JohnM

Yes. I've explained how and why in previous posts. Q. Do you want the Reimagining project to work or to fail?

So he didn't bankrupt the club and he didn't have to sell those very same players to stave off bankruptcy. Instead , he laid the foundations of the club as it is today?

...and look what happened to baseball. We don't want any of that there here. https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/rankings/

Headline news: Joey Many dons the cloak of invisibility.

In the mid-1980s, Tour du Mont Blanc with three mates. It's a circular walk around Mont Blanc taking in a number of passes, the most spectacular of which, The Fenetre d' Arpette, is worth the trek alone. We did it in two chunks , staying in mountain refuges mainly. Great nights in hostels with other walkers from all over the world. The cable car ride back from Courmayeur to Chamonix at the end of the first half was unbelievable. Brilliant! https://www.autourdumontblanc.com/en/

Ask or read Tony Collins, who I believe is now emeritus professor of history at De Montfort University.

Because it can't support three.

... But.....but....graveyard johnny would prefer Laughton's golden touch .

Cottect. That is why professionaly-run successful clubs employ proper cleaners. That is why professionaly - run successful clubs don't have player-coaches, and that is why clubs have directors of rugby so that owners etc who invest don't also need to have rugby-brains. Incidentally, what was the ultimate result at Widnes of Laughton's chequebook coaching?

Aye, it's all nonsense. I remember 't days when teams had a player/ coach and 't captain cleaned out 't mens bogs cos there weren't any wimmins bogs.

Was that when he was at Widnes? I guess that policy had nothing to do with making Widnes the club it is today.

He's clearly been brought in to use his sunny disposition and humourous personality to boost the morale of the players.

Couldn't agree more and would add that It's one thing being a critic of the Reimagining project. It's another thing entirely wanting and hoping for failure.

That's what happens when a team is under pressure from a highly motivated and eager opposition. Pressure forces mistakes. Mistakes engender anxiety, anxiety engenders mistakes. Add to that excellent refereeing and you have a losing combination for Saints.

Saints were not below par, in my view. It's just that teams are learning how to handle Welsby, Roby, Hurrell etc. Couple that with Wire protecting George Williams to give him the space and time to deliver his best performance for ages. Couple that with their "go forward" and positional vision, they could have beaten anyone.