00:00Sam Burgess, Warrington
00:07Embarrassing defeat for them really on Friday night
00:11All credit to Salford
00:13They more than deserve it, the fans in particular
00:15But there's absolutely no way that Warrington should be getting beat by a Salford team
00:21We've seen umpteen players leave this season
00:24Where does Sam Burgess go from here?
00:27Back to Australia I should imagine
00:31Well that's the thing I was going to say about Australia
00:34Because he was effectively touting himself for the first job
00:38And I think if you look at that in hindsight
00:40I'm not sure it necessarily coincided with bad form
00:44But if you look now and think
00:46If you were to rank the 12 Super League coaches on how likely they were to get an NRL gig
00:51I'm not sure Sam Burgess would be in the top 6 really
00:53I don't think this season's gone well at all
00:57Even if they hadn't made the Challenge Cup final
01:00Would you be saying this was even worse than the Daryl Powell year
01:05When obviously they lost at 8 in a row or whatever
01:07I think you'd probably be looking at this as one of the worst in recent history
01:12I mean it already has been viewed in such a way
01:14But the Challenge Cup final kind of is the saviour
01:17And I mean again they were so unlucky to lose that
01:20They probably deserved it
01:22And who knows what would have gone differently had they won it
01:26But the fact is that they didn't
01:28And since then it's been sort of disaster after disaster
01:31I know they've had a lot of big season-ending injuries
01:34But a lot of other teams have as well
01:37And there's something not right about the team
01:39He's had Matt Dufty dropped
01:41Zane Musgrove was obviously released as well
01:44I think there's far bigger issues than losing to Salford
01:48Which sounds stupid in itself
01:50But I think there are far bigger issues
01:51Within the club internally and the squad and the coach
01:55George Williams sort of offering himself
01:58Or trying to make a move to the Dolphins as well
02:00I think there's
02:02I'm not sure where Sam Burgess goes next basically
02:05Yeah, Pete, do you agree with that?
02:10Yeah, I think one person who's come out of it very well
02:13Is Daryl Powell, really
02:15Because does anybody really think Daryl Powell was the problem
02:18Two years ago now?
02:20I don't think he was
02:21I think they should have stuck with him
02:22I think he'd have turned things around
02:24And sorted the culture out
02:25But that
02:27I mean, I don't know enough about the ins and outs of Warrington
02:30Really to say
02:32But it looks from the outside
02:33Like they do have an issue with culture
02:36If you like
02:38And they need probably a stronger
02:39An experienced coach
02:41To deal with that
02:44But
02:44It's not always easy
02:47That sort of thing
02:48There's often resistance to it
02:51And I think if they'd stuck with Daryl
02:53He would have turned things around
02:54But they chose to go in a different direction
02:56And to be fair
02:57Last year
02:58It looked like a gamble
03:00That was going to pay off
03:01Didn't it?
03:01They were very close
03:03To getting to the grand final
03:04Didn't quite do it
03:07In
03:07You might say
03:08Controversial circumstances
03:10But this year's been
03:12Just an utter disaster
03:13And
03:14I think
03:16It would be very hard
03:17For Sam to hang on
03:19Particularly with the fact that
03:20As
03:20Sam's just said
03:22You know
03:23We all know he was looking for a job
03:25In Australia
03:26He's been interviewed for a job
03:27In Australia
03:27Yeah
03:28Yeah
03:29And that's just
03:30That's not good is it?
03:32I mean
03:32I don't know
03:33What do you say to your players
03:35About
03:35Loyalty
03:37And giving everything to
03:38To the shirt
03:40When you're
03:40Looking to get out
03:41It's
03:42It's
03:42Not
03:43It's not a great look
03:44In my opinion
03:46Yeah just
03:46Just how
03:47Just how open he was about that
03:48And
03:49You could say the same about George Williams
03:50Looking at the NRL as well
03:52Do you think that's just sent off
03:53The complete wrong message
03:54Especially
03:55Coming off the back of Wembley
03:57And everything else
03:57Just since then
03:59It just seems to have fallen off a cliff
04:00Yeah I think he did send the wrong message
04:03Yeah I mean
04:03I think it's a bit different
04:04With George Williams
04:05As a player
04:06But when your coach is doing it
04:07It's
04:08It's not great is it?
04:11He's
04:11He's the leader
04:12He's the man who sets the standards
04:13And
04:14You know
04:16I'm sure coaches do it all the time
04:17But they don't do it
04:18As openly
04:19As
04:20As that
04:21And Sam doesn't look
04:24He obviously doesn't look happy
04:26Does he?
