Quote RedUnderTheBed="RedUnderTheBed"I wouldn't really argue wit most people's views of Mcrae but we seem to be the same every year whoever the coach is. We've played that badly and worse over whole seasons under =#FF0000Gregory, Mccormack, Harvey, =#FF0000Harrison and now Mcrae. Admittedly we did also have a good season under Greg and Rhino but how can it all be down to Mcrae when we've been consistently poor for so long?'"
A major part of our problems have been down to not progressing, when we've got up a little bit of momentum. The season Andy Gregory got us into the top half of the table, we had some of the most awful luck with injury the following season. Then the man and club seemed to fall apart in unison. Big Karl, minus the personal issues, had a similar problem, with more injuries than a team with limited strength in depth could handle. I have to admit if Harrison was still in charge, our fortunes would have been considerably brighter. The team always had more shape and managed to get more of the basic stuff right.
When you look at our recruitment for the season following our play-off appearance, you have to wonder if the collective money we spent on Korki and Edmondson would have been more wisely spent on getting Mozza in? One player spent more time sat on the treatment table, than playing, and the other, despite a massive heart, gave away stupid penalties and coughed up possession like he got four points for an error.
Going off what happens on the pitch, it appears that when a player has weaknesses is his game McRae does nothing to improve that player. Ratchford hasn't progressed, Adamson is being stiffled, defensively Gibson and Broughton look a shdow of the players that arrived last season, Cashmere makes less metres than he did in his first season, Henry looked solid in defence at first, Sidlow doesn't seem to be progressing. Add to that we lost Turner and Myler.
I have no idea what goes on during in training, but I'd be giving every single player at least an extra hour of training each day, in order to work on their weaknesses.