Quote: *1865* "Right, let's get one thing straight, I'm not pro Radford or putting down what Powell has done at Cas. I'm making the point that whoever is in charge will need 5 years to change this club fully. We're not a 'half decent coach and 4 players away from top 4' we're miles off. It will take a full stripping down of the current playing squad and that will take 3 off seasons of heavy recruitment. Not one of our 17 on Saturday, except for Westerman would command a starting spot in any of the Leeds/Wigan/Saints/Wire teams and only Lineham of those that didn't start.
You're fooling yourselves if you think changing the coach every time we hit a rough patch during this process is a good thing. AP's chose his man to do this in my opinion. We change coach now or at the end of they year or even next year, we'll be in the same position 12-18 months later.
We have a great set of juniors coming through, something to build this club on, alongside the likes of Westy, Lineham, Shaul, Crooks, Bowden, Green & Hadley'"
You are very good poster, but I do believe that you are wrong on this one, history has shown that a change in coach and the signing of good players in key positions can make a huge differences, examples of Warrington, Huddersfield and Warrington have already been used.
Even Saints last season , brought in brown, make a few good signings and there has been significant improvement in their performances.
We are certainly in a better position that Cas, who look like at least finishing in the top 6, which is a massive improvement, as mentioned even last year when Powell took over with the same squad won the majority of his games.
5 years is far too long, a good coach who can bring in the right players and get the best out of the players we have could turn this club around in 18 months IMO.