Deakin, Cullen and Rea have all applied for the French job, so one of them should be rulled out. I cannot really see Rea going there as he has a good job in NZ, and maybe not Cullen, but he is out of work and could do with proving himself again. Is Steve Deakin really good enough for them?

That leaves Dave Woods, who made it clear on Radio Leeds that he was on the look out for another job. He would probably do OK, but why did he leave Gateshead? Is he somebody who a top Championship club would go for?

I can only see Ellery Hanley going to this job to be honest, unless they stick with Stankevich for a while.

Just had another thought . . . John Sharp, always a possibility.

Did the Job for Cas a few years back, though doesn't mince his words which I seem to remember caused a few problems at Cas.

Yes, he did do the job with both Cas and Gateshead. But I do feel in this case there is probably better options available, English coaches too!

Jon Sharp is on a cushy job at Hull, can't see him leaving.

Hanley would be completely the wrong man for the Widnes job. O'Connor has made it crystal he wants people at the club who are passionate to take Widnes back to SL and the only passion Hanley has is his wallet. Given Widnes' recent history, this wouldn't be the greatest of employments.

Woods would be a good choice although you have got to wonder what went on at Cas and Gateshead to make them part company after championship seasons.

We should be encouraging young British coaches into the game and I think it would be very refreshing if Stankevitch got the job permanantly.

The good thing for Widnes is there is no rush to get immediate success so to speak-They have 3 years to win something. No knee jerk reactions needed though it is a bit strange timing wise. Stanky deserves the chance to prove his worth for this season. IF that does not work then Widnes can look properly over the Off season for a candidate and I am sure thats what they will do. The Club needs stability at this time and the players know Stanky.

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Sign Faz!

Always going to end in tears after they signed the little ginger one. Never one for being a team player.

i can actually see that ellery hanley rumour happening.

always thought mcormack was a small time manager at ambitious clubs.

he never really had the luck to get teams to super league.

ellery hanley i think will be a good manager at widnes.

Karl Harrison ?

I can't work Ellery Hanley out as he must be a good coach like he was a good player but he seems to always have 'problems' which means he ends up leaving clubs on not too good a terms.
There must be something, does he think he is better than he is and bigger than the club or is it that he gets bored?
My guess is a bit of both, anybody had close experience of the guy as a coach?

i can see why this would be a favourate candidate for widnes though he is going to have a lot a to work with.

there is not much chance at the minute of getting a super league job so why not go to a club who will be one of the clubs that will be favourate for a franchise in 3 years.

give him some managerial experiance before he manages in super leaugue i would say it would be a perfect opportunity for him.

I was going to say the same. He's only on the U21s staff at Huddesfield isn't he?

Having said that. Ellery Hanley being booted off Celebrity Come Dine With Get Me X Factor Get Me Out Of Here On Ice is a bit of a coincidence though.

How can you say that? With our past Coaching problems with formerly good players, I think we have enough proof to show that this isn't something you can take for granted.

the same Ellery Hanley who for years hardly gave any interviews, even when he was GB coach. He must have fallen on hard times to strop on the skates!

I can see why it looks like bad/ strange timing to sack the coach, but the owner had already stated at the end of last season, that he felt let down by the performances. Maybe at that point he was prepared to put his faith in McCormack and blame the players. This year we have pretty much strengthened in most areas and brought in exciting players such as Webster. What happened on the pitch though has been pretty bad. In 4 friendlies and 1 competitive game we've seen 1 decent half of rugby and the rest pretty bad.

I think SO'C must have said to himself - right lets cut to the chase, things aren't going to get any better under McCormack, it just going to be excuse after excuse and we'll have to sign player after to player to try to plug the gaps. With it being so early in the season at least it gives the new coach time to come in and assess things well before the league starts. If MCormack would have carried on and we'd been poor all season, it would have probably have been too late to rescue things. It may well have been hasty, but I don't think the owner wanted to take that risk of waiting and seeing how it panned out.

It appears that there are no financial restraints at Widnes rugby league club with having to pay MacCormack off and bring in a new bloke.
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I couldn't give a monkey's who they get in as coach TBH full time sides shouldn't need coaching against part time sides in this day & age.

They pose no more of a threat than Fev, Sheffield are always difficult to turn over, Barrow away will be a difficult task. This will be a very difficult league to compete in, and folks keep trying to tell me there's nothing at stake HA HA HA !
I'd love to see us win the cup and the GF.

Who wouldn't!!

You got to get the players with the right attitudes though and it seems thi may be an area where Mccormacks signings are lacking.

Also remembering that the money man moved heaven and earth to get Mcormack back last season after he had moved to the Robins. Has he made another mistake?

i reckon it will be paul cullen

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