When he comes out and says that this performance has been coming, he may as well as said, I knew this was was going to happen but couldn't prevent it. A litmus test of the boards ambition. Bulls win tonight and we are probably in a scrap for 6th. A slow and steady decline over the last two months, punctuated by one good half against Swinton and a sending off against Barrow which covered up that game. The fact is that he has been unable to adapt since Keyes went down which I think speaks to his abilities as a coach. They settled for a non- descript assistant coach. He persists with Wood no matter what. You can comfortably push woody to 6. What was the point in Pickersgill? Throw in the debacle of Maher, King, Doro (clearly not at the club anymore), Maizen clearly going too. Tangata, Moore, Larroyer all should have been moved on at the backend of last year. The 1895 cup is just a ruse. Go look at the IMG criteria and you can see the literal the 0.1 you get for winning it.
I think fans can appreciate that other teams do get better, and some teams decline over time but the decay in the team is so evident and that the team is reliant on Keyes. Grix openly said this in his interview. He hasn't been able to get Jouffret or Wood to adapt their game. Controversial but maybe should have kept Aston over Jouffret. He's a flair, confidence player and I think he has been found wanting this last two months also.
Statistics: Posted by SingaporeFax — Mon Jul 10, 2023 2:32 am
