Quote: Doom&Gloom Merchant "I'm not sure many other coaches would be doing much better with the squad he currently has available.
Putting together a squad is not just his responsibility, but Peacock, Hudgell & Crossland's responsibility too. It's very harsh to only point blame at Chester for this.
There's likely to be a big proportion of your salary cap sat in the stands, including captain and playmaker, both hookers and kicker. Maybe there are some issues with the balance of the cap and how that's been apportioned to accommodate some high earners, but again, not Chester's fault.
That point versus Cas is a point more than most people would have predicted. 2 games is not enough time for any coach, let alone one who has so many injuries to contend with'"
Agree, not his fault that players are injured.
We are saying he needs to sign a big set of forwards? but most of the players we would want are already signed to other clubs, we can't sign players that don't actually exist. Maybe he is a little green as a coach but who else would we get? We have to be realistic Wigan/Leeds/Saints/Wire can probably sign better players for less than we could simply on their name, they also have long well established & funded youth set ups (something we appear to be trying to sort out with the city of Hull academy) I am quiet prepared to wait a couple of seasons as long as we make small improvements along the way. We have no right to be a big club we must earn it & then maintain it. & lets face it we are not bottom Leeds are.