Oops, my bad

I wonder if there was a clause in his St Maries contract allowing him to go??

Completely bizarre decision. Maybe someone at the RFL was worried about England finishing fourth this year or was having a little joke with the French? Hope it turns out well, but I don't expect it to.



I was at primary school with him and even at the age of 7 or 8 he was obviously destined for great things in RL - abundant natural talent plus several hours a day practising stuff with his dad.

Not speaking the language may help him stay out of trouble? He certainly will put the effort in - not for Bobby the relaxed living by the beach John Monie coaching style. It'll be us against the world type fire-em-up type stuff which may suit the French players. Doubt it though.

I fear the international game witll suffer with this shocking appointment, he did nothing in a poor league, now he's officially the least intelligent professional coach in RL.

I love his comment "All those people who doubted me, all those people who knocked me in the last couple of years, they've got egg on their faces now "

Why have they egg on their faces, you'll come bottom of the 4 Nations and be sacked after a player revolt, then who'd have egg on their faces? I really really cannot understand this appointment

That's always going to happen - whoever is the coach. Still - it is a strange appointment.

at least it'll get a lot of extra press coverage for the four nations, even if it ends up being of the dwayne chambers variety!

Absolutely crazy appointment, world's gone mad.

We all know this will be funny to watch though.....

I would pay good money to be on the training pitch and in the changing rooms.

"Right, lads, first thing's first. Wharrawant yer t'do, is gerrin pairs of threes..."

*French players look at each other and shrug shoulders*


Seriously, though, many, many people were taking the p[ii[/i ss when he first took charge of Rochdale and he had quite moderate success there in his first two seasons.

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He can save the bravado until he's coached them to a victory or two!

Right on!

yeah...until he started chasing people around with bats...and fighting away fans

Give him a chance? He can't be any worse than the last few coaches, the French National team has been awful for years!

WTF? How much of a joke is the French RL? Seriously boot them out now and get PNG in the tournament!

Paul Harkin to succeed Tony Smith !

Anyone think this story couldn't get worse?

What if.... it's not just Goulding as coach but Goulding as coach and say his old chum GARRY SCHOFIELD as assistant?

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Mr Anti-Expansion himself as assistant!

What are they going to do pick a squad of entirely west yorkshire born players?

"I'm going to get out to the schools around Catalan and Toulouse. One player might catch the eye and he might be the one player you need."

and he is going to pick school kids



are the French RL determined to become the laughing stock of World RL?

I thought Bobbie Goulding was dead against "foreign" coaches.
Now he's become one!

Good God, this is car crash sport.

"I'll watch some of his sessions at Wasps, go down to see the Welsh if Warren Gatland lets me, go to watch Premier League football teams, go round French teams, amateur clubs in England, anyone."
I bet he will, all expenses paid, very nice too.

Fook me, if he needs to be going to amateur clubs to gain experience the French are in a whole pile of poo. And just how watching Wasps or Premiership footy is gonna help his RL coaching credentials I don't know. Well, I do, but he needs to make ground in RL, and quickly, not football or RU.

Goulding is obviously an imbecile.

Moreover, the fact that Nicolas Larrat chose Goulding tells you that if you ever have a legal problem while visiting Toulouse, do [size=117not[/size call on the law firm of Nicolas Larrat for advice.

Goulding and Schofield! A coaching dream team. WTF!

Does he think 'Catalan' is a town? Man the French RL need help/shooting.

surely it cannot be Schofield he is on about

although, there are not really many other contenders.

Sculthorpe & Farrell are the only 2 modern contenders (and I cant see either of those getting involved in this car crash)...cannot remmeber GB captain before Farrell

Denis Betts was in 1995 - which would be more realistic than Schoey.

I wonder what the French are thinking/saying? No wonder the Int French team was so bad in the WC if this bozo is running teh game there. Can only imagine how much worse it will get!!