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I think he'd be a great replacement for Mr Anonymous. He's turned Leigh around remarkably and IMO he'd take us to trophies.

Saddened! You are such a stirer!!

Would love Basil back tbh, although that doesn't seem to be the popular view given his approach to defence in the past. But it would be great to have him at our new stadium, reminding us of how good rugby league could be to watch!

NEXT!

In the 2 seasons before he was sacked we finished 4th then 5th. Can you imagine the Potter haters if he led us to two seasons outside the top 3?

Well in his last 2 years we finished outside the top 3 and handed in performances like losing 54-8 to Bradford, 41-22 to Wakefield, 34-6 to Hull, 70-0 to Leeds, 64-24 to Bradford, 30-6 to Hull, 42-18 to Hull, 28-4 to Wigan, and Wigan dumped us out of the play-offs twice.

Really enjoyable stuff.

Don't forget we also had a much better squad back then too. With ours currently being filled with kids who will never make it in the positions they are playing in, no marks, not good enoughs, Wellens and Cunningham.

Yup, and don't forget him screwing Tommy God out of a testimonial year, losing to Wigan a lot and thinking that you can get away with the likes of Barry Ward and Rickey Bibey in your front row.

The best replacement for Potter is Potter.

Basil was great for us when he come from leigh and had us playing great attackling rugby. He gave the players great confidence and the us against them attitude which was great but also brought a lot of $hit along with all the cups.

Anderson is a real coach and turned saints in to a better team in a matter of months, im not sure who i would like to have between potter and basil but i think potter is doing ok with the smallest and weakest squad saints have had in super league era. I would like to see what potter could do if he could bring in some new faces next year.

All in all i think potter doing ok with whats available but i would love anderson back.

Ian Millward was great for Saints in his first couple of years but then i think his ego took over, Daniel Anderson was just fantastic for us.

So would I. I'm only being sentimental about Millward because I remember some great attacking rugby when he was in charge. But Anderson beats him because we became a more complete team under him, and some of our passing was razor sharp and at the speed of a bullet. Plus, I did think he looked cool in his shades.

You know I wish they still had the ignore button on these forums.

Has anyone heard if we are in talks with potter to stay?

Will he want to stay? He wasn't jumping out of his seat to get the job in the first place.

IMO I honestly think he's doing a good job with what's available. Would Anderson and basil do a better job with our squad? I think not.
I don't recall Anderson or basil having the likes of foster, wheeler, Moore, eastmond, dixon, ashurst, clough all in the team(apart when basil rests the whole team at Easter or before cc final), so we should give potter a big pat on the back.

The only thing that worries me over potter is the constant stories of players not happy with him, don't like his training etc. If these stories are true the sir mc got to make a big choice.

Had Anderson had the injuries we've had since Potter came on board, he would have had no choice but to have the likes of Moore, Dixon, etc playing. Anyway, didn't Eastmond, Wheeler and Moore get their debuts under Anderson?

Shh, don't confuse facts with the gospel accoring to Pete.

Moore got his debut under Millward.

Ok. I wasn't sure about Moore. But I know Wheeler and Eastmond had their debuts under Anderson. What about Matty Smith and Ste Tyrer? I seem to think they had their debuts under Anderson but I might have my timeframes muddle up again.

in all seriousness it may be very interesting come the close season! bratfud will be looking for a new coach. fartown will maybe? be looking for a new coach. harlequins may well be looking for a new coach? and saints too hmm...


my tip to replace potter is john kear. i.m.o a very good coach knows rugby league inside out and he wouldn't turn the opportunity down twice i dont think!

And what's that mean?

I think you've missed the point I'm trying to make, potter has no choice but to pick young lads. Wheeler is our 1st choice centre, eastmond is our 1st choice scrumhalf, scot Moore and Paul clough is in our 1st choice 17 every week and likes of dixon and ashurst are just on brink of regular 17 squad of players.

Anderson didn't even pick fozzard and vinnie Anderson when they was in there pomp in our grand final and challenge cup 17!

No doubts about it, basil and Anderson had far better squad of players than potter.

And ski, that is the gospel of pete or to you it's st pete

To a degree I agree with you but (a) you didn't seem to be saying that in your previous post (you seemed to be saying that neither Basil nor Anderson had integrated youngsters), and (b) Anderson only really had a better squad in 2006. He made a better job performance wise of what he had than Potter has (so far anyway) and he didn't have the injuries from 2006 to 2008 that we have had since Potter arrived.

Basil didn't like bringing in youngsters, when we had injuries he brought in 2nd rate crap like whittle, southern, DES Clarke and few others. He could have give the kids a go but maybe he felt they wasn't ready which is fair enough.

At no point in any post have I said Anderson didn't bring the kids in, to be honest he didn't need to as our squad was very very good.

Think you've got wrong end of the stick again as (a) I never said Anderson didn't bring kids thru (b) I think Anderson is much better coach than potter and basil yet you seem to think I don't rate Anderson.

April Fools was last month pal.

not a fan of penfold i take it?