You never know........

Hasn't Morgan agreed to join Canberra as number 2? Long also at Salford, doubt he'd jump straight in head coach.

i would imagine we will be having this person in place very soon, so as he can choose his players, otherwise theylll all be signed up elsewhere if we wait till after the season finishes.

Happy?

It doesn't matter to me mate - I've already voted for Purtill!!

No pleasing some people!

I would have thought that the new board / investors would need to be in place before a new coach is appointed. If I was going to take over the club I would want to choose my own head coach. I think that Neil Jukes / Paul Rowley will be appointed on a temporary basis until a new investor takes over.

Does anything actually happen on the playing side of a club for a couple of months after the season ends?.

The Watcher really hopes Crompton gets the coaching roll at our club. He is a young coach who did very well at Blackpool under awkward working conditions & he wont cost much in wages.

Purtill has someway to go before he is ready to be a headcoach, and he would be disastrous for all the good work that Millward has done.

I have cast my vote for DA, but I think the vote is flawed due to people already casting their vote before DA was added to the list.
I call for a new poll.

Why?

Well, put it this way.....Millward's key is man management and team spirit!!!!!!!

Ispoke Today with a guy who is interested , he has plenty of experience to , knows Leigh , the name TOMMY DICKENS , give the man the job .

How about Norman Turley?....the only man in Leigh history with a 100% results record as head coach IIRC!!

How about a Turley/Turley dream team? Did Neil do his coaching badges?

Andy Hay is leaving Cas. www.castigers.com/article.php?id=1777 Turning into a decent coach. I read that a "relationship" was being introduced to send Cas kids on Dual reg to Leigh. Nobody knows them better than Hay. Could be a good move.

Andy Hay is leaving Cas. www.castigers.com/article.php?id=1777 Turning into a decent coach. I read that a "relationship" was being introduced to send Cas kids on Dual reg to Leigh. Nobody knows them better than Hay. Could be a good move.

And yes J.C. lots happens in the off season especially for a new coach who will have to make various appointments re players, staff etc. then we have the new scholarship scheme which Gary Eccleston is in charge of but the head coach should have a strong input with, the list goes on and on, having a head coach in place before the end of October is very important.

Thought they all went on holliday fred.

People forget Norman's spell in charge of the team in 1998 before the arrival of Basil. Without raking through the record books I feel there were only a couple of wins and some heavy defeats along the way - plus the lowest post war crowd to watch the club in a league game - 698 at Hilton Park.

I have a lot of time for Norman though. He did a brilliant job as assistant at the club and steadied the ship superbly in the interim period before Paul Terzis arrived, before coming onboard again in 2003 after Paul's departure.

for a week or a fortnight yes but like I said quite a lot happens in the off season thats why IMO it's important we get a coach ASAP

Was TB ever on the poll list?

He was on the "Nice bloke, but never a coach in a month of Sundays" poll.

Fred, do you not think that a new coach will only be appointed if we get new investors on board? Until then I think the club will appoint Neil Jukes / Paul Rowley on an interim basis.

....what happens if we don't get new investors? Surely the current board have to make the decision based on a new investor not coming in, in the short term. Putting in an interim coaching set up would deter players from signing as they would want gaurantees for the season. The current board have to put things in place that ensure we have a coach and team for next year. It looks like there won't be a white knight stepping in, so we have to go it alone based on a realistic budget.

It depends I think on a number of matters but as this BoD has advertised I think they will appoint if the right man is available (whomever he may be), but then again there was no cut off date for applicants but that may have just been an oversight.
Plus if there are no new investors some of the board members may well not resign as we have to have a board of directors to continue.