the next two or three games then i think morale will suffer in the squad and on the terraces too.

i too see some big improvements in the club, but to pretend that blind faith in the club and it's employees (of which elston and agar are two) is the way we're going to get the best for wakefield trinity would suggest you've forgotten how we got in this position in the first place.

like all trinity fans i want the best for the club, and for the supporters. at least we can agree on that?'"


Absolutely agree, together we ARE stronger icon_thumb.gif

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Quote: wrencat1873 "
A 1 year contract for any coach would not encourage them to come to any club, unless it was someone new to coaching, who was trying to prove themselves and although there may have been this type of candidate, I dont think RA falls into that group at all.
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My memory must not be what I thought because I seem to remember Pearson had already relieved Agar of his coaching duties at Hull and his career over there was hanging by a thread. I also remember every other SL club had got their man and the only SL coaching job open was at wakey. It was a buyers market and if Agar wanted another SL job he could have had the choice of us or the dole.

Lets face it he hardly had a good track record. A one year 'probationary' deal was the way to go.

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Quote: jack in the box "My memory must not be what I thought because I seem to remember Pearson had already relieved Agar of his coaching duties at Hull and his career over there was hanging by a thread. I also remember every other SL club had got their man and the only SL coaching job open was at wakey. It was a buyers market and if Agar wanted another SL job he could have had the choice of us or the dole.

Lets face it he hardly had a good track record. A one year 'probationary' deal was the way to go.'"


Obviously he is highly thought of by Messers Glover & Elston. Maybe you should ask them why, although I i've said, it certainly gives a level of stability to the club, which is better than chopping and changing.

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Quote: fat faced fan "richard agar was not exactly in demand, what do you suppose his other options were? humour me.'"


Well if all we're doing is exploring hypothetical situations, errrrr... he could have taken that director of rugby job that Adam Pearson allegedly didn't offer him when he told the world that Agar wouldn't be leaving Hull FC for Wakefield... he still had another year of his contract to run.

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Quote: wrencat1873 "Obviously he is highly thought of by Messers Glover & Elston. Maybe you should ask them why, although I i've said, it certainly gives a level of stability to the club, which is better than chopping and changing.'"



OK I see your point. Also like you I want the best for the club so lets hope that come the end of the season we don't have to chop and change to move forward.

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Quote: jack in the box "OK I see your point. Also like you I want the best for the club so lets hope that come the end of the season we don't have to chop and change to move forward.'"


Agreed icon_biggrin.gif

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I'm still not sure if i read the thread title correctly? James Elston is doing a fine job and as far as i can see has assembled a promising squad. There will be one or two who may not live upto some people's expectations but that's the same at any SL team.

I don't believe he wanted to be in charge for recruiting, but such was the position we were in (no head coach) he had no other choice especially considering Widnes had a blank canvas to work from and were competing for similar players.

The club as a whole is steadily improving in the majority of area's, there's still work to be done, but it's moving in the right direction. 2 or 3 results haven't gone our way and we've area's within our team which will need improvement, but guess what, that's professional sport!

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Quote: Towns88 "Hahaha why is that the main thing? Sums up some of your "fans" mentality if you genuinely believe having a better team then Cas is the "main thing" and even that is very subjective 6 weeks into the new season.'"


It was said tongue in cheek to provoke a reaction from one or two of you lot, seems like it worked hehe icon_twisted.gif

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Quote: wrencat1873 "Obviously he is highly thought of by Messers Glover & Elston. Maybe you should ask them why, although I i've said, it certainly gives a level of stability to the club, which is better than chopping and changing.'"



Its not obvious at all. JE signed RA and AG is relying on that. Andrew knows nothing about rugby league or RA coaching abilities.

Its Elstons call, along with most of the signings, If Agar fails he'll blame the fact he did not sign is own players.

3 years is just crazy and no other club would have offered Agar that, would they.

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If you look at the club now, a year on from club 1873 taking over. James Elston is doing a fantastic job! nearly 9,000 for a game against Huddersfield?? unheard of in living memory! eusa_clap.gif

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Quote: Trinity Till Death "I'm still not sure if i read the thread title correctly? James Elston is doing a fine job and as far as i can see has assembled a promising squad. There will be one or two who may not live upto some people's expectations but that's the same at any SL team.

I don't believe he wanted to be in charge for recruiting, but such was the position we were in (no head coach) he had no other choice especially considering Widnes had a blank canvas to work from and were competing for similar players.

The club as a whole is steadily improving in the majority of area's, there's still work to be done, but it's moving in the right direction. 2 or 3 results haven't gone our way and we've area's within our team which will need improvement, but guess what, that's professional sport!'"


Agree, the situation we found ourselves in going from not being in SL to getting the nod, was not the most ideal situation as far as planning and recruiting for this season but when all said and done we've ended up with a decent squad, albeit with one and two missing pieces and I personally feel very optimistic abut the future and direction the club is heading.

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