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Paul Roos said last week.

"My Job as a coach is to make these players the best they can be..."

So as a coach did Royal achieve this?

Sadly one has to say no, our midfield got worse (Both with and without Moloney)

Now i am not suggesting that Royal didn't try his best, but i still say he did not improve any ofour midfield.

Why? Only insiders could answer that.

I wish Brian Royal all the best but i certainly donot rate him as a good assistant coach, because he failed.

He sure could play the game.

You havent spotted the major flaw in your argument ?

Roos is head coach who sets direction, strategies and set ups.Royal is an assistant who implements those directions, strategies and set-ups.

You are 100% right when you said only insiders know why he failed and by extension of that same argument those insiders would be the only people also to gauge why with a horrific back line and forward line and development Viney and Rawlings have been retained but Royal and Brown havent.

As a collective basically the whole club failed including most importantly the players - we keep blaming ordinary footballers and a very ordinary senior coach on an assistant ! If we want to say from top to bottom that our football department was a fail then not a problem - but there are those on here who have been potting Royal and pointing to our deplorable midfield yet not holding the same standards against all the others from top to bottom whose KPI's have been just as poor. (someone even mentioned that Viney had the midas touch and our development of players has been ok - ye gods !)

Apart from the head coach who takes ultimate responsibility I will not single out individuals under the head coach for more blame than others as we have zero insight.

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You havent spotted the major flaw in your argument ?

Roos is head coach who sets direction, strategies and set ups.Royal is an assistant who implements those directions, strategies and set-ups.

You are 100% right when you said only insiders know why he failed and by extension of that same argument those insiders would be the only people also to gauge why with a horrific back line and forward line and development Viney and Rawlings have been retained but Royal and Brown havent.

As a collective basically the whole club failed including most importantly the players - we keep blaming ordinary footballers and a very ordinary senior coach on an assistant ! If we want to say from top to bottom that our football department was a fail then not a problem - but there are those on here who have been potting Royal and pointing to our deplorable midfield yet not holding the same standards against all the others from top to bottom whose KPI's have been just as poor. (someone even mentioned that Viney had the midas touch and our development of players has been ok - ye gods !)

Apart from the head coach who takes ultimate responsibility I will not single out individuals under the head coach for more blame than others as we have zero insight.

you don't believe there are game plans (set by line coaches) within the broader game plan (set by head coach)?

you really think line coaches have no influence (and hence responsibility)?

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you don't believe there are game plans (set by line coaches) within the broader game plan (set by head coach)?

you really think line coaches have no influence (and hence responsibility)?

I am sure they do have input in consultation with the coaches (hence responsibility) - I am just perplexed with the non recognition of how crap our midfield talent is and shifting responsibility back to Royal without applying the same standard to other assistants.

I keep asking the same question ( which highlights our lack of insight) - Over the past two years where Viney's title has been player development - exactly which players have developed so well that we would pat him on the back and say job well done. This is not a knock on Viney because we just dont know but I cant buy how some on here have jumped into Royal but wont apply the same measurements on reaching that conclusion to the balance of the coaching staff.

My opinion has been a collective fail for all with all coaches with massive crosses against Neeld for setting the direction and agenda and a lot of recognition that an absense of talent makes coaching a difficult task,

( edit - and I love good argument !)

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