Firstly, I am by no means being snide, why I see it fit to defend myself bemuses me.... Anyways, the media bashings was a collective statement, how about the below from the Saturday game with Widnes.

"It's not good enough," said a frustrated Gentle. "We need to make changes.

"I've got the same faces making the same mistakes over and over, so I can't stick with them any longer."

Hardly fills the players with confidence especially the ones that did make the mistakes to which Gentle refers too.

Exactly right.

That's not an example of a coach 'bashing' Seymour in the media. That's an example of a coach making a comment on his side's performance and saying what he's going to do about it.

Come off it, the coach is entitled to criticise the team. He hasn't mentioned any player by name, has he?

Lock the thread.

Well that was pretty unedifying.

Neither the time nor place really.