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Good and the more noses he puts out of joint the better. Players in this team either need to man up or move on. Post match spas, daily massages and all those other nice little 'treats' aren't what this side needs.

He also says - Lower your expectations. Take note Vikingman - lower your optimism



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My expectations were lowered significantly after the defeat to Oldham. I've said since then that this season would be a shambles. Fortunately I do have faith in Cullen to get the root of the problems and sort them out.

Internet Cafes and Massages etc he has every right to stop all this, it does make us soft and hopefully with the tougher new regime and mighty Mick on board we'll see a big improvement in attitude. Getting everyone together in any team is key but there is still one thing i dont understand, if it was so slack in the past why did Mccormack love him or hate him win the majority of games?


I suppose the soft under belly was exposed in our numerous finals.

The Stankevitch situation doesnt look good though, if he does go and we look for a part time assistant i wouldnt mind having David Hulme back in the fold.

Offloading many of our better players such as Noone, Hardman and Beswick, buying in wingers and full backs we didn't need, buying in other team's academy cast offs, not investing in a bigger front row to name just a few things... I think we had a point to prove last year too. We've recruited poorly on the back of an ineffective training regime and Cullen now has the unenviable task of getting to the bottom of.




Is this just speculation though? To be quite honest, if he doesn't like what's going on then he can go too. I'm liking Cullen's no nonsense approach, if he can't hack it then tough .

Only gossip but i have heard that the club wanted to cut his wages and in affect make him part time as it's a waste paying a full time wage for him being there all day.

Could be bull but quite a few have said it.

Does beg the question as to what exactly your remaining full-time players will do to fill their days though. Get them a job in your community department or you'll have 9 Jules O'Neill's on your hands.

And they do. There's no difference here than say Halifax who have a mix of full time and part time too, albeit they only have a handful, they still do community work. I believe Duffy and Fletcher do quite alot?

I truly believe that Cullen will get you lot sorted out.With his coaching ability he will soon have you up to mid table standard in no time.

Has he put an end to his cushy little number with Sky as well as part of these `making the Vikings tougher` cuts. Afterall dosnt look good when the players cant have a massgae after a game yet the coach cant make training because of a Sky assignment.

hopefully the frills will be back for us supporters.

Stanky was released by the club late last night.

I'm speaking only after our experience of a mixed full and part time side in 2006 where the full time players allegedly filled the days drinking instead of training - you need to find summat for them to do during the day or it all ends in tears. If they're already doing community work or even have another job then fair enough, but too much free time usually leads in one direction, and that's not to the top of the league.

There was an article in one of the matchday programmes about what the full time players do (inc Webster) and they do work for the community department and the Valhalla Foundation too visiting schools and youth clubs and associations. I believe they are kept quite busy. I also wouldn't be surprised if they aren't expected to carry out some of their training still. Weights and Fitness etc

If so, then fair enough. Summat must be wrong, given your results though (and long may them continue

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If i remember correctly was'nt it the Viking players that were spreading the gospel of RL in the area of Crewe/Middlewich/Sandbach a few years ago when i lived there or was it Warrington players?