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.

I take you're being sarcastic ?

I’d like to sleep with Margot Robbie.

Holbrook turned us down and someone declared the offer ... Talk about being used to negotiate what you really want .... The club need to learn from this

Thought it was a bit 'convenient' yesterday that a coach's contract offer was somehow leaked. First time I've ever heard this being done. Good agent he's got there though.

I do think that somehow we were falling for the 'this guy is the next holy grail' rhetoric that gets churned out by the club every few years. Love or hate Powell, he does have a history of getting the best out of what he's got, and I'm not sure the next guy will have any miracle cure for our chronic mediocrity. I think it's something that will have to filter down from a new chairman/CEO combination that has a business mindset rather than a fan/RL mindset.

We'll see.

I’ve seen this mentioned a couple of times. He hasn’t turned us down based on money, he’s turned us down because we’re in the UK.

That will have no impact on the value of his next NRL deal as he turned us down on location, not money.

I'm sorry that he and his agent had to waste their time negotiating with us then? What a silly mistake for them to make!

I must admit to feeling a little flat with this news. I hope we just don't repeat the pattern (Price) of getting an untried or untested 2nd/3rd/4th choice Aussie coach.

Maybe offer Wane a stellar deal. Get the monkey off our back.

If that's not an option - hold tight until an opportunity presents itself.

Maguire, Holbrook and Woolf were all untried and untested.

Price is getting big raps down under. I liked him for what he achieved with a poor-quality squad in 2018, but fell out of love from 2019 onwards when we'd invested heavily in big names.

Maybe he wasn't actually the problem from 2019 onwards, he just needed a squad that didn't think they'd hit the big time on big money deals at the so-called 'glamour' club. I bet Price would have done far better at Saints, Wigan or Leeds. Especially Wigan.

True, but all joined clubs that had won a Grand Final previously.

I just hope the "thorough process" doesn't yield a Price MkII

Big wraps as an assistant?

No one else thinking Eddie J and Brett will be kicking their heels soon?

I watch all the nrl games and shows on fox and I can't honestly remember Price's name even being mentioned(especially in positive terms!). It even looks like cronulla will drop out of the top 8. Brisbane on the other hand are looking like potential winners and their assistant is getting some good reviews

I like it, we use the gorilla to get rid of the monkey. Gorillas are far more powerful than any monkeys, should work.

I'd still like wane until the end of the season then moving to a director of rugby role. I really doubt he would go that way against Wigan though. Holbrook would have been fantastic, however I want the coach who makes his name with us, I don't want a busted flush just because he won superleague a couple of times 10 years ago. Couldn't care less about the trophy cv, I care about the guy who is hungry for success and wants to build his cv as much as we want a rugby team to be proud of kiem we did under Smith for a good few years.

To say I'm gutted is an understament. I would rarther have someone who's been there seen it and done it at the highest level and has a big reputation, who know how to handle prima-dona's. The thought of us taking on an English coach who's won nothing (again)........but hay, can get the best out of average players, how depressing.