Just watched the post match interview with Potter, and he still praises his players with a result like this, I know he's not going to come out and say they were bad, but he is too laid back and quiet, our team needs a coach with some fire and motivation.

10,000 season ticket sales.lets have a whip round and get rid.he seems unwilling or incapable of changing his game plan,if there is a plan, when things are going really badly for us.we look very lethargic in defence no one sliding in the line hence we get stepped around way too easily and a flat line when going forward with no options for the halves.nothing it seems has changed from last year,let the guys play some rugby next week and get away from the one man rugby which is so so boring to watch.

Are we really spending the full cap?

Hood has stated that we're pretty much to the cap limit. Perhaps we're not making the best use of the cap in some areas The fact the the top clubs all have rich backers is coincidental.

There is no policable salary cap. The succesful teams are doing what we did when we had a fantastic squad.. Unfortunately we were paying for success with money we didnt have whilst the current high flyers are being paid by rich backers who havr figured a way to reward players without it counting on cap.

TBH the scoreline today flattered Wigan. The utter shambles that was Bradford's defence in the 2nd half is what should be addressed.

On paper we have a better squad that last season and arguably better than under McNamara...yet we are getting worse week by week!



NO difference to the performances of last season, turn up for 1 game then get hammered for the next 3....



Air bus for Potter i'm afraid.

I know i'll get a slating for this but the guy has proven that he can coach given the fact that he has a track record of getting teams into the top 3 previously (Catalans and Saints) so don't think it has anything to do with his style. Maybe he's just out of touch with modern coaching techniques after being away from the NRL for so long.



I think the whole situation is cancerous. There's no sign of it stopping and the only thing I can think of is to start from scratch (i.e. Brian Smith style). A completely new coaching team (get rid of Potter, Cummins & St Hillaire, Evans) is needed who will make the tough decisions (playerwise) and bring in a new coaching/playing style that has been so successful for Wigan, Warrington, Huddersfield etc. No surprise they all turned it around by employing coaches straight from the NRL.



On hindsight I think it was a bad decision all round to bring Potter in. The club has lost 2 years from not being able to make the real changes needed and Potter has lost any sort of reputation that he may have built up whilst in Super League (meaning that he'll probably have to go back to oz as an assistant again).



A very sad situation all round!!!

I believe we are.



I also suspect we are not, for example:



- employing players who receive very substantial image rights payments form "unconnected" third parties, meaning they are happy to play for a lot less than they might otherwise require.



- employing players who have a lucrative image rights, consultancy or other deal with one of the rich owner's pals, meaning they are happy to play for a lot less than they might otherwise require. And meaning the rich owner is so chuffed that his business gives his pal's business some nice juicy contracts...



- employing players as above, but where the deal is with a business otherwise connected with the rich owner, but no-one can prove it.



- employing players as above, whose partners have a nice lucrative job with one of said other businesses.



All of which arrangements might - strangely enough - mean the player may be delighted to play for the club of his dreams for a lot less wonga than he would otherwise need. Which means you could squeeze a lot more talent within the salary cap.



Now, whether any of those OTHER clubs are, especially those with wealthy owners, is of course a matter for pure speculation.



As it is a matter for pure speculation only whether, if you were ever able to add up the sum of what (net of tax) every club's players receive from every UK-related source, you would find some glaring disparities between the clubs. Despite the elephant in the room known as the "fixed" salary cap.



Salary cap? If I was a wealthy club owner, I could drive a coach and horses through it and almost certainly get away with it within the rules. But they are all honourable men, so there must be some other explanation for the disparity of squads we see on the park.

On current showing he won't. But let's give him at least till the '10 games' !

Perhaps those other speculated clubs will be waiting anxiously for the outcome of Rangers' dispute with HMRC?



I can tolerate the fact that we dont have the resources to compete with other clubs. But it would be truly depressing to find out that the wage bill for our squad is anything comparable to that of Wigan, Warrington, Leeds etc

He doesnt deserve one at this rate, however I'd wish him all the best because hes tried hard to fix the car wreck that Macca left.