Where is the argument in favour of keeping him if that happens?

my 3 mile round trip is even starting to look tedious, and I don't even walk there anymore

Lack of expansive play is chronic.
Any half breaks are met with blind panic as to what to do next.
Thing is, things have been less than average for a long time (pre gentle and Pearson ), so patience is low.
Pearson doesn't seem to be the type to act in haste though. He's invested a lot of trust in the coaching regime.
That said, he did state that scrambling into the top 8 was no longer acceptable. Will winning next week just mask the problems that exist?.

Our lack ability to put teams under pressure by is shocking and our last play options are dire and unorganised. Tonight we should have move the ball wide instead of trying to beat a team that has had a break down the middle and in turn running ourselves into the ground.
On top that when we give penalties away the opposition kick to touch and get at least 20M where as we are struggling to get 10M so continually creating more work.

We also go so deep we either lose ground or again gain very little in the oppositions 20 as we very rarely have runners giving us options and the chance to break the line. Our support play is non existent when we make a break we have no option left or right instead resorting to brainfart offloads giving possession away yet again.

Simply not good enough and no excuse for it.

Lack of settled halfbacks and the fact that our youth structure looks better? That's about all I can think of.

An all this started when Horne Got Injured..

He's not my favourite player, and it wasn't just aimed at you. The constant unwarranted negativity Westerman receives is boring.

Westerman contributes to a collective team effort which is falling so far short of where it should be at the moment it's untrue. That particular penalty was a poor, lazy piece of play. There were other examples by other players in the same game - many of them.

Spot on.

The point I'm making is the direct criticism to Westerman, week after week, when in fact he's actually providing some half decent performances, is unwarranted, obsessive and boring.

Westerman hasn't played consistently well for ages. He's not alone.

First half of the season he was our best forward, but people are too blinkered to see/admit it.

If anyone needs slating lately, it's Watts. Been cack for the last 4-6 weeks, rarely offloading and missing some important tackles. Should have been dropped for Johnson tonight.

It doesn't give him the rest of the season off for good behaviour. Agree about Watts.

You're missing the point. I'm saying the constant criticism is largely unwarranted, he's a lot of fans' favourite scapegoat.

I'm not missing the point at all. Our entire pack has been found wanting this year. Ogre has been our best forward and he deserves criticism tonight for a poor performance. There are reasons why we're way below the standard we should be and both the coach and players should be open to criticism.

Ok.

I think he made the mistake of speaking to Blacklock once

Rocks and diamonds.

I'm "shocked" by the performance.
Yes we are a s hit team but confirmation was needed and we got it.
It tonight.

If only we could play for 80 minutes without having to have the ball, we'd be the best team in SL.

Outstanding effort and defence most of the time and literally nothing else. The worst attack in SL, the worst kicking game in SL, a complete lack of creativity and flair, no leadership whatsoever etc....etc...

Pearson must be now asking some serious questions.

Awful attacking display. For me if we lose to Wire and don't make the 8 then sadly Gentle has to go.

Thought our forwards were good tonight but the backs were poor and Miller had a bad game, we had nobody to control the game.

Ellis was immense, made great yards. Still don't understand the Westy criticism, other than one penalty he did little wrong tonight. If players supported him more we could have had two tries.

I hope DJ/Horne are both fit for next week, personally I think the game is too big and too soon for Miller.

Well I've got my tickets for next Sunday, but am really wondering if I should use them. I've never been so disheartened as I am just now. There seems to be serious problems with our coaching and performances and unless it changes for the better, and soon, then I will probably not renew my pass for next season.

Couldn't believe it when westerman had his hands free about 5 metres out with the try line begging and no one anywhere near him

Happens every game, that.

I know, it was begging for someone to run on to the ball. When Peacock does that at Leeds he has players busting a gut to get the ball.

Also when Westy broke at the end, where was the fullback? Weakest part of Shannon's game I think, doesn't support enough. Where were the wingers or centres, we were trying to win the game, they should have been following every play.

The only time our back three seem to get the ball is driving it out from our own half!!.