Quote: knockersbumpMKII "We don't need an uber coach, just ANY coach that has any fooking clue.'"
Just ANY coach is possibly why we're in this mess. If we're going to get rid it should be for an improvement, and quickly, otherwise we'll just be in further disarray scratting about without a coach with recruitment/retention decisions to be made by our chairman who seemingly still has no clue about rugby-related matters. Or we'll just stick the next assistant coach in line in charge.
Quote: knockersbumpMKII "And as for your last comment sorry but you're wrong.
The next two games ARE telling, it will say whether the coach and players have anything about them or are they already resigned to fighting for the middle 8s.
Another 2 poor defeats and not only are we well behind the 8 ball points wise but confidence will be shot to shat & likely we'll spiral out of control beyond any hope of salvaging the season. Sneak a win at Wigan and that changes the mindset hugely, gives the players/coach (AND fans) hope, instills 'some' confidence going into the Cats game which can be the difference between winning and losing. The next two games are as vital as any in the season if not more so given what has happened in the last two games IMO'"
I didn't say they won't be at all telling, I said they won't be as telling as the 2 games after. There's a difference. Our battle this year is clearly going to be near the bottom end of the table again, so will be defined by how we do against the others there. Losing to 2 of the likely top 4 will change little about that, even if we do put in spirited displays. We've seen before that we can respond to our regular poor performances with the odd one- to two-off games where we really fight for it against the top-end sides, we need to see if we can start asserting ourselves against those around us. Even if we were to get a shock win in one of the next 2, I still wouldn't be convinced we've turned it around until we start backing it up in the mid-table battles.