Quote: Beverley red "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.'"
You are correct in saying he is not directly responsible for the injuries but he was largely responsible for recruitment, he had the initial say and then it was up to the board to sanction those requests.
For example, Dane Tilse was a panic buy and is not good enough in most fans opinions, he should not have got a 2 year deal, we have also brought mostly unknown types of players, with potential I would agree, but we should have gone for one or two big impact players that would have made all the difference now and then bought one or two lesser established types, but with potential for the future.
Some People keep on saying that we will be a different team if and when Campo comes back, well yes we might be but only from an attacking perspective, lets not forget that last season even with campo in the side we were still pants in defence with one of the worst points against records in super league, up to now this side of our game has not changed and I honestly cannot see it changing any time soon.
You go on to say, you are prepared to wait another couple of seasons, by that I assume you mean retain Chester for another couple of seasons.
Well I'm afraid in that case you may have to do your waiting in the national league because at the moment I see no way we are going to make the necessary improvements to become a force or god forbid even stay in super league while employing the current coaching set up along with their questionable coaching methods and choice of players, with or without Campo and Lunt, assuming the former even gets back playing for any length of time.
With regards to Leeds been currently bottom, they may well be at the moment but I would bet my house that they will start to climb and then make inroads into the league table before we do.