In reality, the way things were going with Powell, it was inevitable that he wouldn`t see this season out.

We would have been in talks with Holbrook for a while.

Can I be the first one?....Holbrook out!

Need to start a separate thread for that

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Quote ="Lord Tony Smith"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'" Is king doing well? Most Wigan fans seem pleased he is on his way back here.

Quote ="Lord Tony Smith"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'" Is king doing well? Most Wigan fans seem pleased he is on his way back here.

If we were we must have had to work hard to keep that one quiet.

Not that hard really, they just didn`t tell The Duck.

If we have managed to secure Holbrook, in our position and against fierce competition that is some achievement.

Perhaps its on every Aussie player & coach's bucket list to be linked with the Mighty Wire at some time in their careers .
Have we actually signed Holbrook ?

Abe hasn't quacked yet.

I’m not sure I buy this ‘King is the victim’ BS. He’s one of RL’s top earners and threw a hissy fit when he received an honest appraisal of his form from the coach. Then he got off the coach home one night after a bad day at the office when he was still on duty. ‘One team’ and all that…

Are we now wrapping players in cotton wool with a mug of cocoa, hoping that they’ll be nice and commit to their job once in a while?

I feel sorry for Holbrook already. No wonder Wane didn’t want the gig.

Report from Courier Mail in Aus says he has rejected us.

Sorry it’s the Aus Daily Telgraph behind a paywall

Pooh if true

Quote ="Lord Tony Smith"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'" Charnley, Mulhern, Cooper (pre injury obvs), King (early season) all possibilities. Mulhern is a massive step up from Dudson in any event.

Quote ="Lord Tony Smith"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'" Charnley, Mulhern, Cooper (pre injury obvs), King (early season) all possibilities. Mulhern is a massive step up from Dudson in any event.

Steven Mulhern is a massive step up from Dudson!

https://www.totalrl.com/ex-st-helens-bo ... ob-offers/

https://www.totalrl.com/ex-st-helens-bo ... ob-offers/

If he comes, then great.
If he would rather stay in Aus - then that’s understandable. It’s a big decision to make.
Hopefully the pull to be head coach sways the decision - but it’s never as simple as that.

Apparently gone tits up.

Rejected the offer earlier

Is anybody honestly shocked?

Holbrook didn't exactly have the best record when it mattered... Lost multiple knock-out games to both us and Catalan. Bit of a choker, no?

He won the Grand Final.

Well good luck to the guy if be comes.

We'll have ample time to judge whether he's a good coach, man manager AND political manoeuverer - if the rumours of really how bad the situation is within the club are true.
If he's just the former it'll end in tears I'd suggest.
If he does the business, I wonder how many of the sceptics will come on here to say 'I was wrong'. Not many methinks.

From the long list of 'possibles', he and Wane were the two that stood out for me - and I thought all along that Wane was a non-starter given his background and current commitments.

I note on other sites it's said he's 'rejected' the Wire approach (according to Vossy for example). I have no idea if that's true or not.

About the same number from those on here who were urging to stick with Powell and slating the "knee jerkers" over the last 18 months. Zero.