If the money at Skybet is talking. Backed in from 6/4, into 1/2, into 1/5. We've all seen 1/5 shots turned over in the past but it's the willingness of sky bet to offer his biggest rivals at such long odds which gives me the feeling they know something we don't.

Brown 1/5
Anderson 9/2 (Already ruled himself out of the running)
Cunningham 6/1 (No chance)
Morgan 18/1 (one of the front runners according to the whispers)
Powell 18/1
Noble 22/1
Kear 22/1
Meninga 25/1 (another front runner supposedly)
Robinson 33/1 (Ditto)
Long 33/1 (WTF)
Sculthorpe (WTF)

If so, what's going to happen to this season? Surely we're not going to give up on this season so early? Rush has already said he doesn't want to be doing the job and can't wait to hand it over to get back to his development work. From his quotes it seems he's expecting to be in charge for a month at most.

I guess it depends what miralces Rush and KC can work over the next few weeks. Which is probably also why KC is short odds. If they do well, Rush doesn't want the job, so it would naturally go to him, at least till the season end.

I've just come across this on redvee.. I dunno if it is posted elsewhere on here so i'm sorry if it has been. www.brisbanetimes.com.au/rugby-l ... 1vmz4.html

I've just come across this on redvee.. I dunno if it is posted elsewhere on here so i'm sorry if it has been. www.brisbanetimes.com.au/rugby-l ... 1vmz4.html

Not really, the odds of the Leeds United manager changed everyday so it looked like somebody new was nailed on and like they knew something nobody else is. The truth is the odds are just changing with what everyone else bets on really.

I was told the day before Simmons was sacked that Rush and KC would step in for the remainder of the season and Brown would take over from next season.

Is there only me who doesn't really rate Brown?

A good coach, but not the kind of proven world-class coach that we need

no, me too, he's not bad by any stretch, but not great either. Might be the best we can realistically hope for though

Ive heard from a decent source that the players have been told that the new manager will be in place for Friday, but they havent been told who...& that there are 3 candidates for it.

Brown can't seem to get his side firing at the business end of the season which is actually a step back on our previous three coaches.

If it's going to be in place for Friday then I would imagine it to be someone from over here. Unless it means being named on Friday and they will be starting later.

However, McManus is presently abroad at an undisclosed destination.

he's back in his old stomping ground Asia.

Hongkong.

No proven world-class coach is going to come over here from the NRL unless they are paid the kind of over the top silly money that any club paying off an expensive brand new stadium would be mad to be shelling out.

To be honest none of the mentioned candidates exactly fill me with excitement, Brown being probably the worst of the lot or me. His teams fade badly towards the end of the season and approach near-Wigan levels of tedious awfulness to have to sit and watch. He may or may not bring us success, but at what cost?

True mate, but like I said, if they're willing to offer 25/1 on Meninga and 18/1 on Morgan i'd guess that they're fairly confident they won't be coming. You can bet up to £2000 on the market so they'd be looking at a £50k payout on Meninga per customer. I'd guess they've done a little research.

To be fair to Brown - he lacks the kind of attacking firepower Wigan, Leeds & Warrington all possess.

You will proably find it will be Morgan. At least until the end of this season.

Give over.

I did enjoy watching Hudds take apart Cas. They played some good stuff when they got space.

Most would stick Morgan in the pretty good/half decent catogory. You wouldn't particluary say he was bad, but you wouldn't say he was top drawer, either.

Could a coach of that middling standard have a real positive effect in such a short space of time?

The biggest drawback for Brown will be the daily round trip from Honley, down the M62 carnage park.
l think all this talk is pure speculation at this point in time.

ive been told that he has told the rest of the coaching staff at fartown thats a done deal

Really?

i heard from a very good source a fortnight since that brown was likely to be the new saints coach next year, but brown as said that he wont be the NEXT saints coach so that infers that someone will be in charge for the rest of the year., with brown the new coach next season, fwiw i think he will be a great coach for saints, he seems to be very good at bringing through good young english talent which saints seem to have plenty of, will probably be the making of lomax to me.