I just hope the new coach doesn't wear a baseball cap!
John Kear is my wish but I doubt he'll even apply.

Deary me. You've low expectations, Duckie

John Kear...First time I've heard you say that.....not

John Kear oh come off it. Like Noble a great coach in his day but not what we need to take us forward. Barrett, MM or worst case Chris Chester. All these names are being put forward on the assumption that Powell is not available.

who ever our new coach is i just hope he clears out some of the crap that have pulled on the wire shirt this season and tells the rest any thing less than 100% and you,ll follow..

Simon Moran flying out to Australia tomorrow to headhunt a coach .....reported on sky sports news Guardian says it's Karl Fitzpatrick www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/spo ... /?ref=fbpg

Simon Moran flying out to Australia tomorrow to headhunt a coach .....reported on sky sports news Guardian says it's Karl Fitzpatrick www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/spo ... /?ref=fbpg

I wonder if Anthony Griffin is on the short list?

If he is Karl would come back with Peter Griffin.

John Kear? Jesus Christ this is a chance for us to bring in someone to take us to that next level. Not stick with mediocre dross. John Kear... I can't speak. If that's the best we can do then why don't we sign Liam Finn as our half back solution whilst we're at it.

Maguire with Michael Monaghan as his assistant.

Find it interesting that the club had Mr. Agar fronting the last fans forum giving those in attendance a briefing and coaching masterclass. All of this just days before Tony Smith and the club announced his departure.

I'm sure there's a few who come away from there thinking, 'actually, he's come across really well' or 'he's not as bad as we thought'.

A good move from CEO Fitzpatrick to soften up some of our fans prior to his possible impending appointment once our open auditions for a new boss in Australia fall flat.

Over to you Richard.

Didn't Maguire have a decent pool of players around him when he worked his "magic" at Wigan ?With the dross currently available he may be just another expensive version of what we already have.

Obviously didn't read my post then,yes he presented well but I did go on to say I would still replace all coaching staff.

Let's hope you're right but the way our club has been run since the departure of Gatcliffe I do have my concerns, especially until Agar is added to the end of season list of departures.

Maguire alongside Monaghan would be ideal for me though.

We best not sign "Madge". He has ruined Souths. They are a terrible team, having not made the top 8 for two years now i think.

If you look at the Burgess twins they have gone backwards under him. That coupled with the niggly tactics, its a resounding no from me for him.

I'm not sure on mcguire. the way I look at it he won the NRL competition with a selection of the worst half backs in the league Adam Reynolds at 7 and swapping between Luke keary and the Good awful John Sutton at 6.

Was he just lucky that he had Sam Burgess on fire all year? surely no one is that lucky to win superleague with an ordinary squad and the NRL with crap halfbacks....

i always remember when Wayne Bennet went to st george he said essentially they were a good team but had a soft underbelly... I think that sums us up. I'm inclined to think we need a Mcguire to give us a bit of steel.

I mean look at this dreadful Wigan side that finished 1point above us at the split....they have a determination instilled in them from Mcguires days......granted they are the worst team ever to wear the Cherry and White but I fancy they'll be in the grand final again......!!

we dont have the cabinet full of league titles to be in a position to turn our noses up at that kind of rugby

When you say "ruin" do you mean they won the NRL premiership for the first time in 43 years?

National Rugby League Premierships: 1
2014
NRL Auckland Nines: 1
2015
World Club Challenge: 1
2015

i would advise keeping one eye over at bradford, i'm not saying i'd like that, just in terms of who's available, and who's not and who we can make available easier than others.

And what has he done since? Yes he won the NRL but he had the likes of Inglis, Burgess, Tuqiri, Ben Te'o, Alex Johnston, and Dylan Walker. They had a very good team. Since then they have finished 7th, 12th and 12th. Hardly inspiring. Souths have gone backwards.

Who do you suggest we go for if not Maguire then?

Erm for me he just seemed one of the lads his analysis was all over the place.. no master class from him at all he just probably bores the players as he did me. He does seem a nice enough bloke though... i was more interested in other comments about Mr Moran wanting to spend the full cap and make a Marque signing the highest paid in Super league.

Marketing seems to be going in the right direction if you don't listen to the people in the room who would say night is day and just moaned a lot about membership

Brain Smith.




Sorry I couldn't resist.

Brain Smith? is that like a blacksmith but works on brains.

Sorry I couldn't resist.

Yes. Auto spell check.

Won't be Maguire unfortunately. He's turned us down. Doesn't wanna leave Aus.