I hope the excellent appointment of BRIAN Smith draws a line under MCs appointments on the cheap , we need someone who picks up the club and gives it a good shake ( a k a Daryl Powell’s done at cas) the lessons of appointing from within must have been learnt , I would say it’s not just the first team that needs shaking up it’s the 19s as well , after all I don’t think they have won 10 games against sl opposition in the last three years , to me it’s the lifeblood of the club to find , produce and retain the best we can , I don’t think it’s been confirmed or denied by the club that Dagger & Oats have gone elsewhere but if they have who in the 16s and 19s have been retained or signed

Absolutely fantastic news, I'm excited at all the prospects for next season and beyond, at last we look set to make some headway in the game of Rugby League, I can't wait.

Dagger has gone to Warrington
Oakes has gone to HKR
Ingleby has gone to Huddersfield

Best news you could possibly get. Belated congrats on staying up. Hopefully see you all next year.

I'd heard that Smith had signed a new contract because the 'meercats' are still in Super League and Leigh aren't!
Jog on and we'll smack your bottoms again, just to prove it's no fluke.

Just remind me ....,,how long did Leigh survive the last time they were promoted to SL ????

Finished 1 win each last season pal....and yes you thrashed us by 1 point in the Qulaifiers, you must feel so proud of your Super League outfit.

how many dummies have you in that pram????

See you in 2016 chaps ! Good luck for next season.

If you can't take stick after telling everyone who would listen, what Leigh were going to do last season, you should keep quiet.
By the way remind me where your victory over us led you and where our victory over you led us?
Case closed. The Finger knows!

I have it on good authority (my aunty Pams friend ) that Brian Smith was wanted by Leigh. He attended a meeting and asked to see the team sheet for next season and any possible signings. He was told that it would be one last push for promo and the club realised that it couldn't be accomplished with the present set up.
Anyway having viewed the playing list Brian simply said sorry , and the rest s history.

Let's keep topic guys, it's a good one.

Ignore poor trolling eh?

I wonder if he may look to change the backroom staff a little or possibly add to it?

At Bradford BS left the place in good hands with Matty Elliott left to take charge after he did his year.
I would be really happy to see someone else in there, with a few more years under the belt than the likes of Stu Dickens & Lee Gilmour. Not sure who, put just to throw a name out, how about Karl Harrison, who i think BS had at Hull as a player?

I don't know the ins and outs and BS may be really happy with the current set up, but just thinking longer term. Having said that, I suppose as a Wakey fan, i really shouldn't!

When you say "the likes of Dickens" how do you know he's a bad Coach? I mean I don't. I'm not sure how quailfied Elliot was when he took over Bradford but it was his first club.

Good coaches surround themselves with good people. Smith is clearly a good coach so you would have to trust his judgement on relation to who he retains and recruits. There may also be financial limitations on moving people on due to contracts needing to be honoured.

Personally I would like to see Clogger replaced and the conditioning side of the club given a real shake up but it may not be possible or Smith may choose not to in which case he will live or die by his decisions.

One thing is for sure his association with the club should attract a better quality of candidate on and off the field and raise the profile of the club.

I personally dont know how good or bad Dickens is, from speaking to people who have worked with him, he is certainly well thought of by the players.
What i do know is that he hasn't been finished playing that long, and i think we have been bitten a few too many times by employing assistant coaches for the main job before they are ready.

I might be mistaken, but i think Elliott had a few years (possibly 4 or 5??) as assistant coach to Brian Smith before they both came to Bradford together.

Anyhow, Brian could stay for a few years and then this is irrelevant.

if all the other coaches had been given the money brian smith as had I'm sure we would have been in the top eight easy

Players come to work with coaches they feel comfortable or feel they can improve with,there wouldn't be no Arona or Toupau without BS.

Well I'm sure if BS had the 2012 squad we have finished in th tile eight on merit

As far as I'm aware no Wakey Coach has ever been given the money Agar received from Bogof and his toad

What on Earth are you going to do if we start winning under Smith.

Keep that Samaritans number handy.

ok lets see if we are not in top 6 with these players it has to be the coach

Brian Smith is the signing of the season in my opinion, he backs himself in his beliefs, the players are looking at themselves as a privilege to play under him, which should improve their playing performances. He is totally at ease with the media and the media seems to love him, just listen to James Deighton, Phil Caplan etc talking to him, they talk like old mates which must be good for WTW to get good publicity rather than in the past when it always seemed to be about doom and gloom. The atmosphere with the supporters seems to be of optimism, although I suppose we are optimistic before a tackle has been made.
Good luck for the forthcoming season Brian.

Based on the squad we have and the level of competition in Super League I think that if we made the top 6 we would be seriously overachieving. I certainly won't be judging Brian Smith on whether we make the 6 or not. Rather the level of improvement from last year and how safe and competitive we are in the League.

We don't have the budget or resources that the top 6 or even 8 clubs have.