And replace him with who? Wellens, because Saints played well today? A popular choice at the time was Watson and look how his 3 year tenure has turned out so far at Huddersfield.

And how long are you going to give the new coach; 1 and a half seasons including the time taken to rebuild and mould the squad?

Were Steve price's teams this clueless in attack? I would say no.

We were very poor defensively on the right edge, and Minikin looked like he'd done his training at Altrincham ice rink.
Really should have had that game won at half time, given the amount of ball and field position we enjoyed. It felt like a SP side trying to barge over using brute force, as we had so little creativity with ball in hand when in Hull's 25.
The second half we were just dreadful.

Good to see Wrench back, and his two tries will give him confidence for the coming games.

I'd say much worse

In his last season we were the second highest scorers in the league!

You really have no arguement or reply to counter anything I’ve said other than suggesting I’m drunk or a muppet which says to me I can’t be that far wrong.

How long do we give a coach? A year and a half to a one obviously!

Obviously talk of sacking Powell is a little OTT bit I can understand where the anger and frustration is coming from.

At the start of the season we looked like we'd solved some perennial flaws - poor goal line defence, lack of go-forward and ill-discipline, but the team of the last 7 rounds is nearer to the disaster of 2022 than the new dawn of 2023.

Team selections are increasingly baffling, but we are still joint top and have it all to play for. But make no mistake, we are in a slump and are regressing significantly.

I was waiting for a group of CIA to rush in and help him up, then I realised it wasn't Joe Biden.

Some much needed level-headedness on this thread

If you'd given Fergie a year and a half, he'd have been out of a job before arguably the greatest managerial realm at a club. Same with Arteta and numerous others.

So who would you bring in then?

Signed and is playing Minikin, plays Dudson over Bullock, doesn't play Lucas Green, gets rid of the league's best hooker, makes Ratchford captain. I'm not one for knee jerk reactions but if we don't win the GF I want him gone

Can he challenge for a high ball or put pressure on a kicker?

If so, sign him up, just keep him away from the cheerleader girls

Good post.

Hopefully we can deal with this slump. If prolonged, then alarm bells will start to ring. Powell and the squad need to be given chance to respond though.

Going back over 30 years to a different sport to prove your point!! And if you actually want a name, I'll start with Shane Flanagan.

Can anyone argue against any of this?

I could take it if Hull were decent but even by their current mid-table position they were not good. We have six positions that need sorting and I’ll say it again we will NOT be a top drawer side until Ratchford has gone - he is a millstone.

Our next three league games are against the teams currently in 10th, 11th and 8th. We really need to win all three.

That sounds like a good plan, give a new coach 1 year to build a team and 1 year to mould it. If we don't win the GF, then gone.

If we'd applied this logic to Smith, we'd have missed out on our best performing Superleague Season in 2012.

Leagues best hooker ? Didn't know James Roby played for your lot

I also named Arteta. Are you aware that his coaching career started later than 30 years ago?

I used Fergie as an example as it perfectly illustrates the point, given that he is deemed the most successful manager. 30 years ago is irrelevant in the context of the point I'm making.

Should of got rid of Smith far sooner than we did but stop going on about the past. I'm giving him a chance after our worst season in my lifetime but as you say stick with him and he'll be the Fergie of the SL. Best performing team of 2012? We didn't win it. Embarrassing

The self awareness in this particular comment is hilarious....

I'd give up mate... this lot are beyond help...

So you don't use gained knowledge to make decisions? Is every choice you make random?