Quote ="G1"If the team are flat, lacking in confidence and ill disciplined after Bluey's had two weeks to work with them all then serious questions need asking and those questions are not about who is playing left or right centre for Saints next year..........'"
I take a holistic approach and look at everyone's input from the players up and the chairman down.
Overall McClennan had a great first season in charge, becoming unique in this country in getting a side to peak for the fifth game and again for the last game of a long, arduous season.
He is perhaps suffering his own second season syndrome to this point (although the end result could yet justify the means) but he has a smaller and almost by definition less talented squad at his disposal this season.
I imagine team retainment and recruitment is ultimately in the hands of the CEO. McClennan afterall can only coach what he is given. In turn the CEO may be constrained by the resources he has available as directed by the chairman.
Who plays in which centre position next season for St Helens has little to no bearing on Leeds in 2009.
