I’m thinking you lot will be blowing up Paul Rowley’s mobile today.

Agree it’s a shame but no point doing it if his family isn’t 100% behind it.
Also agree with Sally let’s not rush into anything - we need to look at the whole set up. Frankly from Middleton’s interviews it makes the club sound amateurish with responsibilities falling all onto 1 or 2 shoulders.
My only nagging thought is - should we have sounded out Holbrook as soon as he was available before he got all the NRL offers - I suspect it would have come to a similar conclusion but would have avoided what now looks like an embarrassing rejection of the club and the fans getting excited with the noise coming out last night just adds to the Wire / joke club narrative.

Anyway - onwards and upwards with Chambers!

So why did this joker waste SM’s time at the interview if he knew his family had reservations

Quite funny watching redvee forum swinging from Holbrook isn't a great coach to being a world beater.

Well I would say that pretty much confirms it’s off now. https://www.betfred.com/sports/event/19442725.2

Well I would say that pretty much confirms it’s off now. https://www.betfred.com/sports/event/19442725.2

One person said this... Not the entire fan base..

Not happening...

You made him look so silly, he decided to win a Grand Final... When did Price, Smith, Powell, Cullen etc win a Grand Final??

Did paula get the answers she was after re the Princess cruises?

I'll stand by my interpretation since we first started mentioning names that Rowley would be the answer and not some NRL coach between gigs particularly as no-one sticks around long enough from Australasia once they twig the Manchester ship canal has banned surf boards

Surely if we want a coach getting the best out of an average bunch of players, then we should look no further than Applegarth at Wakefield?

Obviously out of their depth based on early season form and now arguably the in-form side in the comp, he's performing miracles there?

Got to be a mickey take?

Smith??

Disappointing that Holbrook has said no.

I don't think Paul Rowley would be a bad shout though given our options.

Got to say that Holbrook looks like he's led us down the garden path here. Surely he'd have known that his family would have said no if that's the issue.

I think Rowley typifies the type of coach that gets results out of a pieced together squad with a backs against the wall mentality. We need someone with the experience of restructuring an RL club to grand final success.

I’m concerned that person isn’t available anywhere on the market at present.

Well, this has confirmed my view on rumours I’ll believe it when I see it OR Abe F says so.

Didn't Michael Maguire do that at Wigan? I know people don't like his style of rugby, but we need someone who has experience of winning. I'm sure he'd take the job if we approached him.

Maybe Chambers & Marshall are the best option just now & their longevity at the club will mean they won't walk away when the going gets tough & they have to scratch around to find players who will commit to the cause. Perhaps an Aussie would be put off coming to a club with issues.

This looked an exciting one. But the "4 year deal" was only an offer & that was the bit that got left in the background. If you went through the "recruitment" thread you'd have so many players that we were lined up to sign.
BTW I have always thought Paul Rowley comes over as a sharp cookie. If we want someone who has won a GF there are not that many about.

Don't be a mard, Dave.

Thank god we dodged the Holbrook bullet.

Pay £500k per year and get the absolute best NRL coach.

DO IT MR. MIDDLETON…….!

I’d like Trent Robinson

I liked what Chambers said about RL being a simple, effort based sport (to paraphrase him). He seems quite a modest chap so hopefully he could get some sort of tune out of our squad til the end of the season. It'll perhaps give our board a bit of time to research some alternatives.

In addition to being factually incorrect as Moe picked up on earlier with reference to Smith

Why didn't Middleton take photos of Pewterspear to show his Missus it is different from Parr.