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That's England fuc*ed.

I seriously couldn't give any answers who should have got that job though. But he has achieved nothing in coaching (lucky to have not been sacked perhaps?) and yet qualifies for the supposed top job in the country. A dark trip down under ahead I think.

At least somebody will be happy. Bradford fans

Like Bradford needed their underachieving coach to be distracted by something else.

He'll be going at the end of the season, but how will they manage until then?

any one know who replacing him at bradford. cant see nobby wanting to leave crusaders. hes doing some good work there. nobody expects them to achieve so its a win/win situation for him

At least he's English.

Although he's far from being the best Super League coach, he's probably the best English coach (Did I just say that?)

If his coaching skills aren't good enough to beat the opposition then tough, as that's the whole point of international competition hence why I've never supported the foreign coach approach.

Get Shaun Wane involved, he's exactly the character that the English side need within the setup.

Why not just give it Brian Smith? If he's going to be involved he may as well just take the helm.

Terrible news for England

Shambolic appointment by an utterly inept RFL.

Don't shoot him down before he has even started. Lets give the team the support they need, judge him after this Autumn.

I agree Wane should be involved. Is radderz still around the England set-up? Sculthorpe should be as well IMO.

Noble would do a decent job IMO, I will get shot down for that though.

Because he's doing such a grand job at Bradford

seriously, i reckon Wane would do a better job.

RFL your a joke

I cant see in anyway how this is a step up for the National side..Laughable

Going from Tony Smith to Steve McNamara? Its not even a step down more like a jump off a cliff

how can you choose the best man for the job then employ someone to show him the ropes....what kind of idiots applied?

Nope. In a recent interview he said he doesn't have time now.

Plenty of folk knocking the RFL and McNamara. So go on, who would you have appointed?

And as for the post saying that England are now 'f---ed', haven't we been 'f---ed' for a good while now?

Francis Cummings, Richard Agar and Dennis Betts to my knowledge.. Maybe Steve M was the best man available..

The RFL should have followed Ian Lenegans lead and gone for an experienced Aussie Full time coach, I don't care if the coach isn't British/English, he just has to be the best coach available who wants the job.



I bet the aussies are crapping themselves with this appointment.

Agar & P Anderson to be assistants according to George Riley on Twitter.

Rad's ruled himself out of being involved on Warriors TV interview.

I have two real problem's with McNamara. Firstly, he inspires about as much passion and excitement as a wet fish, secondly, he is damned lucky to still be in a job, like Agar, he has landed at a club that seem happy to plod along with a minimual fuss/ambition coach who wont rock the boat.

I dont blame McNamara for taking it, and I he has my support.

The real issue here is the RFL. When Lewis arrived, they were a progessive organisation, now, with him off playing with his Sport England chums, we are left with Nigel Wood, the man who nearly killed Halifax and gave us the Blue Sox and "Clubcall". A meddler who needs to be removed from his role for the RFL to progress.

Is McNamara now in the full time role that Smith was, in real terms, structuring the game. What experience does he have in that role? Its a worry.

At the end of the day, though, the shortlist must have been a nightmare in itself.

Who might the other contenders have been:

John Kear ... Brian McDermott ... Richard Agar?

Thus far, all failures at domestic level.

It's not often I give credit to TotalRL, but someone on there suggested that only when all our SL sides are being coached properly (I suppose a la Maguire, Brown, Smith), will we have a GB side that can compete with Aus. Because only then will the majority of our players have the baseline discipline and skills required for international football.

There may be some truth in that.

An excellent point, shocking really given its origins.

The RFL's insistence to go with a full time coach who also has to be British has narrowed are choices down immensely, we don't have enough of an international competition to warrant a coach being full time.

We should have gone part time like the Aussie's and Kiwi's are, and selected someone such as Craig Bellamy as are coach but only on a part time basis. We could have then provided him with multiple advisors and selectors such as Radlinski and Sculthorpe, who could then watch the progress and development of are players throughout the season and help him pick the squad.

Do you honestly think Craig Bellamy would have been interested in the job?

If we're going dream team fantasy rugby on this then I think we should have had a coaching team of Wayne Bennett and Craig Bellamy with Michael McGuire and Nathan Brown as their British based advisors.
I'd also like to have seen myself presented with free tickets to every major game, domestic and international till the day I pop my clogs, and a private jet to take me to and from said games.

Matching nationality of coaches with the nationality of the team is a nonsense. amatuer hacks those RFL s. Fulltime coach is also a nonsense.



Australia and NZ back on top now, unchallenged.



Wane as an assistant is an excellent idea except i'd prefer him to concentrate on Wigan.

Do I detect a hint of sarcasm in that post.



I think you'll find I wrote "someone such as Craig Bellamy" it doesn't necessarily have to be him. I still stand by my point that a part time high caliber Aussie coach would do a better job than a full time Steve McNamara, after all what has Steve done to warrant getting this job? Other than being British and available, he's proved nothing in his capacity as the Bull's coach to deserve or earn his appointment.

Maybe



We've talked about this before and we both agreed that it should never have been a full-time appointment. The RFL should have given to best person available, not the best British candidate.