It is definitely time for a change.

Carter's loyalty to Chester has been admiral, but to what cost?

It is said that Carter went a long way into saving the club back in 2013, I don't think any on here, will truly know how much we were in debt for, and as what lengths Carter went to save us.

The business nous was questioned on here, on a previous page, wasn't Carter on the board, and investing money before taking over. If so, I would guess he would have attended board meetings, and be privvy as to what was happening finance wise beforehand. Why did he not speak up beforehand.

They do say, love is blind, but I think this has gone too far now, and sadly, we are heading one way, and fast, and what Carter did, has been mainly for a stay of execution.

We can blame injuries and COVID until the cows come home, but all teams are in the same boat.

For me, an ageing team, especially in the forwards, giving us no go forward at all, coupled up with a poor coaching team, primarily, is where the problems lie.

As for fitness, do they put the same hours in, as other super league clubs?

Need some younger forwards, who might just be fitter and hungrier than what we currently have. It may be the difference as to how and where we turn the ball over

Really.

How hard has he looked, if at all

Perhaps all 3

2 pages later and not ONE person has questioned/asked Mopsey what Ryan has told him. What splits in the team/camp. Don't start saying you can't break a confidence, you made the claim.

As for the game, terrible left edge - professional players shouldn't make those mistakes = Not the coaches fault

Rocky and I believe Tanganoa ( hard to tell from my seat in the stand) knocking on together from a drop out = not coaches fault

Appalling attack on the line and my god we had enough chances to score 30+ points = coaches fault

Oddly, I was sat around quite a lot of people ( 40+ in age) who actually didn't blame Chester 1 bit despite these forums claims.

Summary, I would replace CC IF the right coach came along. Also, Pitts and Kay our MOM. Kay for me replaces one of Miller and Lino when Wood is fit. He looks bright, keen and makes really good meters

Sorry for the pitchside view, easier to analyse view Radio Leeds

Stick to posting at 2.45 in the morning when you’ve had a few and think your hard, while your at it read my post again, it’s saying the supporters are split and it’s basically creating arguments and bad feeling amongst themselves and how can it be rectified. Personally I don’t talk to Ryan about rugby and like I’ve said in the post the team as tried and the effort as been there in every match but if you would like to go ask Ryan yourself then he’s a lovely polite lad that is if you can summon up some bottle to come out of hiding behind your screen mr keyboard warrior.

Haha think I'm hard, get a grip and act your age! You said....there’s splits all over the place in some cases.

ALL over the place.. your words, not mine. Stop being a bitter old man and FYI ( that means for your information) I work nights, that's why most of my post are late. I'd suggest stop being a keyboard warrior and making false presumptions, just makes you look like bitter.

You come across as someone who's gravy train has been halted by the club, who's opinion no longer matters, or who has a massive hidden agenda.

IF you are right, and rugby league in this country is totally on its , I'd suggest enjoying it while you can!

It’s a bit difficult to enjoy it with our current performances and results don’t you think.

As for having a chat with Ryan. Anytime. I will talk to anyone about rugby, the game is in my blood, in fact my DNA. However, reading his last few Twitter retweets it sadly can't happen. He doesn't like masks and sadly I'm not prepared to meet someone, who is also a professional sportsman who is happy to place people in jeopardy. Sorry if that upsets you.

Ashurst isn’t the glue and hasn’t been for a couple of years. Couple of injuries and although he’s not a bad player by any stretch he’s just a decent option these days.

Tangi has gone backwards because he’s never been a prop. He’s playing out of position to accommodate Ashurst/Pitts a starting spot. I will say I’ve been happy with Pitts though on the right. I think Pitts, Lyne, Mason, Kershaw have been much more effective this season than their left counterparts especially in defence by far. Tanginoa produced numerous motm performances in SR and I just can’t fathom why he’s not back to SR with 4/5 props available. Reality is that I know the answer and it's because Ashurst will miss out.

Personally imho I would consider switching Ashurst to LF for 2022 and bang Tangi back where he belongs.

Since I wasn't born when we was actually good (I was born in 1981) I go to games with hope, last night was no different. Yes it was disappointing, but the effort couldn't be faulted, and if I try to get to games and they try to win, then I feel I'm getting 'some' value. I grew up around players, my uncle played for Cas very successfully until a TJ style injury ruined his career. Lived on the same street as Glancy and round the corner from Gaz Ellis. My father was a ref (grade 2 for the old school). I repeat, I go to games with hope, I know Rhino fans that stopped going because they knew they were going to win games and it was boring. Watching Wakey is never boring. It's sometimes a hard watch but it has been worse.

One last point. For me, the players are actually playing for Chester that much, they actually try too hard rather than stick to the basics.

These current players are light years ahead in term of nutrition , fitness ,training, player welfare from the Glancy , Mason era but IMO are no further ahead in ball skills or tactics than those predecessors who wore the shirt . Same could be said for a lot of teams in the current era ,Wigan as a prime example. Just take a look at the current NRL games to see how far behind we are on every level . I dont think we’ve come a long way playing wise from those early days whilst our antipodean rivals have gone meteoric in every aspect . The apathy of fans I talk to who have stopped watching the game is sad ,but until we and the RL get our houses in order there will be a continuous steady drain on our fan base .

I think that's overdoing it, but I don't think they aren't trying. The problem is they look uncoached rather than lacking effort

Trust it to be the first game of the season we have a problem when it's the first where away fans are allowed back with no TV broadcasts.



