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Post by mrg on Sept 28, 2021 16:06:57 GMT
Chris Chester appointed as Leigh head of rugby and kitman or something. Was probably never in the running at Salford TBF.
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Post by Carnster on Sept 28, 2021 16:28:15 GMT
Chris Chester appointed as Leigh head of rugby and kitman or something. Was probably never in the running at Salford TBF.  |
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Post by bonitared on Sept 28, 2021 16:54:05 GMT
I suspect Chester is a far better coach than recent results indicate,he’d simply run out of road at Wakefield BUT I wouldn’t wanted him at Salford
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Post by kreuzbergred on Sept 28, 2021 19:38:03 GMT
According to the Statement Derek The Decks Beaumont 🥒 He announced at a Public forum Meeting that he was going to appoint a NRL Coach, However they couldn't get a release from his Contract . John Cartwright probably remembered what Leigh was like. Chris Chester: Leigh Centurions appoint former Wakefield boss as head of rugby - www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/58727139 |
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Post by reddevil89 on Sept 28, 2021 20:00:39 GMT
Think we need some news on our new coach, then they have got ample time to get planning for our team and coaches they want to bring in aswell as a new physio
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Post by JJR on Sept 29, 2021 12:57:15 GMT
Think we need some news on our new coach, then they have got ample time to get planning for our team and coaches they want to bring in aswell as a new physio I think the Club wants Rowley but does Rowley want the Club? Paul Rowley to me is a winner, is very capable, straight talking, very open and honest but probably doesn’t need the job. In my view (possibly controversial) the Club appears to be in continual survival mode and possibly lacks ambition; does it have an ambitious plan for going forward or is it just survival planning ? The Club/ Board can’t raise the funds needed, we’ve lost the jewel in the crown, the AJ, each year we continually lose our best players and there doesn’t seem any succession planning. Do we have any long term strategy? A mistake was made with RM, and probably we all saw it after a month or so with a different team out each week and no apparent plan for playing the game. We ended the season with a reserve pack and now have about 5 wingers and few really experienced forwards for next season. I’d love PR to coach the team next season but can the Club provide him or any other ambitious driven coach with what he needs or are we just in survival mode for years to come? And we’ll end up with a survival coach. |
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Post by Carnster on Sept 29, 2021 13:53:41 GMT
Without any real long term money behind us we'll always be in survival mode. Being ambitious also means you have to have the finances and means to realise it. Until that happens, or if it ever happens, the club is probably doing its best to keep the ship afloat. Sometimes, you just need to get lucky like we did with Watson. He was a survival coach that managed to break the mold. What we need is something similar to happen again. Look what HKR have done with Smith. Exactly the right type of coach for them to take that next step. We need to be doing something very similar for next season and it's going to be a big ask for whoever gets the job.
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Post by JJR on Sept 29, 2021 14:19:19 GMT
Isn’t it the job of the Board to secure the finances to operate the Club?
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Post by giasf on Sept 29, 2021 14:25:13 GMT
Think we need some news on our new coach, then they have got ample time to get planning for our team and coaches they want to bring in aswell as a new physio I think the Club wants Rowley but does Rowley want the Club? Paul Rowley to me is a winner, is very capable, straight talking, very open and honest but probably doesn’t need the job. In my view (possibly controversial) the Club appears to be in continual survival mode and possibly lacks ambition; does it have an ambitious plan for going forward or is it just survival planning ? The Club/ Board can’t raise the funds needed, we’ve lost the jewel in the crown, the AJ, each year we continually lose our best players and there doesn’t seem any succession planning. Do we have any long term strategy? A mistake was made with RM, and probably we all saw it after a month or so with a different team out each week and no apparent plan for playing the game. We ended the season with a reserve pack and now have about 5 wingers and few really experienced forwards for next season. I’d love PR to coach the team next season but can the Club provide him or any other ambitious driven coach with what he needs or are we just in survival mode for years to come? And we’ll end up with a survival coach. We are in survival mode but our resources dictate that that is how it must be. I would say that retaining Super League status and being sustainable is actually an ambitious plan for a club in our situation. I don't see our peers in Super League (Wakefield and Leigh) offering anything as optimistic as that. There is a clear plan and desire for the club to start to produce its own playing resources which I think is also ambitious given where we stand currently. I don't doubt that we are not the most exciting prospect as a Super League club for a prospective coach, but lets not undersell the fact that there are only 12 of these roles available and for many of the candidates that we would be looking at, in reality there's probably only half a dozen. |
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Post by JJR on Sept 29, 2021 15:00:59 GMT
So our long term ambition is to survive.?
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Post by hillbillyred on Sept 29, 2021 15:04:01 GMT
Until we know what restructure will be made to Super League, yes, that needs to be our focus.
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Post by JJR on Sept 29, 2021 15:10:27 GMT
And after the restructure?
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Post by bonitared on Sept 29, 2021 16:15:05 GMT
Isn’t it the job of the Board to secure the finances to operate the Club? JJR we normally agree but not on this one. Excluding money trees,the job of the board is to use their best endeavours to secure the finances. As Superleague/Elstone discovered,if the money ain’t there,it ain’t there. We've punched well above our weight for some time now, refer Widnes,Oldham,Swinton, and done well to sit there with the big boys,to have a voice. We are where we are mainly due to John Wilkinson and ,yes,Marwan Koukash. Without donors and increased funds,every season is a challenge and long may we continue in Superleague |
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Post by JJR on Sept 29, 2021 16:47:15 GMT
Yes understand BR, but the best endeavours haven’t worked which possibly begs questions
My concern is of course; lost a top coach, lose our best players each year, moving from a premier ground, picked the wrong coach, 2nd from bottom. We seem to be heading in the wrong direction and quickly with lots of wingers and few experienced forwards.
Just wondering where we’re going and of course, asking the question.
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Post by Carnster on Sept 29, 2021 16:53:10 GMT
So our long term ambition is to survive.? No. Our immediate future? Yes. As has been said by others, if the money isn't rolling in, the best the club can do is try to increase it where they can. The bit they can control is the spending on the players and staff, outside of that it is much harder to generate income. In essence, if they do the first bit smartly it will hopefully make the second bit easier. A gross over-simplification but you get the idea. Survival next season is crucial, so yes our focus should solely be on that, because without survival during the restructure we wont have a future to apply any grandiose financial plans... |
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