https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7VbK6N2Y_Q Don't watch a lot of NRL but Rapana looks a decent signing if he stays fit and plays as well at fullback as he does on the wing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7VbK6N2Y_Q Don't watch a lot of NRL but Rapana looks a decent signing if he stays fit and plays as well at fullback as he does on the wing.

More worrying than the result for me today was again how many passholders of 10plus even 20 years staying away. We always lose a few during summer holidays but some must have been on a round the world cruise they've been gone that long.

The worry is then income drops so the clubs decides to cut the budget...and we're in a spiral we can't get out of

Lots of regulars around me not there. I've sat in the same seats for more than 10 years and these people have been there longer than me

Even if our recruitment is done, if the ‘investment’ AP spoke about happens they really need to get it announced to kick a bit of life into the club and get some enthusiasm around the place before season ticket sales. I know so many die hards and ST holders not even bothering at the moment even though they’ve already paid.

For the love of Christmas
Grix has to go
The players must regard him as a muppet
They refuse to play for him
They turn up when they want and they’re really really not scared of him or that outcome of a Shoite performance

He has no gravitas or credibility

Anyone can see the players run themselves
They are their own bosses

Grix has to go at the end of the season
How can he coach alongside JC
The players just think “ oh yeah - you were that clown before JC”

Some of that play v Cas was akin to League 2
Utter garbage
Shoite on top of Shoite on top of more steaming shoite

Grix clearly has to go and I can’t hear an argument any other way

Not been impressed with him but in fairness what coaches have the players respected?

Gentle was forced out, Radford struggled until the leaders in the dressing room shut him out at Widnes and gave the squad a boot up the...after a golden spell we were back not being bothered at the end of seasons again a couple of years later.

The players performed for Last but that was a short spell in a bonkers season. They then didn't perform for Hodgson and Smith.

So yes Grix could be better but these problems are over a decade deep now.

Lasty is back, Lasty is back, hello, hello, Lasty is back!

I'd say it's a good move getting Last back, he's well respected as a coach and with the benefit of hindsight that mini run we had in 2020 was glory days compared to what has come since.

Also a sign we are spending more money on the backroom team.

why is he respected? Because he gets in early, puts the kettle on and stays to lock up? I've heard this lots of time sbut no one seems to know why he's respected. cas were a shiitshow under him and he was radford's sidekick during the steep decline

Well Shaun Wane rates and respects him enough to have him as his assistant, McNamara too

I know, but I'm asking what he brings to the table.

I respect a couple of guys who work for me because they're reliable and do as they're told but I wouldn't trust them to run things

People on here are hardly going to know that are they?

I don't think Last keeps getting jobs if he was a poor assistant coach.

Let's be honest, you would have found the negative no matter who will appointed, just like everything else the club does.

I only criticise poor appointments/decision. I didn't criticise us signing asiata or appointing catrwright as coach nor us bringing in an experienced physio. People only see what they want to see.

As for People on here are hardly going to know that are they? I fully agree. It's the same argument as when people criticise signings and are then challenged as to who they would have brought in instead.

My question about last was really asking if anyone had any insider knowledge given he was at the club for about 20 years before he left

Depends what influence he had as Radfords assistant as I can see Radford being it’s my way or no way…how much influence did Purtil have under Radders and he was highly respected.

Dunno but he doesn't seem to have had much positive effect under macnamara either. If he can't influence the coach he shouldn't be in the position anyway.

I just think it' a lazy, uninspiring appointment when we could have really gone out of our way to find someone who can make a difference. it's the same as signing briscoe, chamberlain, hardaker, cust, sezer and rapana. In isolation they're not bad signings it's just the more of that ilk you sign the further from where you could have been that you get.

Next season we're probably going to be playing a full back in the centre, a winger at full back and a half back at hooker. Why not just sign players to play in their natural position?