Brian McDermott - Time to step down! : Mon Sep 22, 2014 7:30 pm  

Having seen the interviews BMC has given and the lack of effort over the last 2 months from the team, except the Cup final. Is it now time for a change in leader and also move on some to the Key players.

Bailey, JJB, Danny McGuire, Kirk all given great service, but our squad is getting too old.
Pie Eaters and St Helens manage to find a young strong pack, we need to do the same.
6th Place is also our worst finish since 1996. Its not acceptable !

Re: Brian McDermott - Time to step down! : Mon Sep 22, 2014 7:50 pm  

Where on earth are we going to find a young strong pack from in the near future.I'll be shot down for this but other posters seem to think the youngsters we have got need more time.Yet other rivals seem to have no problem strengthening their packs.Our better forwards this season have been Ablett,Peacock , Kyle, Brett,and JJB (albiet injury ravaged).The rest cannot bust their way out of a paper bag.Singo just seems to cough up ball on any kind of contact.

Re: Brian McDermott - Time to step down! : Mon Sep 22, 2014 7:58 pm  

Singleton will be a quality player IMO, still only 21, hopefully baldwinson will get some game time next season. Cuthbertson is very good signing.

I'll be very surprised if we don't see some player movement before the start of next season

Re: Brian McDermott - Time to step down! : Mon Sep 22, 2014 8:02 pm  

Walter white wrote:

Singleton will be a quality player IMO, still only 21, hopefully baldwinson will get some game time next season. Cuthbertson is very good signing.

I'll be very surprised if we don't see some player movement before the start of next season

Hope I am proved wrong on Singleton,Walter.

Re: Brian McDermott - Time to step down! : Mon Sep 22, 2014 9:19 pm  

Something needs to be done, there needs to be an inquest into the second half of the season, with crisis meetings and soul searching.

Relegation form second half of the season, the wins that have occured generally have been narrow.

We ignore it at our peril. Inaction is decisive.

Re: Brian McDermott - Time to step down! : Mon Sep 22, 2014 9:36 pm  

People seem to lay the squad at mcdermotts door. Its always been hetherington who controls the squad. Mcdermott just mis-manages it

Re: Brian McDermott - Time to step down! : Mon Sep 22, 2014 9:40 pm  

FlexWheeler wrote:

Something needs to be done, there needs to be an inquest into the second half of the season, with crisis meetings and soul searching.

Relegation form second half of the season, the wins that have occured generally have been narrow.

We ignore it at our peril. Inaction is decisive.

Or is it,mm.. I'm not too sure or am I?
I am sure though there will be a seasons review by GH.Just hope that there is some positive conclusions and action plans drawn up.

Re: Brian McDermott - Time to step down! : Mon Sep 22, 2014 9:55 pm  

come on guys, we all know that come December (with no new signings added) GH will be coming out in the YEP saying how much a difference Cuthbertson will make and how our younger fringe players have gained more valuable experience this season and he'll finish the article by proclaiming the 2015 squad to be the best assembled...ever

Re: Brian McDermott - Time to step down! : Mon Sep 22, 2014 9:58 pm  

The Eagle wrote:

People seem to lay the squad at mcdermotts door. Its always been hetherington who controls the squad. Mcdermott just mis-manages it

Exactly there's a large part of it there. I remember McDermott spoke highly of Daryl Clark a year or two ago, I bet he'd have preferred to have him signed over Aiton, but he's not the one that makes that happen.

Hetherington has gone out and gotten him quality in the backs that McDermott has happily put in the first team like Hardaker, Moon and Briscoe......what's he been signed in the forwards? Griffin, Moore, Cross, Achurch, Hauraki, Aiton, Yates......been a bit lopsided in that regard. He MIGHT'VE finally been given a fully fledged good one next year in Cuthbertson.

As the top talent is already tied up for next season we aren't going to see any changes to the playing staff realistically for 2015 barring maybe one or two fringe guys going. Around next May/June/July we need to be announcing the captures of at least 3/4 genuine starters, not just ones who might squeeze into the 17.

Re: Brian McDermott - Time to step down! : Tue Sep 23, 2014 5:50 am  

I do agree with the forward signings. Cuthbertson will be the first forward we've signed for two years, and Achurch was the last before him. Hopefully Cuthbertson will be more Delaney than Cross.

On the other hand, it could be that Leeds have simply believed that some of the younger forwards would turn out better than they have (so far)? Wasn't Baldwinson being touted as the future of Leeds last year?