4 year deal.

Oh well, another ride on the magic roundabout.

The person that told me told me where it’s come from. Not saying I believe him but I don’t have reason not to.

Yes hearing that too
£225k per season to match his $1.6m deal.

Hearing he’s coming early (perhaps as early as next week)
but won’t take over until 2024.

Just to be clear, you announce it as a fact, and then half an hour later tell us it’s a rumour? I don't want to come across as a moaner but that is cheap.

Sorry mate, my glib comment was only because I think Holbrook is just Price revisited.

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The betting on it has just been taken down

He's suddenly rubbish according to redvee and it was mcmanus, rush and long who were behind it all.

It was Karetaker who told us that Mikaele was returning to Wire for the rest of the season

At the time, that was a rumour too.

That's not what Holbrook was at saints, i dont think woolf would have led them to the superleague title the season after Holbrook left if it wasn't for the covid break, woolf started a bit like wellens did this season. Holbrook set the pieces for the Saints 4 in a row winning the LLS in 2018 and then the LLS and superleague in 2019, happily they didn't win the challenge cup to complete the treble

, he was the one that turned them around, not only to be contenders but to be the best team by a long way. Woolf rode the wave to a degree IMO, certainly for the first season.

If our players buy in to his methods the way that the Saints squad did then he is an excellent choice. If they don't then we have way bigger problems than which coach we end up appointing now.

The one thing they all agreed on before today was that he massively overhauled the culture which Saint Cunningham had destroyed. Something that we obviously need.

We're assuming the coaches have been the problem all along. Despite Price's preference for boring rugby, having seen that Powell couldn't even motivate this bunch, maybe Price wasn't such a bad coach after all. In fact, he seemed to do best with a weaker squad with less Prima Donnas.

I think that unless we sort out this comfort-zone culture within the ranks, Holbrook won't be able to change a thing here.

However, IF this rumour is true, I live in hope. Four years is a big pay off when it goes wrong again though.

[i"Always next decade" TM[/i

Holbrook is an outstanding man and an outstanding coach. He'll get the town behind the team again and the team will improve drastically. Everything will improve from your academy through to your first team if you give him the resonsibility. His knowledge of the NRL market is outstanding, as is his knowledge of reserve grades and juniors over there. So when you sign a player, you'll know he's got something. This is absolutely the best decision Warrington could make. [If true, hopes it isn't.

Boooooooiiiiiiiiinnnnnnggggggh


Time for bed

For only the second time in my 40odd years of watching, we've got a head coach that's actually won something of repute, and we've not [itaken a punt[/i on somebody.

There could still be some life left in the season.
There's no club that's anything special

you're fooling no one Warrington boy.

BREAKING | @AndrewVossy reports: I'm hearing Justin Holbrook has signed a four-year deal at @WarringtonRLFC. Believed to be a lucrative contract that includes big bonuses built in for trophies won.

Looks like it’s done. Welcome to Warrington Mr Holbrook.

They said all that when Millward went to Wigan and they were right.

Third time...Dorahy won the league and cup double with Wigan

Really strange that he's gone for this deal, guess the money must be outstanding as the reason he left saints was to take his family back home.


That was the main reason why I thought he would not come back.

Whatever he said the reason was it was clearly to be head coach in NRL. Even Saints fans accepted that at the time although they did question if he had chosen the right team.

There has been a hint of criticism towards Simon Moran And Stuart Middleton recently. I suppose we have all been looking for reasons as to how we have ended up with the worst form for 20 years. If the money to get Holbrook over here that has been mentioned is anywhere near true then fair play to them.
Yep, it is their train set and they can play with it how they want but that is a significant investment.

Good luck to him. Might need to wash my mouth out but even when was at saints I thought he looked like a decent bloke. Just hope it works out because this club has been a bit of a coaches graveyard for decent blokes. It is only the last 2/3 years that Tony Smith has got over his "Falling our of love with the game" after his spell here

If we have pulled off this bit of recruitment it is unbelievably quick & decisive. Our management team couldn't really have done better. Let's hope it's a goer!

This is an interesting listen with Middleton. Skip to 9 mins. He says 'they regretted the way they treated some players last season who are no longer with us and doing really well'. I'm assuming he means Charnley and King. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0fz881n

This is an interesting listen with Middleton. Skip to 9 mins. He says 'they regretted the way they treated some players last season who are no longer with us and doing really well'. I'm assuming he means Charnley and King. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0fz881n