Quote Albion="Albion"I thought I'd try and give some balanced opinion on what was happening today, being a neutral and all - I can understand how you are reacting.
I dread to think what JK's training methods are, it seemed to me like you had no structure in attack or defence. Some have pointed to your defence being the problem, but your attack was a just as bad.
You had five consecutive sets on our line, yet you didn't even threaten scoring once. There was a lack of movement, hardly any dummy runners and it resorted in you either trying to barge over the line or utilise the kick which was poorly executed.
To me you seem like you have the potential to be a decent passing side and you have a decent front row, but I think JK's gameplan is non -existant. No impact off the bench and there was a player who I had not heard of before who looked completely unfit.
IMO you need a new coach to bring new ideas in and try and give the club a different atmosphere and shake it up a little.'"
Quote Albion="TRB"Great summary - amazing how some can see it in one game!
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Funny but I remember Kear coming in and sorting that all out after Smith and we were all mighty impressed by Kears training methods and organisation - you and me included included.
So are we suggesting he's forgotten how to do all that and somehow in 5 years he's deteriorated that much, come on. He may be using boring negative tactics but even they should work far better than they are doing if the players had that nouse to carry them out. Lets be right here, he's giving them the easiest possible game plan and they can't even manage that, yet folk are seriously suggesting a new Coach will give them a new exciting brand of Rugby. We may not like kicking early, I don't but It's Tommy Lee who's kicking it badly, with over a 100 SL games under his belt Kear should be able to trust him.
It may be time for Kear to move on, but IMO we are kidding ourselves if we think another Coach will get any better from this lot apart from maybe a spurt of extra effort at the start. The truth is most of them are simply nowhere near good enough for SL, that's why we have them. They have played way beyond themselves for most of the season but now it's over.
Murphy, George, Amor, Johnson and perhaps Marriano may one day be SL players but that's it. Our halfbacks are nowhere near, Wildie and Hyde are nothing like, I have trouble working out what Lee is whilst Davey the only one with a Rugby brain is so small it's scary.
Two years ago we were watching players like Brough and Drew and perhaps they flattered Kears coaching, but in fairness these players do the opposite. I saw very little yesterday that had anything to do with Coaching and everything to do with players who couldn't do the basics required of them in SL. They have done their best but most are years off being Saints standard if obviously at all.
I'm a realist, I accept it's easier to sack a Coach than players. Personally I don't blame either especially though they play their part. I look at a owner who was given a lifeline at the start of the season with a team that over performed and then utterly failed to invest and push on. He didn't take the risks required and did it on the cheap in true Trinity style. He didn't tie up his Coach, his players but above all he added no quality to a team that anyone could see would run out of fuel very quickly if not improved. I'm sick of hearing that his hands are tied until franchise, b*llocks they are - he didn't need to break the bank to add a hooker and a S/H, especially if they had had the bottle to send Hickey packing.
I'll put it simply, we were never serious about SL on the field this season and it shows. If it was a calculated gamble it's failed as we are losing all the support and goodwill brought to the club since 2004. We are right back to the days of 2001 and for that the old and new regimes are to blame IMO not JK or his players.
So basically I don't think it's a great summary because it's over simplistic and misses far to mush of the "grey area" stuff which is not the posters fault - but a lot of us on here know it's far more complex.
