if you are going to seriously claim that Justin Poore is worse than Roberts, Lasalo, Morgan, McGuire and a few others then I prey for your poor, deluded soul :roll:
on last night's 'form' Poore should be starting with Allgood....yep - Mannah probably needs a wake up call and a few games on the bench. Poore at least ran the ball strongly
Kearney may have some good qualities as a coach, but it's becoming more and more obvious he's not the right coach for us at this particular time. It's a big leap going from assistant coach at a club that's been consistently winning all the time he was there, to becoming head coach of a team that's struggling and needs that to be turned around.
I think it's a load of crap. The only two senior players left are Burt and Hindy, really.
It's not that they are beyond criticism at all. Burt hasn't been playing well and Hindy is certainly not the player he was. But who exactly has been playing well?
maybe some of the team have to go. I read in a thread about Willie mason & how he has an attitude, gets some of the guys on side with him, undermines the coach & causes enough trouble the team can implode....do you think that could be happening here at the Eels? not taliking trouble-maker, bad role model stuff like Mason is said to be but the manipulation/mind game stuff because there's some other issue - like not wanting to be told what to do & how to play by a rookie coach? When its always been done different & the other (and perhaps easier) way is preferred?
I don't have the answer but something is deeply wrong imo with the players. Kearney is known to be a nice guy - should possibly play the 'bad cop' a bit more maybe, but surely that can't be the reason the team is not performing? The Melbourne boys had/have plenty of respect for him so if the Eels team haven't it can't be because he's too nice a guy ffs. How childish if it is. Do coaches have to be b******ds?
You want a coach who motivates & inspires - very hard to do if someone (or plural) pulls down what you are trying to build up all the time. It may be that kearneys niche is good cop to someones bad cop but ffs (again) I think some people might need to grow up, accept their lot & earn their pay. or alternatively (and the better choice) FO & let the guy get on with his job.
its weird though if there were some players being tapped on the shoulder to move on next year shouldnt they be busting their guts every week trying to attract some interest from other clubs?
Kearney may have some good qualities as a coach, but it's becoming more and more obvious he's not the right coach for us at this particular time.
SK needs to assert his authority for the good of the club and if it means dropping Hindy due to disent etc then so be it...I am still sticking with SK for now, i mean we have had 2 coaches who couldnt fix our problems.
Maybe it isnt the coach and it is some of the senior players..
Maybe some of these 'older' players are blowing up due to the crap that the younger guys are delivering and seemingly continue to be able to serve up and get chosen week in, week out.
How do you think Hindy would be feeling packing into a scrum next to Lasalo each week?
Hindmarsh has been a grumpy old merkin since 2007 when he used to whinge about Hayne, Inu and Mateo taking too many risks publicly after games. He created the divide.
Hindmarsh has been a grumpy old merkin since 2007 when he used to whinge about Hayne, Inu and Mateo taking too many risks publicly after games. He created the divide.