I agree with most of your post, but I think you're being over-generous with that statement; the circumstances we now find ourselves in - rudderless, directionless and lacking creative spark - were NOT beyond the clubs control. Only the loss of Newton was beyond their control.

So the Tronc debacle was the clubs fault?

How could they envisage the Bronco’s would have room for him.

Regarding D.B, well, it’s been done to death, but, we as supporters can only go on what we hear from those ‘allegedly’ in the know.

All three have stitched the club up, not the other way round.

kear out

Not always down to Latu. Forwards need to be running onto the ball from deeper, not standing still almost in line with the play of the ball.

I guess we'll never know the full story about Tronc, but it strikes me as bizarre that we rolled over and released him from his contract so readily. Either we HAD to release him because we hadn't fulfilled his t&c's, or someone upstairs is very naive when it comes to contract negotiations. Surely we don't release a star signing simply because a big 'glamour' club announces that they 'have room for him?'

As for DB - I agree that the issue has been done to death, but that doesn't change the fact that it appears to have been a very poor bit of business that left us without our main playmaker and talisman; a bit of business that has never been properly explained, leaving a vacancy that hasn't been filled.

So, our three highest earning players have exited the club, to be replaced with a rag-tag collection of youngsters, has-beens and loaners whose combined wages are probably around half the combined wages of the players they're nominally replacing; as I've said before - good for the balance sheet, but really bad for the fans.

JK can only work with what he has! I don't think it would have helped matters that his main playmaker dropped out injured in the last 5 mins of the last training session before the game All set plays would have been organised through Jeffries. Davey I believe is still injured.

Only point I would make, is that JD is not a hooker/AHB........but who else do you put there if Sam is at 7 and Leo is knackered at half time?

Kear has done his best with a average set of players. In my opinion he has worked miracles. Hes made a few strange decisions but its hardly his fault newton took drugs, Ted got rid of our best player, Ted thought Millard would be a better option than Atkins and Tronc got homesick due to Ted putting him in a flat over looking potobello keys. Come on Kear is the best thing thats happened to us for years. With this new ground we shall be rejuvenated and Kear will still do a good job for us. Ludicrous people saying he should go!

Surely there is enough money in the pot to lure either Black (halifax) or Briggs (fev) to Trin. or im sure if you offered them a loan deal until the end of the season they both would jump at the chance to play SL?? Cos its srum half where the main problem is..

5 MORE YEARS , 5 MORE YEARS

Offering them a deal is fine....if the clubs would allow it, which in absence of a nice fee, I doubt they would.

Maybe offer young Wildie or a other prospect halve to them in exchange...

God no, Wildie is a very good prospect and I would be seething if we just let him go (Unless you mean for a loan spell for a bit, then it wouldnt be so bad!)

I did mean on loan mate...

No worries then!

Rather than start a new thread, we can just revive this one.

Once again appalling team selection - Morrison at half back -- What planet is Kear on?

Davey not introduced to the game for an hour!!

JD - past it and quite simply not good enough for centre at this level anymore.

Sliding defence -- doesnt exist.

At 16 - 0 down - Wigan get reduced to twelve men -- what do we do - continue with 5 drives and a kick.

JK has done a sterling job,but he is way past his sell by date.

Forget all the excuses,players leaving,crap finances,JK saved us,JK is the second coming of the Messiah ,theres no one else, blah,blah,blah.

Even with the limited resources at his disposal,it is not acceptable to turn in another performance like today.Couple that with a season of utterly confusing team selections and a game plan that seems to consist of five drives and a kick,tells me what i believed months ago - Time for JK to go.
His coaching methods are out of date and hes lsot the plot.
I dont particularly care who would replace him,surely they cant serve up any worse garbage than we are paying to watch.