As t duckfingers wrote , if you take a punt & sign loose canons like Brough , Newton & Tronc they are prone to backfire on you from time to time. But with the limited resources that seems to be available to JK he probably has no other choice than to try & unearth a gem in this way.
Unfortunately coaches feel that putting a young academy player straight in to first team games can be bad for their future with club, so try to bring them slowly in to the squad. But I believe that if they feel ready for first team rugby they should be allowed to have a go, because if not you will probably see a promising young player who as been nurtured through the Academy see a better offer with another club & be on his way before we have seen what he could like in a Wakefield shirt. I believe that this could be a better gamble than the big names of the chequered past.
Finally I think that there is no better coach who could do what JK is doing down at belle vue on the salary cap that he has to play with, however I do think that Paul Cooke is one gamble too many, maybe 2 seasons ago but not now.

dont think we need to say anymore

one man RL but the only thing that matters after 80 minutes is a win and 2 points

yep boredom in its finest

We all know that Kear can get a team up for one performance, he has done it successfully throughout his career. We need consistency 2 or 3 wins strung together and then theres a platform to build from. Not sure Kear is capable of that anymore.

I can live with safety first for the odd game (when it results in a win), but it is not the sort of Rugby that is going to win games against the better teams, and it is not the sort of Rugby that people will want to watch week in week out.

Well i will stick to my guns.

Kear to go.

survives again. entertainment at its best, excellent value for money. i couldnt be more pleased for such a wonderful man. finger tapping at its best. i love you john your my hero. i want to kiss your feet god weve won a game have we.

dont agree with that some have very short memories we won the last 5 league games last season then the first 3 this season I make that 8 on the spin
JK is the right man no doubt about it

Kear gets us up for Hull, Cas & Leeds, but a win next week may find the momentum type confidence Kear is struggling to build himself.

Kear out for me still as he performs better under pressure!!

Yeah, your right. Lets conveniently forget the last 4 months or so..... I think our problems run deeper than those that can be fixed up with one (admitadly good) win against a toothless looking Hull side.

Needs more than a couple of wins now and again to change my mind at the moment I am afraid. If we can find some consistency between now and the end of the season and make the 8 then maybe, but the jurries still out for me.

I think that applies to a lot of fans, even some rose tinted fans, while i'm happy with last night its not enough to redeem this seasons efforts overall i'm afraid.

I get the feeling that a play off place is paramount as it's seen as essential to the credibility of our franchise application.

I don't think anyone at the club or on the terraces beleives we're off to the grand final but we must be seen to be contributing to the competition and not be slipping backward. If we have to achieve that place by playing out the season in a boring fashion then thats what we'll have to do. I think we can win against Cas, Bradford and Salford in this way and that will be enough to get us 8th spot, anything beyond that is a bonus.

We then have a chance to rebuild again for next season and put the Brough, Newton, Tronc and all the other disruption and distracton behind us.

It's not just about John though, is it. We have had a turbulent season, but we can use that as an excuse until the cows come home, or we can just dust ourselves down and make a fist of what is left.

The players really stood up to be counted last night and, importantly, didn't panic at any stage - especially that period in the second half when they had a load of posession, but... we were never behind and we didn't have any dubious decisions go against us - those will be the real tests for the side, and we will have to wait for another day to see if we've learned from our experiences. We don't want the heads to drop and a possible 10 point margin run out to 30 points because we 'gave up'.

As for JK - anyone who saw his reaction to Millards try would know that he is still in this job 100%, and that stability is exactly what we need at the club right now.

that trb is a ludicrous statement 100 per cent my backside,he wanted to go, you know it i know it , everyone knows it. when it went pete tong he came back to good old trin. when he gets offered the cas job hel dump us youll see. god send is theyll be as crap as us . KEAR OUT. i stand by it.

but you have conveniently forget the last 3 seasons and the progress we have made before that our only target was to finish 2nd bottom
under JK we have challenged for the play offs made the play offs made a CC semi and the kids won a GF

for me JK is doing a fine job as for other departments within the club some are good some are a bloody shambles

Good for you!