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As for Nobby, I think this rumour has just been just that, a bit of wishful thinking on behalf of wigan fans who want noble out. "We want shut of Noble, Bulls have started badly, maybe they'll take Nobby back,= Nobby going back to Bulls, so says bloke in pub"

Although didn't Wigan Bull mention something the other week about an offer from the Wigan board to ours involving taking Nobby back and we knocked em back? Could have been a small amount of fire from the Wigan end because the board want shut of Noble too, which ended up creating a lot of smoke?

It would have been a backwards step going for Noble anyway IMO dispite what hes done for us in the past, its just that, the past. So I'm glad its a rumour Hood has come out and ended.

Interesting that Hood, who very rarely reacts to media and general rumours, has seen it as important to unequivicably scotch this one.
Says more about his support of Macca than the usual Chaiman's "vote of confidence" that so often precludes a subsequent sacking.

It doesn't say that for me. All Hood is to trying to do is stop the rumours building even more.

My thoughts too. Whether that is to show his support to McNamara I don't know but it probably is quite likely.

Funny though, we had all that gossip over players in recent years with hardly a thing from the club (Vainikolo, Hape, Uncle Tom Cobley to Leeds), now there's a much smaller rumour about Nobby and we have a statement.

A bit odd.

He's clearly trying to do rather more than just that, with the seemingly-unequivocal statement, I'd suggest?

Anyway, maybe Nobby is very worried where he will be coaching next year?

Maybe somebody has been trying to put pressure on the Bulls to appoint Noble next year, through the rumour machine or by other means and maybe by trying to stir the fans up?

Maybe Hood is sick and tired of it so was determined to put a stop to it?

I speculate, obviously, but I agree the step was unusual.

As Bullseye states we've had numerous rumours over the last few years and we have never had the club come out with a denial like they have now. Something must have made them do it but we'll never find out why.

I do accept on reflection that Hood's flat denial of a specific rumour (that Nobby would be reappointed) does not per se ensure Macca's contract renewal ... this is another issue

Until maybe the memoirs are written!

And yes, spot on.

I just posted this on the T&A board, where an old friend and his aliases seem to have free reign and, true to form, resorts to personal attacks whenever he is rumbled:

"Maybe it was partly because of the concerted and relentless campaign of destabilisation by certain people, including multiple-aliases, and with a clear agenda, that Hood decided to act?

Just a thought?"

for some reason 'punisher' or whatever he calls himself has free reign on the t&a board and any thread automatically degenerates into him slagging the club off. maybe its the lack of moderation as every time he trys here under a new alias he gets banned pretty quickly. Gave up posting on t&a board as its pointless arguing with the simpleton.

As usual, just been doing a bit of reflecting (soz, can't help being wired up a bit funny...)

This is what has been reported:


Just one teeny weeny little thought wormed its way in, for the more mischievously-minded:

"...as head coach".

Think about it...

Was this a formal press release from the club? Might that clarify? Sam?

Funnily enough, it and its aliases were very very quiet from last Friday. Until, of course, this story was put up and then guess what?

Brian Noble is Bradford through and through, anyone remember the statement he gave to BBC North in the town hall at the homecoming after Murrayfield ?
Now is not the the time for him to return.
However, I don't think we've seen the last of Nobby in some capacity at Odsal.

reading between the lines it all looks to be setting up for nobby to return in a director of rugby type role, or maybe a chief executive ala abi ekoku seeing as we never replaced davies.

Don't need him back,hes made his bed let him lay in it.

There's someone on the T&A who has links to the club some on the Info is coming from somewhere legit.

Its not a simpleton though. It knows exactly what its doing. I just wish everybody else did. But show it that it is rumbled for what it really is, and for what its agenda really is, and it resorts to personal attacks and derision like it used to on here. To this day, it keeps regularly referring to the 'Vark, and in very derisory and insulting terms, yet to my knowledge they have not had any direct exchange for many months. Worrying.

It reads this board though, and refers to material on it. Fortunately the mods seem to be able to spot it reasonably early doors, and ban it whenever it comes back before it starts wrecking on here again. I suspect that frustrates it more than anything.

Edit: btw Mat, its having a real go at you on there now too, even though you never posted anything on there. Think you upset it on here...maybe something you said? Its clearly frustrated as hell it can't get on here.

The worry is that it has free reign on the T@A boards to dis the Bulls, its players, coaches and management which to those readers (both fans or casuals) may be induced to give credence to its vituperous comments.
On this board it was clear that it's sole intention was to destabalise support for the Bulls and having failed has now moved onto pastures new - perhaps more productive in media terms.
It's a prolific poster in the T&A with a single agenda. I fail to see why it should be so consistently bitter and twisted with totally irrational comments. But hey, what do I know about its twisted motivations.

That's making a great big assumption from a simple turn of phrase!
Nobby is perhaps putting feelers out via rumours to let people know he's available?
I think he'll go to another club. Someone perhaps with plenty of money but a few problems on the pitch.
That's not based on anything but opinion. Plus I don't think we could afford to pay a massive salary to a "director of rugby" just to be in charge of Steve Mac.

No thanks

Noble to Rhinos.

No, can't see that happening.

There have been rumours but why would the club say anything about Hape/Vainikolo for Leeds. They have nothing to do with the Bulls. The Noble rumour is all about the Bulls. You always complain that the club never says anything and then you all complain and try to read something else into it when they do. Lose-lose situation. Perhaps they would be better keeping quiet about everything and then you can say they don't tell us what's going on.

He is clearly referring to when they [iwere[/i at Bradford. Hence the reason why he mentioned the term "last few years."

Do keep up Mr Duffy.