Last week we were told this week and now it's going to be next week.

I just hope they hurry up with the appointment.

I thought the word was they're announcing it tomorrow, has that changed now?

Someone has posted on total rl that someoen from the club has said next week.

ryan duckett was interviewed on radio leeds and said they were looking to make an announcement in next couple of days, maybe a week at worst. also said something along lines of person announced would calm a lot of nerves (cant remember exact phrase he used)

As long as they get the right man for the job and the coach himself has enough time to negotiate with players for next season, I couldn't give a toss when they announce it.

Amen to that

Do you want something doing quickly, or do you want it doing right?

There's no point announcing it before the end of the season anyway, just let Lee St H have a crack for the next 6 rounds and then sort ourselves out for next year.

I agree with your post to a degree but I feel we need the new coach firstly for some positive vibe from the club. Also we need to sort out the players we want to keep who will soon be out of contract. That`s asuming the announcement is seen as positive by the masses. Also everyone who claimed they were boycotting Odsal until Macca left see you Sunday.

exactly. whilst another week or so is neither here nor there to ensure we make the correct decision ( and probably most important one clubs made for a few years), We cant afford to wait til the end of the season. Whilst we dont need someone to come in immediately on a coaching front we do need the next coach to be making decisions about signings for next year. Otherwise players we want to retain will find other clubs and players we want to bring in will all be snapped up.

Ryan said they were [i[uhoping[/u[/i to make an announcement in a couple of days to a week. I'm sure he never said anything about at worst, though, you're right, he did say something about calming a lot of nerves.

Nobody likes playing the waiting game but I expect the new coach is either signed up already or very close to signing up. No point stressing over it too much for the time being.

I think that's very true. I guess you can take forever over the decision and still not be certain it's the right one though, but as you say, time is passing for players who want to know what they are doing next year. We're still in the 'no tampering' season but we all know what a joke that is.

You mean that those players whose signings are announced on the 1st September every year aren't really approached by their new clubs for the first time and given their medicals etc. on the morning of the announcement. Surely not

Jason Taylor

Your guess Paul, or something more concrete? I'd be happy with Taylor, but that all went very quiet, did he actually come over or was that just rumour?

Didn't Taylor pay his own flight over?

That was the rumour, how true it was I have no idea.


We should maybe have another thead where we all just state who we guess its going to be, along with a poll? With no prizes for the winners.

Which element of "the coach for 2011", makes it time emotive to announce it this week?

Agreed.

Todays announcement was enough good news for one season.

The new coach is on board already otherwise Sykes wouldn't have been signed on a long term deal.

The board however have there own reasons for not announcing it but I guess they are waiting for the right time to unveil him.

No doubt people with hammer me for this comment but before you do I'd like to point out in advance that I have posted time and time again comments that have been shot down or laughed at and have since become reality. Therefore, if you disagree with this comment you know absolutely nothing and I know a lot more about it than you.

Also "Mutual Consent" is the term used in proffesional sport when the head coach/manager is being sacked and neither party want to lose face or have the discussions of settlement made public.

I would like to speculate that that figure may be zero in this case as both the Steve Mcnamara and Engalnd would have been keen for him to go full time anyway.

I wish him the best of luck and hope his legacy is a new era of young Bradford produced talent THAT STAY AT THE CLUB THIS TIME!!!!

Completely spot on. See also, gardening leave.

You have a real penchant for stating the obvious.

If he did he would have said you were a =#FF0000<deleted>.

Give a clumsy man enough rope.....

Interesting piece in the Indie by Dave Hadfield confirms it's likely to be Potter and that Cummins and Poching are definitely not on the cards. Combine this with Peter Hood in the T&A and it looks like we're waiting because of final small print contract negotiations.

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The interesting bit is:
"Bradford hope to name Mick Potter as the permanent successor by the end of this week. Potter, the St Helens coach, had intended to return to Australia at the end of this season, but has had a change of heart.

The Bulls have denied any connection between their vacancy and the sudden announcement that Francis Cummins and Willie Poching are leaving Leeds' coaching staff."