It's being looked into as it's not good enough but unfortunately there is nothing the two of us at the stadium can do as we aren't the tech wizards.

I agree with you for the most part, i'm just quoting what he said when Ashurst re-signed. I think part of the problem for me is, he appears to think it's still 2017 or 2018! He's obsessed with quoting I need my left edge fit and available etc, etc. Don't get me wrong, Tupou & TJ at their best makes us better, but we don't need Tom Johnstone to win games as was proven with our best spell winning those 3 games with Kay & Kershaw. We have 24 or 25 players good enough to step up and perform, we have good individuals, we just don't function well and often enough as a group/team, and over a period of more than 50 games, that has to come down to the coach.

I think the main areas we lack are at prop and the fluidity and cohesion of the team in general. We lack a lot of go forward. Arona and Tanginoa aren't props (GTanginoa is our best prop but is playing out of position - what does that say?). Green just isn't good enought unfortunately not sure what has happened to him as when I saw him play against us for Hull he looked alright. Fifita looks past his best albeit still good enough for us. Aydin has barely played any super league. Battye doesn't look quite as good as he did when he wa son loan for reasons unknown to me. The team don't seem to lack effort per say but they seem to not quit be able to focus mentally for more than 40 minutes in a game.

As for the rest of the forwards, Ashurst is past his best and for me is no longer good enough to start. Pitts is solid every week and has been one of our most consistent performers. We need a new hooker (I know we've struggled due to injury) a Kyle Wood is good off the bench but the other player that play at hooker aren't good enough to take the team forward. They're good enough to keep us where we are at. Batchelor is pretty solid and works hard. I definitely think he is useful and I'd be tempted to start him over Ashurst these days. Crowther, i'm not really sure about. Works hard but he's not going to get a game at loose over Westerman and he's not in the top 3 best second rows and isn't a prop. Again, decent enough squad player to cover injuries but not necessarily going to improve a team that is really struggling.

Don't get the Miller hate. He was the only player looking to do something against Wigan and the only one that looked lively and not sluggish. Lino has been brought in for that organisational role and to take the game by the scruff of the neck and i'm not seeing that type of player. He looks more like a Jacob Miller rather than a Tim Smith in that his in play kicking is poor and decision making can be suspect. However, in defence of both half backs they are playing behind a pack that is beaten in most games!

I'm not sure there is a quck fix as a lot of our squad is aging and we probably don't have the youngsters coming throught hat are ready for this level yet but one thing is for sure there is a huge section of the squad that are past their best. The club needs a plan going forward and quick to how they manage the transition over the next two years. All the key players from four seasons ago are on the decline which I think explains the situation we find outselves in along with some questionable recruitment.

The difference between the teams was Hastings. Wigan scored 5 tries, he had 4 assists and kicked the drop goal. Without him we'd have struggled to win that and may not have done.
They were two average teams but one of them had a star player. Hastings was the best player on the field by a mile.
He played for Wigan and not Wakefield and therefore Wigan won.
Wakefield were not awful in most Wigan's fans views.
They lacked an attacking threat but took full advantage of Wigan slacking off when 25-0 up.
You may not be convinced about Chester but at least you don't have Lam.

It just wasn't. You could have replaced Hastings with French or another fullback and Wigan would have still comfortably won that game. It was the attacking structure and the metres your forwards made as well as your superior line speed that created the conditions for the game to be won. Sure, Hastings executed brilliantly when he had the chance. But if you swapped Hastings with another fullback they'd have still made enough from the same opportunities to put points on the board. Wakefield wouldn't have created the field position nor have had the attacking structure in general to give Hastings the space that he had.

I agree that Wakefield weren't THAT bad but we are lacking in all key aspects of the game and have been for a while. For instance I don't think Wigan would have beaten many other teams in Super League with their own showing but yet still pretty comfortably were dominant in all key areas of the game against Wakefield.

I know it wouldn't have changed the result but some of the decisions by Tom Grant we're mind boggling first half Hastings dropped a kick we picked it up cleanly scored the try and he pulled it back no try gave knock on against Hastings and ball to us why not give the try that with the goal kick would have put us 4-6 up which could have just instilled a bit more confidence into the team.
Then 2nd half 40 meters out Farrel blatantly lost the ball in the tackle Grant gave turn over to us then Sam Powell said something to Grant then he changed his mind and gave wigan the ball back which If I'm correct they then went on to score off when we should have had possession not them.
Then the most obvious obstruction you'll ever see was let go with the dummy runner coming through the ball going to Gildart the dummy runner proceeded to run straight into reece and grab hold of his shirt with 2 hands stopped him from attempting a tackle then Gildart then run back behind the player who was holding reece Grant put whistle to mouth was gunna blow then decided not to and again that would have been good field position for us to start in.
Like I said probably wouldn't have changed the result but some of the bad refereeing decisions are getting beyond a joke now I know it's frustrating watching us at the moment but the game as a whole is getting totally frustrating

You make a valid point,ive seen and hear about it when lads are coming through fittnes is more favored than actuall talent i get that players need to be fit but i always say is fitness not easier to coach than actual talent ..it is a tough one though i get that

Why should we go to games with hope when the people running the club have no hope? "I mean, come on, did we really expect to beat Saints?"

Not playing them Friday no but had the club had the balls to tell Saints no we play Sunday we would have in my opinion.

I wonder if the person said this, reads this forum

James Webster all over again.