Petersen is a very good player that has suffered with quite a serious injury- i reckon he will show his class over the remaining games.
If John Kear spoke with an ozzie accent he would have still bean in Cod Country - you lot would have been hailing him as the best thing since fish fingers and your club would be a real force. I thank god he was born in Yorkshire!

Let's be clear about this - Kear went due to a combination of pi$$-poor results, odd selections, and seemingly losing the dressing room. His place of birth had zero impact on the matter - as you may have noticed, the numpty currently impersonating an SL coach at our club hails from nearby.

And don't try and paint too rosy a picture for us. I've been reading the Wakey board an I've seen the complaints about many of the same issues that dogged his tenure with us.

Kear is a decent coach who occasionally pulls a master stroke out of the hat but rather more regularly suffers from brain farts. He'll do a decent job for you but if you really want to challenge you'll need better IMO.

I may get shot down for this but Ian Millward? He knows what he's doing in terms of tactics etc. and helped make the Saints side the force it is today. He also isnt afraid to speak out and make his opinions known.

Agar lacks anything needed to make him a good coach, its almost as if his excuses for our losses are already written before the game. As a fan ive written off this season completely - next season if Agar is still at the helm, we will once again see no improvement.
Testiment to Agars lack of coaching ability is Shaun Berrigan, probaly one of the top hookers in the world when he came over here...he now seems to have had every bit of talent sucked out of him.

What has Tony Rea done?

a genuine question as all i really know about him is that he was a half-decent player.

I agree that Agar must go but I think the players get away with it to lightly .
There the ones who are cheating us fans , Once agar goes you will probably see an increase in effort . It happened with kear and sharp . W e need to get rid as many as we can and change the culture of the club.I wouldnt imagine fitz , longy or crocker if he was here would stand for that type of performance .

You've hit the nail on the head about kear. In a one off, backs to the wall situation he's great. He's a fantastic motivator of the underdog but he's proven in his stints as head coach of 4 sides that he can't get them to perform at a consistently high level every week during the season

I would hope that a new, top class coaching appointment would be looking to manage the poor performing players out of the club over the next couple of seasons and replace them with genuine quality.

It won't be possible to change the whole balance of the squad overnight but there are at least 8 front line players who should not be offered new contracts for 2010 or 2011 (whenever their current deals expire) in my opinion.

The whole culture of the club needs to be addressed and a winning mentality introduced. This may take a season or two to achieve given our current position but the sooner the club act the sooner we'll get there.

tbh i think most people would have him on the back of what he did on boots 'n' all, his tactical skills and knowledge of the game was unbelievable

dont go on that even cullen say some half decent points on boots n all

Does anyone think he will actually be given the boot? As much as i want Agar to go, I doubt the Board will sack him