next 5 games : Fri Feb 27, 2015 10:57 pm  

If we don't win at least 3 out of 5 then Anderson should go, however we really should be winning 4 out of 5. That's Widnes, cas, wakey, Wire, Salford.

What do others think?

Re: next 5 games : Fri Feb 27, 2015 11:08 pm  

i don't think anderson should go at all, why should he? the 2 defeats we had at Wigan and Leeds were mainly down to individual errors, how can the coach be blamed for that?

yes i know, ultimately a coaches job is based on results but to sack the coach ( a coach who has taken us to first and third) because of individual mistakes on the field is ridiculous.

but we should be winning at least 2 out of the next 3 or we are struggling to make the top 4 realistically.

Re: next 5 games : Sat Feb 28, 2015 7:13 am  

In my opinion it's performances and tactics that will make me decide if the coach isn't good enough...upto now I don't think he's done a lot wrong but the players have let him down. The hull game was awful but the last 2, away at 2 of the top clubs have seen us almost win both...yes I know some fans expect us to win every game but in each game we have got better, obviously pre season didn't help but we're starting to find our feet now.
As Meast said its individual errors that's costing us, once we get that win we will gain confidence.
if by the halfway point were still struggling then maybe I might start questioning why the coach can't get the players playing but right now he's fine and the players need to step up !.

Re: next 5 games : Sat Feb 28, 2015 11:46 am  

We should be coming away with at least 8 points from the next 5 games and it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if we win all 5. If we were to continue this blip then I'd hope the club back Anderson as he's done remarkable in his time at the club and every team has a blip at some point, unlucky for us ours is at the start of the season but we're lucky in the fact that we have lots of games left to turn this around. I'm expecting a top 4 finish come the end of the season.

Re: next 5 games : Sat Feb 28, 2015 12:55 pm  

i expected at least 1 win from the first block of 3 games so to get none was disaster.

4 wins from next 5 needed now if we are serious about a top 4 finish.

disagree about it being about performances, all about the win for me and thats what anderson will be judged on.

imagine if we lose to widnes at home next, pressure is on!

Re: next 5 games : Sat Feb 28, 2015 1:15 pm  

Brearley- I get the feeling you are not a glass half full kind of guy....

Re: next 5 games : Sat Feb 28, 2015 1:18 pm  

I think you can stretch that to the next 6 games, and if we really are serious about a top four finish I would expect us to win 5 of the 6, but all the team's we face are very capable of beating us so selections and performances have to step up a notch. As for Anderson this is now his team and he has to get the best out of them. I have reservations about him at the moment but hope to be proved wrong.Too many players seem to be "undroppable" and allowed to get by on average at best performances, and the use of interchanges is often baffling. We seem to be on the whole a 5 drives and kick team hoping for a mistake, but we seem more dangerous and exciting when we move the ball. To be honest I'm more concerned we make the 8 at the moment which could be a problem if we don't start picking points up quickly.

Re: next 5 games : Sat Feb 28, 2015 4:21 pm  

We are on the way to hitting some good form! We was unfortunate to come up short against what the stats showed are the team in the best form. Ref calls (luck), players messing around (disapline) are way cost us.
Of the next 5 games I would be ok with three wins. Four wins happy and five exctatic. Widnes, wakey, Salford with all respect are teams that we can beat if we play like we did against leeds minus the start. Cas looked rather good vs saints and orobably should have got more out of the game. And wire well...yeah one of the physical teams we don't seem to deal with.
To be honest the season for me will see us finish out of the four probably with hull FC and Catalans fighting to get in. And when we are broken up to the 8's I can see us struggling facing leeds wigan wide Saints ect week in week out. But this is a learning experience in the big games when the results have mattered we have struggled to match intensity in my opinion this will only get better by being in these games, as we get closer to the final four places bringing cemented in every point will matter.

Re: next 5 games : Sun Mar 01, 2015 1:53 pm  

There's no such thing as an easy game anymore. I don't understand when we become a team that should be winning certain games.
If our players think this then we will lose more than we'll win.

Next 5 games and beyond are winnable, the more we win the easier the next one will be due to confidence.
The hardest test will be our next game.

Paul Anderson's job is safe. A few wins and a few more losses won't change this so early on in the season.
Stability is needed with this new structure.

Re: next 5 games : Sun Mar 01, 2015 8:53 pm  

I'll disagree with a lot of you on this. He doesn't seem to have a plan b.

Yes we are only 3 games in but add the last 2 of last season and we have lost 4 on the bounce.

Teams have sussed us out, and we have no other ideas.

If we were to lose our first 6 games I'd say he has to go. I wouldn't complain if he went now to be honest.

He has done a good job but I feel he has taken us as far as he can with the capabilities he possesses.

I would like to see Purtill given a shot.