Dixon is not playing sunday and is very unhappy about it.

He should be on the wing for this game. Chester seems frightened to death about players and their lack of being able to defend. A good coach would of rectified that.
From the outside looking in, this is one coach under pressure without a ball even being kicked! His team selection will probably be more towards damage limitation than a team that can actually win.
I may be wrong, and I hope so. But by Sunday night I invisage all of us on here moaning about how crap the team has performed, and Chester blaming injuries and needing to work harder in training.

My starting 17 for the opener versus Cas Tigers:

=#800000 Cockayne

Mantomato, =#800000 Minns Thornley, =#800000 Sio ;

=#800000 Marsh , Kelly;

=#800000 Green =#800000 Lawler , Allgood;

=#800000 Blair , Horne;

Clarkson;

Bench: =#800000 French John , Tilse, Greenwood & Donaldson

Changes to my original selection in =#800000Red and based on how the last week or so has unfolded.

Couldn't agree more. I read in tonight's Hull daily mail that Chester says Dixon needs to improve his defence before been selected, well on that basis he could drop at least half the team.
Dixons defence may not yet be up to scratch but his pace more than makes up for that imo, plus like you say...a good defence coach would probably have helped him overcome his shortcomings in that department by now.
I'm losing more and more faith in Chester (not that I had a great deal of faith in him in the first place) and looking at ours and Castleford's team for Sundays game, my heart as always, says Rovers but my head says otherwise.
Chris Chester has already upset James Green as a result of poor selection and now it appears Dixon as well, I fear a few more may well become disillusioned before to long.

If what i heard is true you could add Albert Kelly to the list of players unhappy with Chester

You can add me to that list also

I'm with you on that one

So, the players don't like Chester, can't be ar$ed and it's us lot that have to suffer.

Better question is, is anybody happy with Chester ?

So after we beat Cas on Sunday with Kelly, Cockayne, Sio and even Tilse all playing blinders, I expect us all to blow smoke up Chester's ar*e. To prepare effectively, has anyone got any ciggies or cigar preferences and incidentally how much is a packet of fags nowadays?

All joking apart, Dixon has skill and speed but on the basis of defence, he deserves to be dropped. His crap tackle technique is more a desire for self preservation on his part and shows a lack of spine.

Since when did little guys tackle high in RL? He needs to be made to watch Roger Millward videos and how he tackled low around the waist and legs until he gets the message.

I don't get it. One minute on here people are slating Chester for the teams mickey poor defence and when he does something about it he gets pilloried?

I don't think Chester et all and the players are under any illusion if they don't show backbone on Sunday then the fall out will be toxic.

IMO if Cockayne is at FB then that places Dixon behind Sio and Mantomato everyday of the week.

Players aren't coached like that nowadays. Old skool tackling was that you hit the player above the hips and then slid down the legs, the old "They can't run without their legs" adage.

Today, players are told to fear the offload at all costs, so they try and wrap the ball, personally, I think players should have the intelligence to do one or the other depending on the scenario, but I realised that's asking a lot.

Too many players focus on the big hit, often, all that's required is to put a firm hand on the opposition and divert them into touch.

We've turned a lot of defence into American football of the nineties, if you watch the NFL know it 's a lot more subtle both in attack and defence, players are much more focused on running good lines and attempting to stop line breaks.

Dixon fails your intelligence test, then. He is poor on defensive reads as well, but not alone in that regard. If he's not responding to coaching advice, he might have to sit out a few games.

Real shame.

I agree, that's what I was saying.

But I think the coaching staff hold a lot of that responsibility, what's Sean Briscoe up to now a days, he's on someone's staff, is it Wire?

Maybe we could emloy him as a part time consultant in the way Bradford employed Jamie Baulch to teach their players (which I thought was an excellent idea and have forever been surprised that it wasn't repeated) how to sprint properly.

Their is one simple answer to all this if we lose the first 2 or 3 games say good by to Chester and co and till they sort out a good coach put campese in charge he can not be any worse he maybe a lot better

Does he have coaching experience?

Chester is doing a great job long may he rule

Did Chester before he took over? I think he's finding out that being assistant coach is light years away from just a little step up to the job as head coach. If we get a good hammering at the good Friday Derby and we're rooted to the bottom of the table then surely his position will become untenable. Can you imagine if sandercock had had these pre season results and recruitment strategy? He'd be getting slaughtered. Chester's good will from the fans is gone, I think. Time to produce. No excuses. I'll still be getting behind the boys on Sunday, as usual, but I fear the worst. Hopefully he'll prove me wrong and surprise us all.

The Derby? If we lose the 1st 2 games I can see him going if we lose v Wakey on 21 Feb.

Did James Webster short time he did manage

I'd love Chester to prove us wrong and stick two fingers up to even the doubters in our own ranks (me included). But I'd be amazed if the board hasn't made tentative enquires about any proven coaches available in say.......March time.

McNamara?

Jesus!

Something to do with fires & frying pans

You certainly do have a sense of humour Mr bicycle man