Who do you think is coach of the year so far? There are quite a few contenders.

Tim Sheens, Dennis Betts and Chris Chester but no Shaun Wane?

Anyway, at this stage it's got to be Radford.

Yes Chris Chester has gone on an unbelievable run with Wakfield, Salford would be in the top 8 if it wasn't for the points deduction.

I've not been impressed with Wigam this year at all, they have been very lucky in a number of their wins, such as when they had to bully an inexperienced referee at half time to sneak a win against Huddersfield. That tactic will be no good come the big games. Wigan will win the same trophies as Leeds this year.

Radford or the French lad. There's only two coaches there who can't seem to take defeats on the chin.

Chester has done a good job with Wakefield and I'm not saying he shouldn't be included in a discussion for coach of the year. Salford, regardless of their points deduction, should be doing a bit better with the money they've spent and the squad they have; and in any case, Sheens isn't even the head coach so god knows why he's getting all the credit.

You're right, Wigan haven't been great but given the players that were missing for big chunks of the season and players that are still out, they aren't doing too badly are they? Especially if you compared it to your club, who have had similar injury struggles but are bottom of the table. I think Wane deserves great credit for steering them through a tough period.

As for "bullying a referee" that's pure conjecture and how that helped us to beat Huddersfield I'm not sure.

Coach of the year?.... In June?...

A workman is only as good as his tools!!!!

Pains me to say it but Radford, who i wrote off as a joke coach pre season, is doing a great job.still a way to go of course but he is the front runner for me.

Chester, if non of you realise, made a pigs ear of coaching Rovers. Whatever he does this year, that must be taken into account this year as well.

He's doing a great job at the Black and whites. But, and it's a big but, Hull FC are probably the one and only team this year not to of had a massive injury list. It would be interesting to see how good a coach he'd be without Houghton, Syned and Shaul in his team.

Taking a side that finished eighth after the super eights last season to top of the league half way through this season must put Lee Radford top of the pile at the minute, though there is still a long way to go. I do think a special mention should go to Keiron Cunningham and the excellent job he is doing at St Helens. I just hope that Eamonn McManus gives him the time to finish what he has started.

Got to be powell, with the ltd resourses he has , he continues to impress

Andrew Henderson who has done a brilliant job at the high flying London Broncos.

Tim Sheens isn't a coach

Tim Sheens is not the Coach at Salford, Ian Watson is

He's the puppet master.

Why the hell is Brian McDermott not on that list?

Kind regards

Juan Cornetto & The Printer

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The omission of Andrew Henderson from the list, given how he has raised up the Broncos from oblivion, is a real scandal.

Although you are right about him not performing at Rovers, for him to come to a winless Trinity, who finished adrift from the rest of SL by some distance last season and get them (hopefully) into the top 8, is a fantastic achievement.
However, Radford has also worked wonders at FC and at the moment, he would be favourite for Coach of the year.
Mind you, it could all change before the Grand Final comes around.

Trinity weren't winless when Chester came. Ironically, it was our first win of the season that got Chester the sack, despite their injury and suspension crisis at the time.

Love this, at the start of the season, everyone was tipping Salford to finish bottom, saying they hadn't recruited very well, inexperienced coach, marwan interfering etc... Now you're saying they should be doing better? They've pushed Wigan all the way in both games, lost in the last second against Warrington, were the only team to beat Widnes in the opening 8 games. The only games they've not really turned up in, were both Hulls away, Wakefield away and Catalans at home. Without the points deduction they'd be 7th. Even with the points deduction they could still very well make the top 8.

When you say "with the money they've spent", this year, they are operating on a much reduced salary cap due to the ongoing investigation, some saying they are up to £250k under the maximum cap for this year. And yes, Tim Sheens isn't Salford's head coach, never has been. It's Ian Watson, and he's doing a great job.

Sorry, I forgot about our win at KR

, We were still struggling badly and it's still unbelievable that we are on the brink of the top 8, considering where we were when Chester came in.
I was one of many detractors who thought we would be screwed but, very, very happily proved wrong.
The point still stands, that he has done an absolutely remarkable job with a team that was tailed off last in 2015 and wre the bookies favourites to come bottom this season.

Your profile and entire posting history is a scandal.

See you in Perpignan on July 2nd.

James Webster

Any coach that has to work with no youth coming through, their best player being crocked for 90% of the season, see odious people like Ben Cockayne on a daily basis, have a bitter chairman barking one-eyed "must beat Hull" orders at them all year and have Jameh Peacock make all the important decisions for you, deserves to be up there. Awful conditions.

Keep going James.