Brian Smith and John Cartwright. Smith would be a great appointment with John (The Legend ) Cartwright as his assistant and keep Longy as offensive coach. We would have Kudos, Motivation and Innovation to take us forward next season.

If todays MEN's article is anything to go by it now seems a two horse race between the two little jockeys Brian Noble and Brian Smith. No mention of Tim Sheens so I can only presume he's a non starter in the Salford City Reds Stakes. And unfortunately for Bobbie Goulding it seems he failed to make the weigh in.

So who's your money on to be cracking the whip Smith or Noble?

It has to be Smith IMO
1. Smith at Newcastle

2. Smith At Roosters

Whoever we get, I pray the club doesn't repeat their biggest cock-up in recent times, and offer him a 5 year deal

I do like Brian Smith.Commendable past record but not sure of his most recent exploits which pushes me more towards Sheens

This weeks rugby league press has Ed Farish quoted as saying there are 4 or 5 on the shortlist with Brian Smith being one of them.
Apart from Noble and Smith,wonder who the other 2 or 3 may be.

Sky Report
[url=http://www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/news/12207/8577549/Brian-Noble-and-Brian-Smith-are-on-the-shortlist-to-succeed-Phil-Veivers-at-SalfordBrian Noble and Brian Smith are on the shortlist[/url

Alan Hunte is also on the shortlist , which leaves us guessing who the other 2 are if it's 5

Last week RL Express ran a online poll for readers to nominate which Leading coach ( currently available ) Salford should appoint to replace PV. results were ;-

Brian Noble - 62.6%
Brian Smith - 11.5%
Bobbie Goulding - 10.8%
Tim Sheens - 10.1%
Stephen Kearney - 3.6%
Brian McClennan - 1.4%

It wouldn't be the end of the world to appoint Noble, I just feel we could do better. Smith is the man for me, but I'll back whoever the Club appoint at this stage.

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Noble approaching his sell by date?

A dark horse for the post would be Joe Winter , he knows the game inside out , and has many contacts within the game , so its Joe for me .

Looking at the nominations there is a mixture of those currently in employment at clubs and some not currently in work.
As we need to improve attendances as well as develop a competitive,nay,winning,side I would like another approach to Warrington,again for Adrian Morley,only this time as head coach.
He has played under many coaches,some on the list,and against the best of the rest in a playing career here and in Australia,as well as on the international scene.
I believe he now has the requisite coaching qualifications all that is required is for him to focus his mind on coaching now and surrender his desire to finish his playing career with Warrington.
I cannot see Warrington being prepared to stand in his way should the offer be made.
Some may suggest he is inexperienced but obviously he has Graham Lowe as a director of rugby and not only is there assistance available at the club but he has many friends and contacts in this country and Down Under.
He is friends from his playing days with Barrie McDermott,who is head of youth development at Leeds.
He is still friendly with Sean Long,after the faux pas Down Under when Noble was the coach so it seems likely that Sean Long would be retained.
Morley will be fresh and up to date on coaching issues and has been at the fore of defensive structures and how to unpick them.
With the need to improve attendances,the public turning out to support a local hero cannot be overlooked.
Those who may knock him for not playing for the local side need only look at other sports where it has been hugely beneficial for those people to leave any bad influences behind to fulfil their potential.

Nah. He's never coached at professional level. How would he be a better option than Smith, Sheens, etc?

For the first time in a long, long time, Salford have the opportunity to sign a top class coach. Why go for a rookie?

I see my efforts at stimulating debate aren't working,huh ?


Okay then.I may begin to accept that things may be moving in a certain direction.
I came across this from an earlier thread on the Warrington forum [url=http://www.sportal.com.au/league-news-display/the-lurkernrl-rumour-filemonday-226557Clue 1[/url

I then played with the magic screen and came across this - [iHis opposite tonight is Brian Smith, one of the best coaches I came across both in Britain and Australia. [/i [url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10577905Source[/url

If Brian Smith makes it to Langtree Park Brian Noble may have his work cut out.

Maybe it's because he's sat next to him in a small studio but the Good Doctor has just said he'd be honoured if we could sort out a deal with Noble to become our coach!

What next we know you read that John Cartwright played for us, maybe the Lance Todd is handed out to the man of the match in the challenge cup ? Lance who