I love him.

I said yesterday when they were warming up how good it was too see Jimmy Lowes happy and working well with the squad. At about this point last year, I didn't think I'd ever have a good word to say about him again. Now, I think he's an important part of the coaching team.

He would make a great Prime Minister

Lets hope it stays that way & Tony Smith does not go on holiday.

If you don't win anything this season you'll be booing him at the start of next season. Such is sport.

Wire with Smith and Wigan with Maguire. One of those, at least, is going to fail to win Super League this season.

don't judge others by your own standards.

Your on the wrong board.

Again

I thought it was only me who noticed that.

christ help your coach if he fails to win a pot this season...you lot will have him flogged

He'll be gone. We've got the taxi booked, there are buckets being passed around to raise the airfare.

Mick Potter has been booed so much, not because of the results (After all we finished 2nd in SL last season and got to the semi final of the cup and are looking good for 3rd this season) but because of the style of play and the lack of spirit on display. When you go from watching a side full of attacking style and flair with a no die attitude suddenly start rolling over to the likes of Wakefield and Hull KR after playing our now established 5 drives and a knock on style it's hard to accept. Obviously winning games masks the abuse slightly but the undercurrent of discontent has always been there throughout Potter's reign.

Not everybody is like you.

Tony Smith

He was always the wrong coach for Saints

Strangely we were repeatedly told by some regulars on here that Warrington should learn from the way Saints replaced their coaches.

Maybe a lot of it comes about from who is available at the time you need someone.

I don't think anyone with half a brain will think Jimmy Lowes was ever going to be anything other than a stopgap until TS became available. You rarely if ever get a coach going from one club to another midway through their contract but what is disappointing is the lack of progression from assistant to head coach across the board of SL; Lowes didn't work, Agar is working & the jury is out on Macnamara...

Another odd coloured suit though. Sort it out Smith.

It looked beige...

He can wear his birthday suit for all I care if we keep making the progress we have over the last 12 months & he delivers a few more pots to boot.

Tellins fans act like there bottom of the league with all this potter out.. your in the top 6 with ten games gone. whats the problem?. i said to my bro when watching the saints v wigan game that i bet saints boo at the half time hooter... supprise supprise thay did. you guys have got your standards set so high that your exspecting to win every game. Welcome to the real world.

I'd really like to know what he's done differently to Lowes.
The results are there to see, but whenever you speak to him TS just says it's about 'tweaking' things.
I'm not sure that's really the case, but I would like to understand how he's managed to do what he's done.

Obviously he's got them really working for each other, but how?
I guess thats why he's a coach and I'm not....

I think he has the experience & guts to sit down with players & say "my way or on your way". Something no Warrington coach has had since probably Tony Barrow...

Interesting post on Red Vee about us and Wigan.



Nice to hear the first bit.

IF we was to get to the Grand Final and even tough away games in the Play offs I wouldn't be worried about us dealing with the pressure as last years Cup win shown this team can deal with it I remember before the semi going through the squad and seeing how many players had experience in big games here and in the NRL we had lots, if we get into the top 4/5 and go into the playoffs hopefully lucky with injuries I don't think anyone will want to play us.

For me this season is just continuing what we saw in the Cup but at a better and more consistent level.

Just going to enjoy the moment not been this happy about us in the league since that 10 game unbeaten run under Cullen in 2005 I think.

I think alot of it is down to respect for Smith.. It baffles me as to how mutch we have changed since hes been here. ................................ im lost for words! the man is a legend.

god help the next bloke then..lose a game and he`ll be getting the bird.off you lot...has it got nowt to do with the fact that theres no long cunninghams to old and you`ve only slipped a notch..

Just posted on a different thread about what he has done in just 13 months.

I remember a Monaghan quote in the Guardian saying it would take 12 months to correct our defensive errors. Looks like he was right.