Thats exactly what they have done, hired a national to coach the team (McNamara, Kearney) and then hired an aussie to mentor / shadow them (Brains Smith, Wayne Bennett)....

Should have read the article.

giving McNamara the england job is on the same line s as england football give Steve McClaren the England job and look how that turned out

sorry i don't rate him at all, never done anything, from his interview on boots n all which is still on i'd say he has no new ideas, be interesting how he answers the questions coming up.

We will be lucky to beat PNG with a second rate coach in charge, should have been sacked last year from bradford

We'll never get a decent coach as long as they insist on him being full time.

Having watched Boots'n'All tonight, Smith is only contracted as advisor for a year and it is with the specific remit of getting insight into the opposition: their techniques, training practices, use of sports science, skills, etc, so as to keep the England coaching [iteam[/i* fully informed of what they can expect to meet on the pitch and how to counteract the same.

Based on the interview with him, it sounds like McNamara has given an awful lot of thought and done a lot of research into the changes that need to be made and what needs to be done to enable those changes to have impact. Given his direct experience with the last world cup as assistant, I would say he has a greater awareness of our frailties and what needs to be done about them than other coaches and also in his contact with Smith he has a direct line to the opposition which is possibly not something other coaches could bring with them.

*McNamara was categorical in stating that he is recruiting in the next two to three weeks a number of individuals with specific responsibilities within the England coaching set up. He also stated that it is not going to be a job of only two to three weeks.

Irrespective of the coach, one thing we need is something to try and replicate the intensity and quality of Origin games to some extent. The RFL could make a start on that by abandoning the wacky weekend and replacing it with, say, an England v (rest of) Super League game - or even a "probables v possibles" match, much as I hate to copy Yawnion.

If he comes in and turns around the whole set up from grass routes to international level, (he should, for 48 weeks a year he'll be sat on his thumbs) and makes us better, then I will, for what its worth adimt I was wrong, however I bet in ten years time, we are still bemoaning, poor technique, poor rugby and worse coaching from our international coaches.

If you want to be the best you have to get the best, and english coaches are not the best! Not even close! The NRL is where we needed to be looking.

Mclaren had a good record in qualifiers?

I dont care what team they olay for as long as they are the best and in form players

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you could feel the venom that phil clarke would have liked to have spit out , phil knows that the set up is pants but had to hold his tongue.
He would have liked to say "steve you have no chance, we can't play one warm up game a season and expect to be ready for the aussies".

So, his grand plan to develop himself and British RL is spending plenty time in Australia...

Sounds like an Uncle Mo scheme to me...

Still, the weather will be nice.

I thought he came across very well tbh. Not sure what he has done in coaching to deserve the 'top job' though. Let's give him a chance. Time will tell whether he was up to the job or just talked a good fight.

I have seen nothing in McNamara that suggests he is a good coach.

Really is a sad state of affairs for British RL.....................

Steve McNamara is the Steve Maclaren of RL.

I think so too.

Bring back Alex Murphy !

Seen how Steve McClaren is getting on this season?

Super League
Bradford (0) 22 Wigan (20) 20

If you start that game there'll only be one winner!

Hmmm. Two points.

Rarely has the achievement of so little been rewarded with so important a promotion.

Let's hope he improves tactically whilst he's over there then otherwise we're even further up sh*t creek.

Yeah i hope so too, but from the last 30 seconds, it looks like he wants to return to scooter hookers, as our league has become to slow!

Saying that it could be a master stroke, they say fashions come around so instead of moving forwards like the ausies, we are going to move backwards to something that didnt work in the past in the hope it will work in the future.

When the ausies come back around to the scooter hooker tactic, we will be waiting like a ninja in a cess pit!

I thought he came accross really well too. I just hope its not all talk and he actually puts his plans into action.