"This season has been largely a disappointing one. The tag of entertainers and non winners still hangs around our collective necks even and we haven't done much entertaining. Some serious questions must be pointed at the management and the players, who takes the greater blame is up for grabs.

I believe that in the world of competitive sport it is the manager/coach who must live and die by their results. On this basis Buck is surely close to being dumped by the often ludicrous Harbour Rugby Management. Buck and Mr. A Pollock have talked tough for two years and have achieved little. Semi-final appearances are a creditable achievement but we still lack game plans, tactics and players playing in correct positions.

Maybe I'm being a bit harsh, however I feel the time has come to employ a coach with little or no emotional attachment to Harbour, someone who can give the union backbone and a desire to play collectively for the good of the team.

Problems I wish to comment on are as follows:

1. Harbour Management (i.e. the Board):
Often maligned for poor management the "Harbour Hierarchy" have done nothing to release themselves from this unfortunate public perception. The public entrance to the club final was made eight minutes before kick-off. Little or no incentives for the public to attend games, running one gate against Southland on the Open Stand side (200 or so people didn't make it in until half-time). Sorry but what does Doug Rollerston get paid for????

2. Positions:
One thing that has fucked me off no end this season is the fact that we started the season with no kicker, no fullback and no first-five eighth. I mean even school teams know whose going to be kicking the bloody ball. Our Samoan friend at number 15 has been woeful, Marc Ellis has been average to middling and our kicking has been so poor it can't be mentioned without me breaking down in tears.

3. Tactics:
The game plan if there ever was one seems to change 16 times during the match, kick or run?, I don't know lets kick into touch on the full, no lets drop the ball under our own posts, help.... Utter crap.

4. Substitutions:
Anyone who saw our game against Taranaki will be shocked have seen how many times Cribb re-entered the field and how our front-row which dominated, was systematically ripped apart in the second-half. Someone help me to understand.

To sum up I'm not happy, but at the time of writing we still have a slim chance of making the semis though I don't think we deserve it much. I strongly think that if Buck is retained he will be damn lucky and i hope if he is taken back its for the right reasons and not some sentimental great player crap. 

Note:
 I fully respect Buck as a player and well done Walter on your fantastic achievement, I love you."