04:26It's
04:27It's taking its toll on him
04:28And you
04:29You know
04:30You think
04:31Well
04:31Maybe it's time
04:33That for both parties
04:34That
04:35They make a change
04:37Having said that
04:38Warrington have had a few coaches
04:40Haven't they
04:41Over the last
04:41Last few years
04:42They could do with some
04:43Some stability
04:45So it's a difficult one
04:46But I just can't see how
04:48Sam's going to be in charge next year
04:50Yeah
04:51The recruitment as well
04:53Over
04:53Over the last off-season
04:54Was pretty poor
04:56You know
04:56Dan Russell
04:56Alpha Johnson
04:57And
04:59And
04:59Leyland as well
05:01Sam B
05:02Do you think
05:03You know
05:03He was always up against it
05:04With that recruitment
05:05And
05:06Do you think
05:06If they're going to stick with him
05:08They need to really back him now?
05:12Yeah
05:12I think they do
05:12Like you said
05:13The recruitment
05:14Wasn't there
05:15This year
05:15But
05:17Yeah
05:18I think
05:18The culture needs to change
05:20As Pete said
05:21It's
05:21It's just gone downhill
05:22This year
05:23I mean
05:23Last year
05:24They were
05:24You know
05:25The best attacking
05:26And defensive side
05:28In the league
05:29This year
05:30You know
05:30They're like
05:31Eight
05:31They're the eighth in the league
05:33I think they conceded
05:35Double
05:35The amount of points
05:36Than they were
05:38This time last year
05:39So yeah
05:40The recruitment needs to be right
05:41Dufty has been dropped
05:43You know
05:44A couple of times this year
05:45There's a problem
05:47With the leadership
05:48Or the experienced squad
05:50Experienced players
05:51In that squad
05:52So yeah
05:53The recruitment
05:54There needs to be
05:55Big change
05:55At Wines for next year
05:56Just looking ahead
05:59To this week then
06:00Look
06:00I think Warrington
06:02Have got Lee
06:02Do they
06:03Can you see anyone
06:04Can anyone see a way
06:06In which they bounce back
06:07And surprise a few people?
06:10I mean
06:10I think they're going to
06:11Have to bounce back
06:12But I think
06:12Equally everyone said
06:13They were going to
06:14Bounce back after
06:14The loss to Huddersfield
06:16I think it's going to
06:18Like the training
06:19This week just has to be
06:20So stripped back
06:21And just kind of
06:22It's effort areas
06:23Don't try anything
06:25Effort areas
06:26And then you've got
06:27I know
06:27They handed out
06:28Three debuts last week
06:30Whether those players
06:31Play again
06:32I think
06:33Obviously they're not
06:33Part of the problem
06:34But whether you
06:35Throw them into the problem
06:36And kind of give them
06:37Sort of a bad experience
06:39Because I know that
06:39A lot of coaches
06:40Have obviously spoke
06:40This year about
06:41Particularly obviously
06:42Paul Rowley spoke about
06:43Not wanting to
06:44Sort of put young players
06:46Into those sort of situations
06:46He's been forced to
06:48Sam Burgess can kind of
06:50Stop that
06:51But then obviously
06:51That means relying on
06:52Those
06:53The experienced players
06:54Is potentially
06:55Not performed up to scratch
06:56So I think
06:57It's really tough
06:58But with Lee seeking
06:59Lee can still technically
07:01Come third
07:01So they're not going to
07:02Let off
07:03We saw what they did
07:04To Castleford last week
07:05I think
07:05It's another loss
07:07Coming
07:07And I think the fact
07:08That Warrington are at home
07:09Actually hurts them
07:10Because
07:11You heard the boos
07:12At the Hallowell Jones
07:13On Thursday night
07:14Half time
07:15Full time
07:16I don't think
07:17Home
07:18Is an advantage
07:19At the moment
07:20For Warrington
07:20Thankfully it's their
07:22Last home game
07:22Of the season
07:23So
07:24Like
07:24There may be some
07:25Sort of lenience
07:27With the fans
07:27In the sense
07:28That it is the final time
07:29They'll play there
07:30But
07:30I think
07:31If Lee Dirt win
07:33By more than 20
07:33I'd be surprised
07:34Great Pete
07:37Yeah
07:39You
07:40You never know
07:41Do you
07:42But
07:42Lee would be
07:44Very strong favourites
07:45I think
07:45They're in better form
07:47And they've got
07:47Everything to
07:48Everything to play for
07:49They're still chasing
07:51That third spot
07:52As Sam says
07:53And
07:54I just
07:55I just
07:56Think
07:57Warrington's season
07:57Finished
07:58I think it finished
07:59Bad luck
08:00Because it finished
08:00A few weeks ago
08:01But
08:02There'd have to be
08:05A massive improvement
08:06From what they showed
08:07Last week
08:08And I just
08:09Can't see any sign
08:10Of it coming
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