Recruitment and coaching are 2 different issues, and neither have been good enough IMO. I can accept that Gentle may not have got the players he has wanted, but that's probably the same for most coaches. But the issue for me is that we have not improved during his reign. His aim was to close the gap between our best and worse performances. That hasn't happened,

Exactly, I ended last season feeling optimistic, we had a wobble mid-season but recovered and hammered Hudds in the playoffs before putting up a good show at Wire, you felt that the building blocks for a good side were being laid.

fast forward a year and we've actually gone backwards, and the 'fill-in' players like Aspinwall & McGoldrick actually made a better team than the dross we've brought in this year.

There's a bullet with 'gentle' written on it in his pocket I bet, that's the plan

Dead man walking

He's had plenty of time to put in some basic structures and improve the basic skill set of the players and hasn't done it. How much time does he get?

6 losses from 13 at home isn't it?

It is. Won seven lost six, compared to W10 D2 L1 last season.

Very poor.

If we sack Gentle we can write off next season. We will be back where we were 2 years ago. It will be another season of transition. The new coach will say these are not his players and the players will need to learn new structures and systems.
Who would we replace Gentle with? I'll tell you now I would rather have Gentle than McNamara, Radford, Last, Long, Potter, Brian Smith, Cooke and pretty much anyone else mentioned on this board lately. If Daniel Anderson was ringing Adam Pearson about the job that would be another matter but he isn't and won't be available.

Couldn't agree more. Some "experts" actually want Radford as our head coach.

Radford is our coach. He was responsible for the defence which, up until the last 2 weeks, was one of the best in the comp.

We have massively underperformed in games against Widnes, Rovers (twice!), Salford, Wakefield and London. All below us.

THAT alone makes him culpable. and the fact he starts every sentence with, "Look..."

Ah I wondered how long it would take for people to start claiming any of the positive aspects are the responsibility of other people.

Nobody is claiming Gentle isn't responsible but anyone suggesting he gets replaced by Radford needs to give there head a bang.

How about a couple of yrs down the line or is Radford a complete no go due to the fact you dont like him.

I dont even know him so why would I not like him? If were going to get rid of Gentle he needs replacing by an experienced proven good quality coach which Radford currently isn't.

Lets say Radford is in charge of our defence & we let him take over, who is going to improve our attack? We'll still only be a good defensive side.

Slagged him off enough when he was a player....thats why i said a couple of yrs down the line.