If it wasnt for egodos stupid errors we wouldn't have scored a point tonight. Chester has clung on to what Kear built for a season and half but it's time to get real now

Think something is seriously wrong at the moment.

We have enough bodies in the squad now, and shouldn't be blaming injuries too much, other teams have thenm too.

Not one for bagging coaches, as they dont knock on and concede penalties, but I think sooner or later something has to give.

Maybe some of the players need the talk they had in 2015,do they or dont they want to play for the club, but like someone once said easier to move one on than several

Just watched Leeds v HKR and to say they are both below us in the table they both are playing far more expansive open rugby which is a pleasure to watch.Tony smith has HKR playing the type of rugby we can only dream about at this moment in time ,and honestly can’t see it changing anytime soon.

If Jason was every to be asked to come and coach Wakefield he would have to make sure he had an amour plated coat to protect him from the knives in the back

There's no back stabbing of Chester. He's made bad player recruitment choices and team selection and tactics. Now the fans are fed up. He'd have gone at any other club in SL.

JD has built up a decent reputation as a coach. If I were in his shoes I would be very wary of accepting a role with us. He will be inheriting a squad that is has many players nearly at their sell by date and some already there. Next years recruitment is also looking old and suspect in many cases. Plus he will have a backroom staff that needs a major overall.

JD has plenty of time and is already in a decent position why should he give that all up and take the massive risk with our crock of sheete

This. If i was him i wouldn’t touch us with a barge pole. Keep his apprenticeship with Wayne Bennett at Souths for the next 18 months then be in line to take over there when Bennett retires.

he would be get paid more now at souths than we can offer...

so no chance of him coming...

Heard Saints have made enquiries...

Its a more likely destination to be honest

“Jason Demetriou is unlikely to take an offer to become the St Helens coach, preferring to stay at South Sydney.” Lass on Sky.
He would have to be sentimental to consider Trinity

It's easy to pin the blame for our demise on CC.

OK, he puzzles me with persisting with the Miller/Brough partnership and his obvious dislike of Jowitt, but there is no coach in the world would have done any better generally with the player situation we have had this season.

Also, as far as the statement 'many players past their sell by date' , these are the same players that were playing some superb rugby and guided us to the top 3, before the worst injury situation I can remember hitting the club.


Snowie is right, any new coach would need a stab vest on within weeks.

JD will not come here if he's turned Saints down - he'll be offered a head coach job in NRL soon enough, probably Broncos or Cowboys & as Boj says why would he accept a pay cut for all the hassle & risk tarnishing his reputation

He'd tarnish it more by going to Saints. The chance of repeating this years level of success are small, especially with Wigan recruiting so well, and even if he sustained it, he'd only ever be living in the house that Justin built. I just can't see what's in it for him.

Leeds, however, is a different prospect. A good enough set-up that there is a chance to restore glory days, and hence his personal glory, but if it goes belly-up, he wouldn't get the blame, as recent years would suggest there is a bigger problem.

Us? Probably somewhere in-between. He could refresh things behind the scenes, if they need it, and with stadium issues, etc, he could ride the wave at the right time.

For me though, Chester has earned one bad season, particularly as we are so crocked with injuries. I don't remember him being criticised when Johnstone was getting a hat-trick at Headingly and Toupou was treating Watkins's defence like a turnstile.

Fair point re. Saints Slugger but do you think JD would suffer by being ex-Waky like McDermott did (altho he was ex-Bulls too)

I don’t know JD but he obviously holds a special place in his heart for wakey

He could have had his pick of clubs but he stayed with us
Even when he should have retired because of his back he still played on from us

I don’t see him doing it now but i also don’t see why he wouldn’t come back to coach us at some point

I doubt it. I think McDermott suffered because he was relatively unsuccessful as a weekly-round coach. I haven't looked, but I can bet he finished outside of the top 4 more than he finished in it. He was just very good at mounting cup-run type season endings, often from a fifth spot that was in fact more advantageous than finishing fourth at that time (went into the crucial games after wins over easier teams rather than losses over better teams, so confidence higher).

Wonder if King demetriou phone been ringing surely worth a go. Our last win that wasn't Huddersfield came on the 22nd of April it is now mod August. This charade cannot go on much longer..

The problem with this JD thing is as follows. JD means nothing to MC, he's just a name and one that's associated not with the regime he replaced but the one before that.

There is absolutely no connection between JD and the current Trinity set up. I wish they were but there isn't. True he knows the area and even a few of the players and as such he'd be on my speed dial but I see no obvious reason why MC and Co would feel the same. Its a cosy idea but in essence, its a fairy story, real life isn't like that, things don't dovetail that neatly.

I'm not sure that's right. What will be on his radar, if he has it switched on, is that JD is an NRL assistant coach who has worked with the best, succeeded as head coach at the tier below, and is fast becoming the name people mention when a new Super League coach is mentioned. Knowing that JD understands the club makes him higher up the list. The last thing you should do is appoint someone because they were once a Wakey player.

I think he'll stick with CC for now, as he's earned one bad season.

The main sticking point would be JD even if it were up for grabs. It would do his head coach credentials no good at all. No NRL club is going to rush to appoint him on the basis that he was able to get Wakey to fifth spot a couple of years on the trot, which for us would be a good return. He'd do better earning his stripes in Aus.

If I were advising JD, it'd be the Leeds job I'd want (although I suspect that will go to Danny Ward).

That's true but it's a separate issue as it could apply to a number of coaches over there. What I'm saying is that there is no emotional link, there is with the fans but I doubt there is with the current BOD. I think its a perfect fit but I started watching in 2004 so I would.

According to love rugby league JD is now favourite for the Saints job.

I suppose if he gets the Ssints job and tanks it may then be an opportunity for Trinity, rebuild a reputation as such in a position with less expectation. Right now he's undamaged goods and could probably have his pick with upcoming head coaches role in the NRL and certainly Super League.

I don't think we'd pay him the money anyway, We'd be looking for somebody that's not outstanding that's looking to try coaching a SL team someone who's inexperienced just to keep the price down

It'll be Gilmour