All teams suffer injuries so it's not an excuse for prolonged poor performances.

My measure of a coach is whether you regularly see the level of performance you would expect from the players at his disposal. If the answer is yes then he's a good coach. If it is no then he's a poor one. All of this rubbish about coaches don't miss tackles, coaches don't drop balls etc. is a red herring. Coaches prepare players during the week. If they're well prepared the level of error will be low and vice versa

Our problem is depth of quality in the squad, our first choice 17 fully fit will match most teams out of the top 4, but you cannot take Larroyer, Poore, Cox, Gleeson, Lovegrove, Cockayne etc out of the equation and expect the same level if the players you are covering with are not of a similar quality.

Whilst I agree, still getting hammered at home against a team with plenty of injuries isn't good enough surely.

Keating isn't that big an issue, replacing Dobson was near impossible and to find a good half is near impossible (See Hull for the last 8 years)

The question should be, has Sandercock improved you and is he the man to take you forward, I don't think he is, but obviously with you being rivals for the 8, I want him to stay.

Keating is an issue because he offers nothing at all in attack. He doesnt take it to the line, he doesnt put people through gaps. His running game can be decent but we have seen far too little of it. And his kicking game isnt good enough to justify the aforementioned deficiencies.

As for Sandercock I thought his time was up a while ago but hes still clinging on. We havent moved forward and I dont think he is capable of doing so. People say he's good with the young players and developing them which is fair enough but the priority is the first team. And if CS left it doesnt mean that someone else cant continue the good work with the young players.

I would get rid, and give Chester until the end of the season to get an idea on his abilities and whether he should be considered the permanent replacement. In the meantime start the hunt for a coach for 2015 both over here and in Oz. We might miss out on the playoffs but to be honest it saves getting hammered in the first round anyway because the max we will achieve is 8th.

I'd give an opportunity to Matty Beharrell.

Had an excellent game for Gateshead last week. Then again so did Jamie Rooney, partnering him in the halves. And Louis Sheriff was probably the best player on the pitch.
Big step up from KPC1.

Keating is a hooker

Just not a particularly good one

he has played in a grand final though and as were told the nrl is a million miles ahead of super league

With respect to the lad and I know we got hammered but he was a kid amongst men when we played Wigan last year. Not the answer Im afraid.

I dont think throwing him into a team thats low on confidence and not playing well is a good idea. I havent seen enough of him to judge, but hes been here for a long time now and not broken through and purely based on that it makes me doubt if he will make it to be honest

With all due respect to the lad, he looks to be far from ready for SL to me.