The arrival of new Wakefield head coach Chris Chester has come at just the right time.
That’s the view of Wildcats half-back Liam Finn ahead of today’s home Super League XXI clash against the Giants.
Chester was unveiled as Wakefield’s latest coach nine days ago and had a watching brief at last weekend’s 22-4 defeat away to Hull.
Assistant coaches Stuart Dickens and former Giants star Lee Gilmour were in charge that day, but Chester took full charge of the team on Monday in the countdown to the Good Friday derby duel.
Like Giants chief Paul Anderson, Chester is looking to secure just a second 2016 top-flight success of the campaign for his side in what’s the battle of the competition current bottom two
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But Ireland international Finn feels the appointment of a new coach to replace the Australian Brian Smith has helped inject new life into the club and is just what they need to end a run of four straight defeats.
“Chris has been good,” said Finn.
“The first thing is we’ve got someone in place, which settles everything down a little bit. We know who we are going to and who’s in charge.
“From what he has had to say he is really positive about the job and I think the lads are positive about him coming in, so that’s a good start.”
But while even though the Wildcats are at the foot of the table and have played one game more than most of their rivals, Finn felt there were signs in the performance at Hull to suggest they can start to pick up valuable League points and go on to secure a top-eight finish.
“There are positives to take, but we are sick of having to take positives out of games,” Finn admitted
“We need to start winning, that’s the simple, harsh reality of it.
“Hopefully over the next couple of weeks we can start doing that, but I’m sure the Giants are thinking exactly the same.
“We know we’re capable of winning games, and once we start believing that and playing to our potential I think things will start to happen that way.
“One of the things Chezzy [Chester] has alluded to straight away is that we need to start believing in ourselves.
“That can be a big thing in rugby league, having belief in yourself. If you are playing without it you’ve no chance.
“Hopefully he will bring that in.”
