Good bit of leaked news to distract us from JP.

Wont work with me.

Distract you from JP what?

What do you expect the club to do exactly?

What are you saying? You dont believe it?

He'll make you a decent No. 2, but I'd question whether he's really head coach material. Wouldn't suprise me if he took LMS with him - you'll get a good player there.

what about JP as brian macs assistant in 2012 ?JP has a high regard for BrianMac

Personally I am unsure about this.

I am always suspicious when they say the players liked him. The job of an assistant is to be a buffer between the head coach and the players and should be liked. We heard constant rumours that the players didn't like Smith and we're hearing rumblings about Bluey. Well, I for one, don't care if the players don;t like their boss.

I appreciate McDermott has been working in difficult circumstances down there but my goodness they play a very boring brand of rugby.

I am not upset at the move but neither am I jumping with delight at the prospect of him being head coach.

It's the classic bad news/good news routine.

If we are hearing the same things re-Bluey mate i think when the 2 departing coaches and Eastwood leave it will be problem solved because if things were as bad as rumoured i'd wager GH would be preparing a severence package for Bluey.

I'm here to help

That's a pretty fair assessment.

was it next season he had no intention of breaking his contract with quins?

Couldn't be more wrong. We play extremely expansive rugby when we want to, unfortunately our players aren't good enough to execute such tactics. You can see them trying to implement things, alas we just spill the ball alot.

Quote ="Dave Lister"You can see them trying to implement things, alas we just spill the ball alot.'" You sure do, I'm glad Leeds look after the ball much better than the Quins: www.superleague.co.uk/statistics ... 10&hp2=350

Quote ="Dave Lister"You can see them trying to implement things, alas we just spill the ball alot.'" You sure do, I'm glad Leeds look after the ball much better than the Quins: www.superleague.co.uk/statistics ... 10&hp2=350

From the odd occasions I've seen Quins I tend to agree. And it's not as if we play a hugely entertaining brand of rugby these days ourselves, it was much better under TS. I'm not complaining though, winning rugby is fine by me, both would be ideal.

Nobody's fool GH - superb appointment

Up till 12:29 today, I'd have agreed with you. However, with a new broom p[opping ing maybe he'll stay........................

Great number 2 IMO but as a replacement for Bluey, not so sure.

I must say my opinion is purely based upon the few times I've seen you on sky and whilst I agree you have players of limited ability you've bored me to death.

We've been awful every time we've been on Sky, I'll give you that. Usually we try and chuck the ball around and try impossible moves.

I think this is a great step forward for the club, he knows the workings of the club and it's management and has the respect of the more senior players at the club. He will provide good support and guidiance for the under 20's next year and hopefully bring a few of them through the to the first team in 2012. The whole club will go through a massive change at the end of next year with a whole host of players coming to contact end and the shape of the club and the team with change dramatically, with McDermott at the helm, if Bluey does decide to move back to NZ, possibley to the Warriors, then I think the club has a very good future, with quality staff and sound finances. The future looks bright.

Has there been any news on whom will be Poching's replacement?

Not sure about McDermott as head coach.

He's unproven for mine. Harlequins have been as decent as they have been dire under mcdermott. Mediocre really. I realise he has limited resources, very tough job yadda yadda but theres tons of times where that's been the case and a top coach ''works miracles''.

I'm not sure McDermott is a top head coach.

With respect, what english coaches have success in recent times?

We've had noble. Kears pulled off a few shocks. But apart from that, anyone? have I missed someone? Seems to me english coaches in recent times generally don't have a great record.

Noble has done a great job with the Crusaders.

Indeed.

One way of looking at it is that McDermott could bring back a renewed focus on youth development, which as others have suggested, seems to have been on the slide under McClennan.

McClennan came in as a relatively inexperienced club coach who had proven successful in getting the top players to perform at international level, and that is what he has effectively delivered at Leeds - getting a talented bunch of players to meet their potential. With the core of the team getting well into their late 20s and early 30s, we need a new coach that will help manage that transition. McDermott was around when Smith effectively did that in 2004 (we can debate 'till the cows come home how much input Smith did have relative to Powell...). Hopefully McDermott's time with Smith will see a return to a more technical style of coaching (which some have suggested is missing under the current regime) that will benefit younger players coming through.