News Hooper: D-Day looms for Pay as Dogs to decide coach’s fate in next 48 hours

[Dogna88]

Pay's own support staff have turned on him. His own support staff are frustrated with him and his methods. The players have no faith in him.

What dont people see. Regardless of the roster he IS NOT a head coach.

Is Barret the answer? Probably fuked not. But he has a better chance of getting blood from a stone than Pay does now.

The head of the snake. The Andersons. They need to go. We will never be a successful club with those greedy, dodgy people running the club.

 

[Bazildog]

No, he needs Thurston back to captain coach the team like before

Can we get Thurston out of retirement as Captain Coach???

Even on one leg he would be better than our current halves, plus he knows a thing or two about attack..

 

[bradtalo]

Whats there to decide? Everyone knows what the right answer is, lets just hope the board has the balls to make it.

Wish the board had the balls to replace Pay immediately. No hope of us winning another game this year unless the players get a new voice / boss NOW

 

[DinkumDog]

Or calling him the messiah

He’d want to drastically improve what he delivered at Crookvale for that to happen.

 

[Spoonman84]

Let’s not overlook the Barrett story was Buzz so let’s wait and see. In my view the only reason to act right now is if players are telling the club they won’t sign if Pay remains coach - and the club MUST know the answer to that either way.

Fair enough I think the club just have to act it’s not healthy for performances like last night to become the norm regardless of the circumstances.

 

[Spincook]

I've heard about this a while ago as well

 

[BMOC]

No from me to Trent Barrett. Manly was absolute average with him as head coach and the culture was far from what we want at the dogs. Jimmy dymock and Michael Ennis for me. Let’s get the dogs name back. Who the f is Barrett lol

 

[maroondog72]

While I don’t think barret is the answer I don’t think leaving pay there for the rest of the year is either, it’s obvious to most that he’s now lost the playing group the “effort” that a few liked to cling too is gone. We will get hammered week in week out until the end of the season and that will further affect our ability to sign decent players

 

[Bazildog]

Fair enough I think the club just have to act it’s not healthy for performances like last night to become the norm regardless of the circumstances.

Don’t we play the Dragons next week and they just pumped the Eagles..

 

[Alan79]

I wouldn't want Barrett here. He did less with a talented roster than I'd like. If Pay is sacked I want a coach with a solid record bought in as replacement. Barrett is not that.

Pay was seemingly bought in to nullify the fans and critics of Hasler. I don't want to see another gamble taken with our next coach appointment because people are frustrated with a lack of results.

All these stories come to nothing anyway. The board are hopefully able to ignore the media and fan pressure and make a decision about things soon. Between the media throwing up every name under the sun and fans thinking that anyone else would be an improvement, I'm thoroughly fed up with it all.

 

[Spoonman84]

Don’t we play the Dragons next week and they just pumped the Eagles..

In our current state I don’t think it matters who we play....

 

[khan]

I think this horse has been flogged..................

Always goes into hiding when the truth slaps him in the face. Him and all his cronies are some what delusional or in denial.

 

[Kelpie03]

We need to remember we'll be adding 3m worth of talent so the team will automatically be better in 2021. It'll be closer to the roster that Barrett coached to 15th anyways.

We wont have $3M worth of extra talent next year, simply because we are going to have to pay overs even if we only sign fringe players which is all we can hope for.

 

[khan]

I like him too but his got a looonngg way to go.

And his a loooong shot to be a winger

 

[Dannyboi88]

Old deano git a bit flustered when the media asked about his future they will hammer it now but he is gone

 

[Family Guy]

I've heard about this a while ago as well

Help me out brother coz I'm a little slow, is the image of the Sharks a reference to Flanagan? He's not available until 2022 so if Pay goes who coaches next year?

 

[Novdoggie]

So ok we get Barrett , who is his assistant? Does he command his own staff or do the Dogs also get an experienced assistant? I think someone like Anthony Griffin or Neal Henry, even Shane Flanagan would be good choices. Barrett is relatively an inexperienced NRL coach so having an old cool head next to him would be the line I would take.

I would hate to see us go through more shit with an inexperienced coach. An immediate fall back to go to one of the above would ensure we don't hit rock bottom again. Financially viable also as we would be signing two heads for the price of one.

 

[Cosmo24]

Any chance it’s Beauden or Jordie Barrett we are getting, not Trent?

 

[Family Guy]

Surely it's Shaun Wane, they spent a lot of time in England and to only return with Thompson is a little underwhelming...

The Wane rumour has been around for a while and you do bring up an interesting point. They did spend a lot of time in England so what the hell where they doing there? I really hope it is Wane.

 

[khan]

I like him too but his got a looonngg way to go.

He's a loooong shot on being a winger too

 

[maroondog72]

I heard Paul greens name about 5 weeks ago...

We could do worse than greeny IMO(Trent) he’s a very intelligent coach and would be great for our young halves coming through.Things have soured for him up here and he’s on the outer but he could also draw some talent to the club.