Says his Leeds team won't be turning up on Friday to win . . I wouldn't want to hear that if I was a rhinos fan

I think thats been his strategy all season to be fair.

How that guy is still in a job is beyond me.

Source?

Interview on boots n all .. not summat u wanna hear before a big game

Caught abit of the interview, poor attitude to have... you would think he was coaching Shaw Cross Sharks going by what he was saying

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I'm guessing he's trying his best to get Wigan to underestimate Leeds and take all of the pressure off his side.

um so basically he just said that he wants the team to start putting out good performances which they can build on. and that if they do that, the wins will follow.

a completely standard and reasonable thing for a coach to say. watching people lose their minds over this on twitter is hilarious.

He said it's not about winning - it's a bloody ridiculous thing for a coach to come out and say. Could you imagine Mike Maguire or Tony Smith coming out with something like that?

From a Leeds fan, haven't seen this, but why would he say that we don't want to win?? stupid statement :S I would be hoping we would be going to your place with the plan to win the game :/

playing badly and squeaking out a win in this game isn't going to help them when the playoffs roll around. they need to start putting together consistent performances and letting the results follow.

he could have said the whole thing in a much better way but the sentiment is nowhere near as unusual as people are making out.

Yes , in fact Tony Smith regularly talks about performance first and foremost , theory being that results generally follow .

I understand the point he was trying to make - he just expressed it an absolutely awful way. Never looked convinced (and looked quite rattled) on the how hard are you finding the Leeds job question.

How anyone can justify a coach coming out with that is beyond me

He looked a bag of nerves and very uncomfortable throughout the interview tbh. The guy asked him was he enjoying the job and his head nearly fell off

Looks well out of his depth to me.

Me too. He seemed to be trying so hard to convince people that he was enjoying it but it didnt wash with me. He sounded more desperate than confident that things would get better imo

Leeds should get Brian Noble in. He'd make them competative and take them to the business end of the cup and the play offs which i'm not sure McDermott will be able to.

No No No.. Noble is known for his late surges into plays off and Grand Finals

Would be our luck that he come in to Leeds and did a miracle and then we'll have 'why have you sacked him?'



But then again, in reality - Bring on Friday and the Whinos.

There's no way Kevin Sinfield is going to let that happen.

Not friends?

I know who i'd rather have in Leeds situation.

How is McDermott still at leeds? he has done an awful job.

"I want to be able to come away from Wigan and say we had a real good crack there" - seems like he's resigned himself to losing.



Not that I can blame the guy, like. We are WIGAN.

I always liked McDermott. He was one British coach who never sought to blame others for his team's failings, and never came over as churlish or resentful. I'm not enjoying watching his troubles at Leeds, though I couldn't give two hoots about Leeds themselves.