Does Brad Arthur deserve the hype?

[hindmarshisgod]

We are the most poorly coached side. No idea in attack. Pathetic in defence. What the f**k is this myth of a coach teaching them.

Wooden spoon guaranteed

 

[Eelementary]

Arthur moved heaven and hell to get us Watmough, and he signed him for three centuries...

That speaks volumes imo.

 

[Eelementary]

You know what, though? We've been going around in circles for years, debating whether the coach can coach but the players suck, or whether the coach has nfi, or both - and nothing ever really changes.

 

[yy_cheng]

It now seems JT was the better bet. BA should've been hired as the recruitment manager

 

[hineyrulz]

We are the most poorly coached side. No idea in attack. Pathetic in defence. What the f**k is this myth of a coach teaching them.

Wooden spoon guaranteed

Poorly coached maybe, but poorly lead around the park by our big money 7??? Definitely.

 

[Bazal]

Jesus Christ....JT has twice the side Arthur has, with three of the most promising young spine players in the game, and he still had to resort to whinging about the draw to explain why his side were struggling....clearly we made the wrong choice. FMD

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

It now seems JT was the better bet. BA should've been hired as the recruitment manager

I think his recruitment has been pretty ordinary. I think he might be best suited to assistant coach. Tough but a heart of gold.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Jesus Christ....JT has twice the side Arthur has, with three of the most promising young spine players in the game, and he still had to resort to whinging about the draw to explain why his side were struggling....clearly we made the wrong choice. FMD

The whinging about the draw was a mistake, but twice the side? Really? And those three spine players would have to be the most inexperienced combo in the NRL.

 

[Bazal]

Right now, I'd say it's not far off being twice as good. At full fitness it's closer, but the Tiges are ahead based on halves alone. Inexperienced they may be, but they are excellent players and playing well. Tedesco, Simona give them pace in the backline that we simply don't have.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Arthur's has had one season to recruit and retain players. That's not long enough to judge a coach.

 

[Eelementary]

In the games we have won (and against the Dogs, where we competed), I think he showed us he knows what he's doing.

But poor discipline, poor handling and predictable attack (offloads excluded) are a bit concernIng.

But like you said, Pou - it's early days yet, and realistically, we're not far from the 8 points-wise.

I begrudgingly choose to try to remain positive.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Right now, I'd say it's not far off being twice as good. At full fitness it's closer, but the Tiges are ahead based on halves alone. Inexperienced they may be, but they are excellent players and playing well. Tedesco, Simona give them pace in the backline that we simply don't have.

Yeah but we've got our own positives. Radrada is pretty good, for instance. Hoppa's a SoO player. Mannah, too. And Watmough. Juniour Paulo is a beast. Ma'u is a bloody champion. Edwards a real find. Pauli has a lot of potential. Peats was brilliant last year and should be back to his best soon.

A couple of different results and I think we might be looking at both squads' talent in a different light.

 

[Casper The Ghost]

Arthur's has had one season to recruit and retain players. That's not long enough to judge a coach.

Poor Daniel Anderson.......

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Poor Daniel Anderson.......

Anderson? Anderson? Hmmm.....oh, I think I remember him. Did we play in a Grand Final under him or something? Can't be right - surely we'd have signed him up for longer if that was the case.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Poorly coached maybe, but poorly lead around the park by our big money 7??? Definitely.

I agree with the 2nd bit. We don't have a better option, but the 'rocks or diamonds' stuff (and the non tackle on Leilua last week) does make it hard.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Well he has done what the majority wanted him to do over the last couple of weeks:

- move Hoppa to centre
- move Robinson to fullback
- put a bigger forward on our bench in place of Issac

 

[Noise]

Well he has done what the majority wanted him to do over the last couple of weeks:

- move Hoppa to centre
- move Robinson to fullback
- put a bigger forward on our bench in place of Issac

The final step is to remove the crab

 

[Joshuatheeel]

The final step is to remove the crab

I reckon he is going ok, made 131 metres last night. Happy to have him on bench at moment but not with Issac.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Poor Daniel Anderson.......

He had nearly a decade of rugby league behind him on which to be judged.

 

[Avenger]

One thing is for sure if we jag the spoon and our stupid board sack Arthur the return of Ando drums will beat louder.