Well I am sorry to say I told you so!
After the Sheffield defeat at the Shay last season I posted a topic "is Calland up to it?"
following much discussion and general amazement that someone could question the ability of "country mile" Calland the post I started was locked! His comment still makes me and no doubt many other supporters cringe with embarrasment.
For some reason have never totally been convinced by him but have enjoyed watching some great attacking rugby in a lot of matches over the last couple of years. I just doubted his man management skills when the going gets tough.
As a supporter for over 50 years and someone who does know the game at both professional and amateur level very well and with a long experience of working with and employing a variety of people in many different situations sadly I just had that feeling that the man is not the answer to our dreams.Does well when things go well and has star players performing well but struggles in adversity
I would add that as a Siddal supporter it could be said that his involvement with the now struggling Rochdale Mayfield could have some influence on my thoughts, but our current situation has similarities as they brought in a load of aussies to try and acheive glory and then hit the buffers.
I hope we can quickly turn things around with or without the current management team as I do believe that playing together and properly coached we have the squad to still win the league/playoff even after the events of the last couple of weeks.
Not having posted for some time but now feeling the need to do so and having forgotten my password
Must be my age but perhaps older and wiser or just an older fool!
Always look on the bright side. There are far more important things in life than our little problems at the Shay and I am sure we will win more games than we lose this season.
Good luck to the board of directors who do an excellent job and hope this is just a minor blip.
Yours hopefully
