I really liked the Chambers appointment. I'd heard him speaking about rugby before & knew his undoubted love of the Wire. Any outsider was, in my view, more of a risk. I think we have a very high profile coach which ought to help with recruitment ... though I think money usually talks. Chambers has been in post for a while now. If we just judge by results he's done OK ... just think what position we were in when he was appointed. He was a good call. Everyone is striving to be like Wigan ... and most are miles off.

Yep we have bought some duffers who haven't lasted long. Good idea to look at other clubs' recruitment too. We obviously remember Wire failures but I bet if you looked at Leeds, Hull, Huddersfield & others you'd see a few clangers too.

I didn't pick up these names on original list.

Without a doubt but other clubs could cover it up better than us because we had that buying a win tag on us and everyone including the other clubs fans would pick up on it. That tag was with us for a long time but I like to think that’s going to be in the past now.

Agent: Don’t worry Roy I know a club that will take you and pay you what you want.

Just listened to the podcast and think the interviewer missed a few opportunities to really pick at the scab and to get some real insight, but on the whole I completely believe and understand Cooper. He’s right, and this was my point at the time and the records on here will support this. We were frustrated at failing at the games that matter, as a fan base. But we were in the contest and had proven that we could beat the big teams. We needed to grow the resilience, the skill and the attacking threat. But did not of that and burned the house down in the process. I do hope that the full truth comes out about Powell and the group of people that are responsible for those two years, because the way Cooper in particular was treated was and is a disgrace. He cares, you can hear it in his voice, and I would want a man who cares in my squad. You can coach process and positioning, you can’t coach to care about the club, town or its people. Yes, we needed more than what Price could deliver, but that era is an unmitigated disaster. And the club should have issued an apology for the way that this era came about and ultimately ended, we paid the same money for that period, and it was completely pathetic.

[quote="Barbed Wire":2bh8y1u9]Just listened to the podcast and think the interviewer missed a few opportunities to really pick at the scab and to get some real insight, but on the whole I completely believe and understand Cooper. He’s right, and this was my point at the time and the records on here will support this. We were frustrated at failing at the games that matter, as a fan base. But we were in the contest and had proven that we could beat the big teams. We needed to grow the resilience, the skill and the attacking threat. But did not of that and burned the house down in the process. I do hope that the full truth comes out about Powell and the group of people that are responsible for those two years, because the way Cooper in particular was treated was and is a disgrace. He cares, you can hear it in his voice, and I would want a man who cares in my squad. You can coach process and positioning, you can’t coach to care about the club, town or its people. Yes, we needed more than what Price could deliver, but that era is an unmitigated disaster. And the club should have issued an apology for the way that this era came about and ultimately ended, we paid the same money for that period, and it was completely pathetic.[/quote:2bh8y1u9] We don’t have a given right to be successful all the time, and without jeopardy, they’d be no thrill. What stood out for me in Powell’s first season, is the support we gave to the team vs Wigan away, while still knowing we’d get a thrashing. We let the team know we were still behind them, before the crunch match vs Toulouse. This change from the fans, after all season being on their backs and booing them. For those 2 games…our support was immense. A type of support I don’t think I seen before since…. The Wembley CC v Wigan in 1990. Or the Paul Cullen 100 minutes none stop chanting of barmy army at Wigan. Games we didn’t have a hope in winning.