Re: Chris Chester : Tue Sep 09, 2014 7:22 pm  

Robin1991 wrote:

He is the man for me,,needs to be given time,

Time we don't have.

Re: Chris Chester : Wed Sep 10, 2014 8:19 am  

hopefully Willie Pooching's signing will be a very big help for him.

Re: Chris Chester : Wed Sep 10, 2014 5:18 pm  

Can't help but get the impression this is a signing done on the cheap. We had a punt with Sandy on a number 2 making their first attempt at stepping up to the head coach role and that didn't pan out great, why go down the same route again? I feel like there were other options that could have been explored first, and Rovers have largely been dire since he was appointed anyway!

We need some massive post season signings this year, new halves, new hooker and then to replace the players who are going but which haven't been announced yet.

[Mild Rover]

Re: Chris Chester : Wed Sep 10, 2014 5:36 pm  

Captain Charisma wrote:

Can't help but get the impression this is a signing done on the cheap. We had a punt with Sandy on a number 2 making their first attempt at stepping up to the head coach role and that didn't pan out great, why go down the same route again? I feel like there were other options that could have been explored first, and Rovers have largely been dire since he was appointed anyway!

We need some massive post season signings this year, new halves, new hooker and then to replace the players who are going but which haven't been announced yet.

Genuine question - which options would you have explored first?

There weren't/aren't that many good ones that spring to my mind. Those with experience as a head coach and available mostly were available for pretty obvious reasons, IMO.

Agree wholeheartedly about the need to sort out our pivots.

Re: Chris Chester : Wed Sep 10, 2014 6:08 pm  

well my first thoughts personally would have been to look to someone with some head coach experience. Not necessarily him but someone like a Brian Noble perhaps