Paul Wellens

[Josef K]

Wello isn’t the only one who should go, Mike Rush (CEO) should join him, but Saints is too clicky. The club hardly tells the fans anything, it would be better using an Ouija board to contact Doris Stokes to find out what is going on at the club. There is zero connection between the fans and Saints, when Holbrook, Woolf, where he it was far better. Myself Rush seems an arrogant man, he loved the glory always appearing on the west stand. Now Saints fans are just outside noise to him. I hope that changes. 

[Josef K]

12 hours ago, lucky 7 said:

Not all of Saints problems are down to Wellens.

There are things going on that are out of Wellens control

But he is part of the problem along with Rush. He was happy with Ben Davies, Hurrell, signing new deals, only those with the blinkers on thought they were good re-signings. Lomax despite being a fantastic player was given to a long contract he is finished, yet we have got him for another year. 

[Josef K]

3 hours ago, graveyard johnny said:

it was a pun about the poster saying wellens was too negative and me saying  i thought he was ok - as I  am always portrayed as not been the most positive on here 

Please be negative about Saints. 

[Josef K]

6 hours ago, Worzel said:

3 hours ago, graveyard johnny said:

1 hour ago, Chris22 said:

In 2023, Wellens did alright. Won the World Club Challenge. Finished 3rd, level on points with top. Lost the Super League semi final in the last play. Lost the Challenge Cup semi final by 2 points and a missed late conversion. The cup was a massive missed opportunity. Had Leigh on the ropes, failed to finish the match and got burned in the second half.

If we turned one of those narrow losses to wins, Wellens leads us to a final against Hull KR and has a good shot of winning. Things may have been different.

In 2024, he led us to our worst ever Super League finish. In 2025, he led us to our worst ever Super League finish before he became coach. His record against big teams is abysmal. Even lower end clubs have better records than us. There was never any realistic chance of winning Super League with that kind of record.

Recruitment has been bad the last few years leading to the situation we have now where we don't have a first team player who can competently kick a ball. I do not know who is in charge of recruitment but this does not fall just on Wellens.

I think this is the right call. Wellens can leave without being sacked and we get a fresh start. Contrary to some of our fans, I think he has conducted himself excellently under a lot of pressure and can leave with his head held high.

Chris I agree with you with the way Wello has conducted himself. He has never criticised the fans, unlike KC. 

[Josef K]

3 hours ago, Worzel said:

No, I like Welsby and would have him at Rovers in a heartbeat. It's the half-backs Saints need to sort, or rather the right mix between halves and full back playing styles. Recruiting another potentially brilliant full back in Sailor for a team that already had one was one of the recruitment errors I'm talking about elsewhere. 

Would you like Honest Paul, Worzel as new HKR coach when Peters finally returns home. 

[Josef K]

1 hour ago, Chris22 said:

In 2023, Wellens did alright. Won the World Club Challenge. Finished 3rd, level on points with top. Lost the Super League semi final in the last play. Lost the Challenge Cup semi final by 2 points and a missed late conversion. The cup was a massive missed opportunity. Had Leigh on the ropes, failed to finish the match and got burned in the second half.

If we turned one of those narrow losses to wins, Wellens leads us to a final against Hull KR and has a good shot of winning. Things may have been different.

In 2024, he led us to our worst ever Super League finish. In 2025, he led us to our worst ever Super League finish before he became coach. His record against big teams is abysmal. Even lower end clubs have better records than us. There was never any realistic chance of winning Super League with that kind of record.

Recruitment has been bad the last few years leading to the situation we have now where we don't have a first team player who can competently kick a ball. I do not know who is in charge of recruitment but this does not fall just on Wellens.

I think this is the right call. Wellens can leave without being sacked and we get a fresh start. Contrary to some of our fans, I think he has conducted himself excellently under a lot of pressure and can leave with his head held high.

It would be interesting to know what record Wello has broken in runs off losses, and clubs we have lost for the first time in many a year.

[Worzel]

26 minutes ago, Josef K said:

Would you like Honest Paul, Worzel as new HKR coach when Peters finally returns home. 

Nope!