Yeah but thats emotive rubbish from uninformed people - at least, I'd hope thats the case or the club is differing on direction which is never a good sign.
Ratten said he was forced to “throw the magnets around” after the late surge in hurt players.
With just three players outside the named team, including emergencies, available to pick, he had to hold fire on culling more underperforming players, for now.
“It’s easy to say let’s make all these changes. But we are trying to win the game and address that performance we had. Sometimes you give players the opportunity to respond,” Ratten said on Friday.
“Also, it’s the availability we have got. We’ve got three players outside of our emergences available. One is a category B ruckman, one is a first-year player and one is a second-year player.
“There have been some conversations around our people’s form and what they have done so far, and probably a little bit like our season it has been inconsistent. Some of the players that we have relied on are in that space.
“There have been some harder conversations this week about performing to the level otherwise they are on their last chance before they get put out of the team.”
Saints’ U-turn explained as players given ‘last chance’ after ‘putrid’ humiliation
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Probably not as slow as people think either, but don't let facts get in the way of a good story
Just confirms the fact that most commentators can't read let alone write.Ratten said he was forced to “throw the magnets around” after the late surge in hurt players.
With just three players outside the named team, including emergencies, available to pick, he had to hold fire on culling more underperforming players, for now.
“It’s easy to say let’s make all these changes. But we are trying to win the game and address that performance we had. Sometimes you give players the opportunity to respond,” Ratten said on Friday.
“Also, it’s the availability we have got. We’ve got three players outside of our emergences available. One is a category B ruckman, one is a first-year player and one is a second-year player.
“There have been some conversations around our people’s form and what they have done so far, and probably a little bit like our season it has been inconsistent. Some of the players that we have relied on are in that space.
“There have been some harder conversations this week about performing to the level otherwise they are on their last chance before they get put out of the team.”
Saints’ U-turn explained as players given ‘last chance’ after ‘putrid’ humiliation
Saints’ U-turn explained as players given ‘last chance’ after ‘putrid’ humiliation
I understand that it is a predicament to be in when the cupboard is so bare and I am fine with Ratten not wielding the axe. His error in judgement was to let his emotions get the better of him after the game and talk about selection in the way he did.Ratten said he was forced to “throw the magnets around” after the late surge in hurt players.
With just three players outside the named team, including emergencies, available to pick, he had to hold fire on culling more underperforming players, for now.
“It’s easy to say let’s make all these changes. But we are trying to win the game and address that performance we had. Sometimes you give players the opportunity to respond,” Ratten said on Friday.
“Also, it’s the availability we have got. We’ve got three players outside of our emergences available. One is a category B ruckman, one is a first-year player and one is a second-year player.
“There have been some conversations around our people’s form and what they have done so far, and probably a little bit like our season it has been inconsistent. Some of the players that we have relied on are in that space.
“There have been some harder conversations this week about performing to the level otherwise they are on their last chance before they get put out of the team.”
Saints’ U-turn explained as players given ‘last chance’ after ‘putrid’ humiliation
Saints’ U-turn explained as players given ‘last chance’ after ‘putrid’ humiliation
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Where does it say he’s “shown nothing”?
think the issue is more from the clubs big talk about changes and playing for the jumper. Then proceed to drop Lonie , Bytel .
Wasn’t it just ratts just straight after the game. Doubt he was thinking straight but even if he was the injuries have changed his mind and so they should. I wouldn’t want a coach to go through with something when things change just because he said it a few days earlier.
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No I think coaching is obviously important or otherwise Clarkson would rated the same as noble. I do feel though he was hamstrung with selection even if some where fringe players. Let’s face most who are upset with him seem to be about bytel or hill. Once they decided to play dunstan and that’s fair enough bytel was gone. With hill well I think his previous 3 games made him safe. I doubt he was ever dropping him. The only other one is butler and really the only other option was lonie. They went for butler. No biggie there.
