Don't try and bring reasoning to this party.



He's just crap. End of.

In fact, once Graham had come through, he used to rotate 1 prop every match to rest them. No such luxury for potter. Mind you, if the injuries we've suffered are due to lack of conditioning as opposed to bad luck, then that [iis[/i something that needs to be addressed in terms of our staffing before next season.



As for Squad strength? No contest, in 2006 we had Lyon and Talau in the centres as well as Baloo, (a fit) Cayless, (a younger) Fozzard, (a fit and in form) Faasavalu and a raw talent in Graham up front. In terms of strength on paper, they'd chew the 2010 team up and spit them out. Long was probably at his career best at that point as well.

St Helens currently sit second in SL, not helped by consistently having to change the team and missing key personell for large parts of the season. Including the main playmaker. St Helens were also a whisker away from Wembley, even playing the whole game with no recognised halfbacks.



yet people are still quick to have a pop at Potter.



These people who do not rate Potter and who cant see what hes done with Saints are quite simply, clueless and dont warrant an opinion. Go and watch NL1 instead plzkthx. You are wasted on SL



Next time you see one of the youngsters, who have played a lot of games under Potter this season, ask them what they think of Potter and I guarantee you they will have nothing but praise for him

Agree we are not as defensively sound, but we are not the only team to leak alot of points so this may be down to a shift in focus across the league?



Discipline is an odd one as in 2006 we were not afraid to give penalties away and I would guess probably conceded more than we have this season? We are 3rd in the fairplay league well ahead of the likes of Wire, Wigand and Leeds. To say Potter has brought indiscipline is not necessarily true. Catalan are still rock bottom of the table in that respect and would suggest it is their agressive style of play rather than coaching style that has them in that position?

I don't think its the coach's job to organise the publicity photos.



I don't particulary remeber Anderson being an emotional coach. Quite the opposite, in fact (except for the half time rant at OT).

He did wear those sunglasses well, though....

If you listen to stories from the club, apparently Millward wouldn't even give the young players the time of day until they were playing 1st team.

A Wigan fan, no less!

I think what has been forgotten a little bit on this thread is that people are allowed to dislike a coach without being treated as disloyal or viewed as a traitor to the club / team..



Like I said earlier; you can have a boss at work you that perhaps can't stand because of his/her methods but he/she might be a relatively successful guy/gal who a lot of your colleagues think is doing a decent job - I don't see the inconsistancy in that sort of position. In fact its a bit more refrshing than blind loyalty that accepts no critics point of view.

You're probably right. Following the Salford game if it wasn't for Potter then Ste Tyrer 2008 = Jamie Foster 2010

I think if you dip into the post now it may like the opinion is one way or the other, but most posters actually sit somewhere in the middle. The current vibe has developed however, as some posters have felt the need to defend Potter against a small number of posters who give him no credit what so ever and hinge their dislike of him on him not waving his arms enough.



For instance, this time last year we looked quite disorganised in attack and often found ourselves floundering on the last tackle. At his point I ws wondering where we were going, but we dragged ourselves to the grand final and very almost won it. This year, we've relied heavily on kids to bolster the team, and we've made our way to 2nd, scoring more points than any other team. I don't particulary fancy us to win it, but I've far from ruled it out. I think, given the squad we've got and the injuries we've suffered, we've done very well this year.

Oh no you're not! On top of being a traitor, people with my view are stupid, knee-jerkers, don't know the game at all, anti-Potter, etc, etc.



I'm happy to see him go and I'm far, far from being alone in this view. I may be in the minority on here, but I'm not when on the terraces. No-one that I know of has come by their stance overnight. They have simply become convinced over time, as I have.



But I am convinced and, as I say, I'm happy to see him go. Even more so since he's taken to visiting the Bulls. That's an unprofessional attitude. But I'm not surprised by it.

I think if potter had stayed he would have put us back on top again, he's dome a awesome job this year imho with no centres, sometimes no halfbacks or only one halfback and a very very young backrow.



I just hope potter wins the grand final as he don't deserve to be the only saints coach in the super league era to win nothing.



One things for sure, he leaves us with a great platform to build on with the way he's brought some young lads thru.