I put a bet on him last year to go at 15-1 and lost £25. The lucky b*stard!







I'm not wasting money on him again. The bratfud fans and board seem to prepared to put up with anything and surely they can't be any worse than last year.

I couldnt give a flying one about Potters personality or lack of one.

What I will have a say on, wether you like It or not. Is paying good money to be bored rigid.

I can handle not winning trophys,the majority of time Ive watched Saints we havent won zilch. But last season we were incredibly boring to watch,despite haveing a team full of players most other clubs would love to have.

I dont get why we have to be dull as ditchwater why we rebuild but still have some of the best players that super league has to offer.

Nothing quite like over exaggeration to make a point worth ignoring.



Had Potter won the GF given the injury problems of 2009, he would have done a magnificent job. As it happens, he very nearly did.



You seem to forget the chokefest of Anderson's first season, I for one am happy to give him another year and I think people will be pleasantly surprised at 2010.

Did you ever discover if we'd become as incredibly undisciplined under Potter compared to Anderson's reign as you asserted at the beginning of the season on Redvee? But you preferred to wait until the end of the year to make your judgement because averages were of no use?



A lot of the arguments you are now putting down to your mates and fans standing round you, you were stating were your own at one time. Why the change?

Well, quite. Despite the injuries we got to the Grand Final but thanks to Meli we didn't win it. I wasn't blaming Potter for not winning the Grand Final. I was blaming Meli (who, until that point, had been surprising many of us by being one of our standout players for some weeks, an observation I was very happy to make myself at the time).



The injuries stopped being an excuse for the awful rugby played by Saints the minute all the injured were back on the pitch, which I think was by the time of the Challenge Cup semi, bar Longy if I remember right (which isn't guaranteed). Obviously I don't include Cayless in that statement but he was hardly seen when we won silverware so his absence can't be taken as a factor for last season's performance.



PS: I was clearly using exaggerated language in my previous post. There is a technical term for that. It's called hyperbole.



Billinge Lump, I haven't a bloody clue what you are wittering on about.

Unsurprising.

I love all this talk of boring rugby under Potter.



Until Leeds demolition of a walking corpse in the shape of Celtic Crusaders, Saints had scored more trys than any other SL team. So if we are boring what does that say about the other SL sides?



The team Potter has in terms of backs is the one that Anderson built, Anderson built his backs around size and power. Sides have to play to their strengths, and there is no point flinging the ball out wide in your own half if your team doesnt have the threequarters to exploit such play through pace.

This is something Saints lack. Until the lack of pace in the fullback, centres, and wings is addressed, Saints will appear boring to many fans. We will continue to have to play a power orientated game, that relies on big forwards setting up field position close to the opposition line, followed by excellently executed moves.

The main weakness of this approach is the one we all know from when the Bulls used, it. NO PLAN B. Having a side built on size and power almost guarantees you will be in the cut for the big games, but it also tends to leave you short of alternatives if the opposition raises its game in a big match. This is why Leeds keep doing us, and why Hudds defeated us this year in the cup.



Hopefully Potters development of the kids,(his primary task when recruited by Saints) will benefit us in the years to come, as many of these kids do possess pace. This should allow us then to vary our game, as Leeds have shown themselves capable of doing, eg mixing it up the middle or getting it wide and using pace.

You see this Is the exact mindset I dont get.

Because we didnt just struggle against teams that could raise their game on the day ala Leeds and Hudds as youve mentioned.

We strugled against an injury hit Crusaders who were out on their feet for the last 25 mins and we still didnt put a move on em.

It was mind numbingly boring against Salford at home,again no moves. In fact numerous home games last year Id given up watching and was chatting away to people around who had done the same.

Christ we didnt even have an offload game at times never mind flinging It out to the wings.

Ill agree that Potter was appointed with an eye on the development of the kids. I just hope he isnt developing them in a way that makes me stay home and watch the paint dry instead.

True. You never can string a coherent sentence together.

Good, because if he continues this coming season what he started during the last, you'll get an awful lot more of it!

Seeing as you said that you had gained some qualifications in coaching surely you can see the benefit in not changing coaches every year which is more or less what you're inferring by writing off Potter. I expect such flippant knee-jerk reactions from the less level-headed and emotionally stable, however from somebody who I perceive has an insight into developing players and playing style I think we're entitled to expect a bit more grace.

Not really.



Continuity comes from assistants and backroom

staff at many clubs. An average three year turnover of head coach is

not uncommon.



Potter is just not right for Saints.



He has some virtues but does not fit the

Saints ethos and more importantly does

not seem to be making any effort to

engage with the town.



If he goes then the whole backroom and the associated

youth policy will remain.