And [url=http://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/sport/saints/news/9735357.Rush_targets_next_five_wins/us fans are being told to get some perspective as losing to Wigan is only one team.[/url

Rush is beginning to get on my nerves.

As my Dad said the other day: the prefect is in charge of the sixth formers. He's showing his age and the fact that he went to grammar school back in the day but IMO fundamentally he's right.

Has the squad been announced? How many changes to the 19 can they make realistically?

Well, I think a lot of people wanted to see a change in the halfbacks wouldn't you say? But it is clear from Rush's comments that the only changes which will be made will be as a result of injury so we can assume that Hohaia will be retained as our 6 regardless of his performance, and indeed Meli on the wing (useless idiot).

Also, though, I didn't like the way he spoke about the Wigan matches. His lack of interest in them speaks volumes and probably helps to understand why the team aren't motivated in them either. Contrast his attitude with the ape over the lump and it is little wonder we looked like a bunch of wets on Sunday night.

Have you now finally noticed that lance hohaia isn't a stand off?

So basically we targeting the next 5 wins against mediocre opposition and then when we get to somebody good we'll struggle.

Why is he so reluctant to make the obvious changes that are needed. I'm starting to dislike him.

To be fair, the aint much he can change. Obviously he can bring in gaskell for hohaia and maybe josh jones for one of shenton or wheeler but that's about it really.

I acknowledged it on these boards about five weeks ago, at the very least. Perhaps you were banned at the time.

I know there's not a lot that can be done but there are things he can do which he appears to be blind to see.

Meli needs to go back into the centres with Josh Jones on the other side. Personally I'd put Makinson at full back but I can see why he's staying with Wellens. Gaskell must come in for Hohaia. Flannery is a dead duck and Dixon deserves another shot at it. Magennis is awful and I'm glad he's suspended, I' have Forster in over him.

Yes, some very petty little girl went running to the mods

Just reading that article.
Saying some players are getting some stick on social networking sites.
Saints where pretty crap on Sunday but to start hurling abuse at the players is idiotic. If anyone on here has done it, your a moron.

This is sending a great message out to the squad for the rest of the season. If you are one of the first-choices, then no matter how badly you play, you will be guaranteed a shirt. Pathetic.

Well said.

Professional sportsmen/women shouldn't go on Twitter. Some right poisonous people out there and all it takes in one person to take the bait and they are in deep, deep schtum.

Like I said at the start of the season, we are stuck with him on top money for four years! Four years!

I could understand taking a risk on 1/2yr deal but four years for a guy that's no idea how to play in the halves. He's slow passing, don't know wgen to run or when to pass, comes back on the inside to much, stands to wide when we in attack, worst kicking game I've ever seen at any level of rugby that includes kids and women's rugby, four years!

Exactly, if it was a younger player who was in on merit turning in these appalling performances they would be dropped immediately.

And that's the most depressing part of our squad situation.

He is in complete denial IMO. The Wigan losses are not simply losses to one team: they are hammerings by the team we should be aiming to beat if we have any aspirations at all for this season. He's clearly deluded if he is comparing this year's performances against Wigan with last year's. With the exception of the match at Widnes - when I think we still lost by fewer points than any of the matches this season - we were within one converted try of a win each time, and we had already drawn one match against them.

He also does not appear to appreciate that outside of silverware winning matches, the matches against Wigan are the most important for fans. So he really should stop trying to patronise us by talking about perspective. Our performance on Sunday was atrocious, regardless of how well Wigan were playing.

Wilkin another with four years! I woukdnt have give him four days never mind four years. He's one player that will certainly go into I don't care mode now he's made for four years. He only ever plays the season before his contracts up.

I half expect wello to get a four deal

Completely agree with everything there.

"Abuse" is a very broad term. I mean, I don't condone the vicious kind of stuff you find at the strong end of the spectrum but [isurely[/i the players haven't slid to such a level of softcockery where pointing out a few home truths in public has them running like crybabies to Mother Hen Rush?

If so I guess it's now obvious why we lost to Wigan.

Wilkin is a player who could be so much more but is constantly overwhelming





I don't know what I'd do if that actually happened.

Wilkin is a big time Charlie

lets face it-Rush is totally out of his depth as a head coach.Clueless

I agree but at the end of the day he don't claim to be a coach and is doing a job that his boss asked him to do.

Maybe McManus should have appointed a short term coach until brown comes in but we all know it's about cash and he's doing it on cheap with rush and KC.

It's also over used.


I would imagine both types would be represented.

When Wello tweeted about his golf day on Monday I had to work hard on resisting the urge to respond with something about practising his rugby rather than lazing about on the golf course! I did resist in the end but it was oh so tempting!