Re: huddersfield.??? : Tue Jul 10, 2012 6:36 pm  

Sthelens RLFC wrote:

I'd be gobsmacked if we'd won that many games with a coach who had blatantly lost the dressing room.

How do you know he had lost the dressing room? He clearly got along with most of the players. He was at the golf day with the players this week. I think McManus just panicked.

Re: huddersfield.??? : Tue Jul 10, 2012 6:37 pm  

Carlos Alberto wrote:

Roby would probably do OK at FB. He did pretty well when he was used on the wing a few seasons back.

I was amazed when I saw Robes on the wing in that match! Didn't he score a try as well?

Re: huddersfield.??? : Tue Jul 10, 2012 7:14 pm  

LovesToSpooge wrote:

Sony not so long ago moved production to South Korea and as consequence quality retracted. Wait a minute! There's a parallel with Saints in there somewhere.

There is. We're still better than Technika...

Re: huddersfield.??? : Tue Jul 10, 2012 8:09 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

How do you know he had lost the dressing room? He clearly got along with most of the players. He was at the golf day with the players this week. I think McManus just panicked.

I think the players lost faith in Royce as a coach but I'm certain every players likes Royce as a person.

Without a shadow of a doubt Royce did lose the dressing room.

Re: huddersfield.??? : Tue Jul 10, 2012 10:37 pm  

McClennan wrote:

There is. We're still better than Technika...

Re: huddersfield.??? : Wed Jul 11, 2012 4:39 pm  

http://www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/ ... nts-issues He's solved the 'problems'...or so he says. Surely this just puts too much pressure on his side...interesting to see whether this mind game helps or hinders them!

http://www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/ ... nts-issues He's solved the 'problems'...or so he says. Surely this just puts too much pressure on his side...interesting to see whether this mind game helps or hinders them!

Re: huddersfield.??? : Thu Jul 12, 2012 10:17 am  

SaintsFan wrote:

How do you know he had lost the dressing room? He clearly got along with most of the players. He was at the golf day with the players this week. I think McManus just panicked.

I don't KNOW he lost the dressing room. I made an educated guess that although the players liked him, they obviously weren't too enamoured with his coaching style. As evidenced by this seasons 29% winning record before he left and the 75% since he left. You do understand that it's possible to get along with somebody yet think they are doing a poor job?

With St Pete's record for coming up with inside stories and from what he was saying at the time, and from my own personal beliefs, I firmly believe he had lost the dressing room. I couldn't stand up in a court of law and prove it though.

If McManus did panic, he did it at exactly the right time.