Will it count as 1st coach sacked from SL at the bookies?

Probably, but he was 1/1000000000000000000000 on so I doubt you would get much of a return.

From Guardian: www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/ju ... ll-england Interesting bit: Quote Lee St Hilaire, previously McNamara's assistant, has been put in caretaker charge until the end of the season, with Paul Medley and the veteran Australian forward Steve Menzies also available to help out. But the Bulls hope to confirm their new coach for 2011 by the end of the week – to provide a much-needed boost to morale around Odsal ahead of Sunday's home game against Salford – with Mick Potter, the St Helens coach, who was Bradford's first choice despite his stated desire to return to Australia, now thought to be ready to accept the position.'"

From Guardian: www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/ju ... ll-england Interesting bit: Quote Lee St Hilaire, previously McNamara's assistant, has been put in caretaker charge until the end of the season, with Paul Medley and the veteran Australian forward Steve Menzies also available to help out. But the Bulls hope to confirm their new coach for 2011 by the end of the week – to provide a much-needed boost to morale around Odsal ahead of Sunday's home game against Salford – with Mick Potter, the St Helens coach, who was Bradford's first choice despite his stated desire to return to Australia, now thought to be ready to accept the position.'"

Well said that man!

Quote ="debaser"From Guardian: www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/ju ... ll-england Interesting bit: '" That will do me

Quote ="debaser"From Guardian: www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/ju ... ll-england Interesting bit: '" That will do me

Yet oddly enough my post which was not a dig was removed but the post that WAS a dig remained?

Odd.

I just wonder who all the neanderthals on here who blamed McNamara for everything, will blame if the players fail to perform again on Sunday against Salford.

Obviously any defeat from here on in for the next 3 years will be down to the 'legacy and disgusting state he left this club in blah blah blah'.

Gotta feel for Steve, in my opinion (and mine only) he did a very good job under strained circumstances, and the club is probably in a better state throughout the whole playing roster than it was when he took over. Probably was the right time for things to change I guess after a trophyless period, but the work he has done cannot be ignored, and hopefully we look back 5 years down the line and are extremely grateful and recieving of the rewards Steve McNamara has begun to reap.

Yes. After all, it is his team and his right hand man. Therefore he is culpable.

Not his team anymore, technically. You got your wish.

Well you are half right. It IS his team but yes, I got my wish, Finally.

I don't want to argue or be petty, but if Potter decides to keep hold of say, Reardon, Worrincy and Sheriffe next year I don't look forward to reading your posts.

But not in reality



So I really DO suggest people are careful about throwing potentially libelous statements around on here?

It's also pretty disingenuous to suggest "he has been sacked and I believe that no matter what the official line is".

The critical mass is, their utopia is achieved, he has gone. End of. How he got there is really of little consequence other than for some posters to showboat some more.

Have a little class folks, Steve Mac has gone, let him move on and perhaps do the same.

Then welcome Mr Potter...

Note: Pure Speculation, not in any way to be considered fact.....

I would guess it's not really a case of him being sacked, more a case of the Bulls now not being bothered about him staying on.

When he took the England job, he no doubt would have liked to have left Bradford then and there to concentrate on his new job. However he agreed to stay on with the Bulls as they had no other option at the time (and likely the Bulls would not have allowed him to take the job if it meant him breaching his contract). Now, the club realise that keeping him on doesn't really serve much of a purpose considering where we are at this point in the season, so it's mutually beneficial to allow him to go and concentrate on his new job, appease the large amount of fans calling for him to be released, and bring in a fresh(ish) approach to the coaching for the last few games of the season.

When he first got the England job, the club did not believe it was in their best interest for Steve to leave. Now they believe it is, and it's mutually beneficial for him to leave now.

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Tony Smith is impressed with what Macca has achieved with the "resources" he has to work with.

I guess we'll see what the players are made of now McNamara has gone.

Mate in sticking up for mate shocker.

Im not bothered what the official line is from Peter Hood or anybody at the club, I dont really think that much of them or what they say, Adey. Left by mutual consent means different things to different people, you know what it means to me so thats what it will be.

I don't think anyone's trying to tell you what to think, more to be careful about what you publish on the forum for the sake of rlfans as it's them who get it in the neck if anyone decides to take issue with what you write. If you stick to what is official i.e. mutual consent, the forum is safe from libel action and others on the board can choose to read between the lines and interpret that statement if they wish.

I dont think ive said SM has been sacked anywhere though.

The fact remains it is the version that remains both the legal one and actual one whether anyone supports or believes it. For that reason, any suggestions to the contrary are simply wide of the mark.

I was really just trying to back up Adey in the quote you posted. I should probably have quoted that instead! Adey was trying to make the point about what gets stated ON HERE, not what your personal opinion should be.

And the fact remains that I belive what I want to and that is that 'mutual consent' is a smoke screen for something more ruthless.

You believe what you want, Ill believe what I want, everybody is happy.