Quote: Mr. Zucchini Head "I do have sympathy for him, and I certainly don't put much blame on him. I appreciate a lot of it has been out of his control. But leaders don't look for excuses and lament their luck like that. Had Gareth Ellis been given the interim job, could you see him giving an interview like that?'"
I see what you are saying about being defeatist but would the end result really be any different?
Do you honestly think that if we appointed Ellis for Saturday and he gave a real inspirational speech in the press conference that the end result would still be anything other the absolute hammering it’s going to be? The players just aren’t capable.
To be fair to Grix he did try and challenge the players and gave it the big un in the press conference before magic about do or die and all that (wrong move in my opinion with these players) and they still stunk the place out. FWIW I don’t think the players aren’t trying either or have given up, the only 17 we can ever field just seriously lacks organisers, experience and quality.