Beating Bradford is a big if going by the last two 'performances'.

It certainly is. It just annoys me that as long as we beat the teams below us then CS keeps his job.

Our points have come from wins against Bradford and Wakey at home, Wire away, FC at home + Etihad, London at home. And draws away at Salford and Hudds.

Leeds d1cked us at home, Cas d1cked us at home, Saints and Wigan d1cked us away. The loss in France is understandable, we threw away the Widnes game. And the last 2 weeks Cas d1cked us again and Wire d1cked us at home.

I dont expect us to win every game, but I would like to at least compete with the top teams, win a few and not have to use the word 'd1cked' so many times when describing our performance. In hindsight the Wigan game wasnt worthy of the word, we played quite well and were close for most of the match.

Listening to Hudge on the radio last night, the coach's position should be all done in a couple of weeks. He was very guarded with his answers, not giving much away at all.
So what if the unthinkable happens and sandy gets a new deal? Times are tight for me personally right now and this would definitely make my mind up about a season pass next year. And I'd imagine on the back of this descision a lot of other people might feel the same. I'd say Hudge has got one of the biggest descisions to make since his tenure at our club. And I just hope he's not backing sandy through blind faith, or this could go very wrong around him.

the coaches position will decide whether I get a pass or just pick and chose next year. CS is boring me to tears atm.

Well hudge said there is a contract on the table so unless sandy doesn't sign it he'll be here next year. Maybe he can go back to oz, get a longer deal worth more money with less hassle as an assistant somewhere?

Yeah, I broadly agree with that.
Replacing Morgan and getting a development remit was never going to be easy. And he's not had much luck. The work he's done/doing putting systems in place - you'd think 3 years would be enough to get them in place, if not yet bearing fruit.
He never quite gets enough runs on the board, but we're never bad enough for quite long enough (IMO) to get shot.
I'd be okay, if not exactly enthused, by his getting another year. In the hope that this is 'his 2008' and that next year with a squad that has had a chance to gel we can climb the table.
Chester for 2015 or 2016, in a managed transition would get my vote. I'm not a fan of change for changes sake, but sometimes things need freshening up.

According to the BBC he's been offered a new contract and Hudge is keen for him to sign it quickly. I can imagine a lot of very frustrated fans on here with this news.

hudgell will keep him cos you beat hull fc twice this seaon

[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/27850013Will he sign or walk away?[/url

For me, this is terrible news. For the first time, I've really got to question Hudge's motives for giving him another year. IMO, this would be bad news for the club.

Dong worry guys doesn't look like he will sign it unless you up your offer !!!!

Hudge is maybe biding his time until the Koukash family put their money in.

If true I hope to god for rovers sake their is a good reason I do not believe for one minute that Neil would get it wrong I hope not

Why has Neil never got anything wrong in the past ?

No. Never. There.

I'm all for loyalty but it has to be earnt and deserved. I think he has had enough time and been given the chance to build his own team, but unfortunately we haven't moved forward. To me another year would be more blind faith than belief that he has proven he deserves it.

The one thing in his favour is that the players seem to like him, just last week Justin Poore was praising him on twitter. The fact that i see that as the main positive tells a story. Plus if they do like him and want to play for him then it doesn't translate onto the pitch most of the time.

We have seen a lot of bad years and we should be extremely grateful for Hudgell and where we are now compared to even 10 years ago. Every decision up to this point has been positive, ambitious and nobody has had too much to grumble about on the whole. But this is the first time it could be seen as a lack of ambition perhaps and not go down well with the supporters.

Let's hope if CS signs the new deal he proves the doubters like me wrong the rest of this year and next season. We have to stick behind the team for now and not turn on them and start a witch hung for Sandys head. Not yet anyway!

Maybe but when they say their is a contract for him to sign is it to be the first team coach or to bring the kids threw like the job he had in OZ you never know if so good,if not bad

Betts has made visible steady progress over 3 years at Widnes and Powell has worked wonders at Cas in a year. If a SERIOUS contract is on offer then I'd say Hudge has accepted we will never go above being a mid table club, unless... He is going to pump as much cash as possible into establishing a thorough and well resourced academy. I suppose we shall all know in the next few weeks.

See that's interesting. Are we to believe we cant attract the very top notch players due to our location? in that case is Hudge saying to Sandercock the money is going into the academy, find them, nuture them and bring them through. Then we'll make them an offer too good to go.

Next year is crucial, we cannot afford to be out of the 8 when the split happens, we only need to get Thaler or Hick and were doomed to the 2nd tier.

I think we are more than capable of getting ourselves relegated without relying on others.

I've seen the under 19's a few times. There's a few good larkers, but no one really that makes you stand up and take notice. So if they are going all out to bring the youth, then the under 16's seems a formidable team that could be natured. But that's a few years away yet. I'd give sandy that job, but good god, get someone else in that can do the first team. He's had a go, failed, so let's try another avenue.

Pearson will be pi$$ed off seeing as winning derbies was one of his aims for his new local team for local people agenda if I remember correctly.

Perhaps Hudge is seeing the bigger picture, and what goes on behind the scenes, just saying perhaps.

It would seem that Sandy is staying for another year at least, so be it.

It must be admitted that it is very unlikely he would have been granted such patience at most clubs. Especially with the new structure next year where 9th & below have to scrap for Super League survival in a 7 game mini league.

Don't want any of that thank you, but that's been our level under Sandercock and if the new structure was here this season then it would be a very real prospect.

People have scorned the new structure for next season but having seen Leigh take Leeds all the way and Featherstone the new cashed up wannebe's, it means that finishing 8th is upgraded from being fairly irrelevant to being crucial to the very future of the club.

What has to be factored in is the root & branch overhaul of all rugby matters from top to bottom being undertaken by Craig Sandercock. Sandy's immense knowledge, intellect and work ethic make him virtually irreplaceable for this task and 2 years and a half into the project it would be shattering to call a halt and go back to square one.

So often sporting clubs are scorned for their lack of patience with managers and coaches. Craig Sandercock is exceedingly lucky that Rovers are bucking the trend but that is the path the club have chosen. Having gone this far down the road it would be criminal not to see it through.