Can't say who I wanted and don't know who applied so I am happy to get behind Chris Chester and give the guy a chance. I just hope he's strong enough to give the players a rousting and instill some pride back in the badge. I think he will be so let's get behind him.

Sorry mate but this sums up what's wrong with the mentality of Trinity fans and I know you're one of the better one!

I don’t know Chris Chester other than he speaks quite eloquently on interviews.

He has a one year SL coaching history which can only be viewed as mixed. He had a season average of 52% wins or 1 in 2, jeez what we’d give for that. He also got his team to Wembley on his first attempt so again not bad. That said he had a much team or certainly a better resourced one.

His only real error for me was not picking his CCup team on form instead relying on an injured player, that said Leeds were not going to be beaten by anyone on the day Sinfield and Peacock hung up their boots.

His dismissal from HKR seemed hugely premature by any standards. If the lad still has the enthusiasm and has learned lessons from last year he will be a better Coach second time around.

One things for certain, he knows the local scene which IMHO is crucial for a club like ours.

He also seems to suffer from a perceived slight against Trinity some years ago as a player. This seems to revolve around him rejecting a move to his home club whilst at Hull. Seriously can you blame him.

He may not be the coaching giant that Smith was but for decks sake can we just give him a chance before condemning him, for the life of me I can’t see what he’s done not to deserve that courtesy.
I know it’s nit the way of some on here who just seem to take pleasure in slagging off just about anyone who isn’t Wally Lewis. However doing so is utterly counter productive in my opinion as the choice has been made.

As for Carters decision, well at least he made one and he made it quickly and that IMHO is what was needed before the rot was allowed to set in any further.

A good appointment under the circumstances, realistically which SL coach would want to come here in our current situation the alternative being to take a chance on an assistant who we'd probably have to pay compo for with little experience, Smith and Powell did not apply apparently so imo we've got the best and most experienced available.

I have no issues with Chester at all, if any, is he experienced enough.

Personally, I thought at Hull KR, he was given the boot a bit too early. Their injury list is probably worst in Super League at moment. They didn't lose to Cas, which there isn't many teams that can say that at the moment. In the two years he has been at the club, they have been in a battle for the top 8, without any threat of relegation, and also taken them to Wembley. Don't think this is a bad start to a coaching career, he hasn't dropped a level to earn his stripes in coaching.

With our situation, we needed a quick fix, as no one wants to go through games with a caretaker coach, and are looking to improve in the long term, by bringing back Kear with his knowledge. Maybe during his last year at Batley he can unearth some young talent from the championship.

I just wish also that Kear could come at the same time as CC

For me it's a couple of decent choices along with Richard Kelly heading up the youth dept we've got some decent RL knowledge/experience at the club off the field.

I am smiling.wakey have won 4 out of 30 or so games and we appoint the coach who was the coach of the team that lost 2 of those 4 games.yeah he got rovers to wembley but that was due to form of kelly they have more money to spend than wakey and still struggled.

Im not slagging mc off but really is a bad choice for me

...spot on that, Vasty....nail - head - hit

Welcome to the club Chris.....let's all get behind him as it's going to be a tough old season.

Will he have a few quid for players.....can we off load a few......will players want to come and play for him/us?

Happy with Kear too.....whilst in the Championship.....can he unearth a few gems or resurrect some fallen careers like he did with Wilkes, Bibey & Moore?

Welcome aboard Chris Chester, local lad with SL experience, lets get behind him, the team and see how they go
Always liked John Kear, think he will do well in the role. Feel more positive after hearing this news today. Well done MC IMO. My glass is always half full but why not

Not my cup of tea given his record with much more money at Rovers but still beggers can't be chosers and with Kear coming on board in a roll that will suit him perfectly it's probably as good as we could have hoped for under the circumstances.

Welcome aboard Chezzie lad, fingers crossed it works out.

Happy with the appointment.

Having known Chester from our school days, always had a lot of respect for him for what he achieved in the game. I'm sure as a fan, he only wants what is best for the club and will do what he can to achieve it.

Good luck !

P.S. Maybe he can persuade Campese to come across the M62 to join him !! ?

Would love Campese too, but can we afford his healthcare.

What about Blair or Kelly even. Both of these are better than the two halves we had already, or even start to clear out the deadwood forwards we have. Hull KR have a good young British forward in Green

Would love Campese too, but can we afford his healthcare.

What about Blair or Kelly even. Both of these are better than the two halves we had already, or even start to clear out the deadwood forwards we have. Hull KR have a good young British forward in Green

Brian Smith will have been our most expensive coach ever, Chris Chester will have got his pay out from Hull Kr so there must be a saving as I can`t imagine that Chester will be able to command a high salary. Will the difference mean that we can employ a half back for a few months. As I see it we have four problems : Our defense, Our attack, no money and our players are not very good.
So the new coach may help as if the savings made mean we can employ a half decent 6 or 7 then that will help with the attack and defense, not asking for a lot just a player that can pass, catch and tackle - you know the skills that Finn and Miller don`t have. Kear should be able to pop down and give Chester an idea about how to get the players to defend, he should also be able to motivate them. Kear can also advise which players in the championship would bust a gut to be given a chance in SL. Lets face it most of our squad would not get in a top 4 / 5 championship team and there are loads of players in the lower leagues who would improve our squad , for a start every single 6 and 7 playing in every championship team is a better player than Miller.

Can't believe the pessimism on here, give the guy a chance for goodness sake. He's done a decent job at Hull KR so let's see what he can do with his home town club. It'll be great to get JK back too, well done MC, JK's knowledge will be invaluable. Onwards and upwards Trinity (we hope)

Another disgraceful decision by Mr Bluff.

Nonetheless, good luck Chezzie.....you will need it.

Not for me. Glad JK will be here advising next sesson.

I cannot comprehend what goes on in some people's minds - they talk about wanting someone who can motivate the players and make them proud to wear the shirt, and then say the players are useless. Great motivational technique there. Glad I'm not working for any of them. Chris Chester has a chance to show what he can do and he will have my full support. The success of any new combination of team, coach and club is difficult to predict but with everyone suporting them, rather than denigrating them, the chances of success will be higher.

I totally agree heard Mr Bluff chose Chester in front of Wayne Bennett as new coach.

Kear out!

No pressure on Chester not his players. You can not make a silk purse from a sows ear. A step forward bringing in head of coach , keep going mr carter you are heading in the right direction

Best of luck to him - he has a win ratio with HKR that we'd kill for, albeit with a team that cost significantly more; I'm happy to back the guy, until he gives reason not to.

As for JK as DoR - I would imagine that's with a SL clause; but if he does come next year, it's a role that I feel suits him better than Head Coach - and his Filofax will be worth its weight in gold. Hopefully, Richard Kelly can make enough noise about the Academy lads to force him to pay attention this time around.

Did you enjoy Campese's 20 minutes for the season, great player if we can ever get him on the pitch. The likelyhood of Green going anywhere Chester is is pretty remote, don't think he'll ever forgive him for not picking him for Wembley when he was our form forward.

Totally agree with this. Lets get some pride back in the club. I'm a believer