Yep, ditto John Joyner...although he won the Regal it was with Van der Velde's team.

Strange as it sounds sometimes a home town coach can have too much passion to be effective.

I would like the new coach to be an outsider, some one who doesn't have the Cas attitude, we have all these home grown players who should be busting a gut for the club no matter who he is, we have some problems off the field what we know aren't good but we don't know how bad they are because we don't get told nowt.

If we get a Coach from with in the club & he fails it's another players name tarnished in there eyes of the fans, Mr Kear would do a job in the short term, but he is another with Cas in his blood, & we have found that does not mean a lot with the departure of Mr Ferris who had Cas in his blood.

There has been rumor's that we want Mr Powell, a Cas lad, who has had nothing to do with the club, but he is a good up & coming coach & i would love him to take the club forward, as for Mr Aston another Cas lad, but he has got a big stake in Sheffield, when the debacle with Huddersfield went west he was the fella to start them back up.

It's been rumored that Mr Reilly will be taking a post, but i hope it's not the coaching post, he has the passion but his skills would be better used upstairs.

Stuart Raper has tweeted he would love the job, if thats the case he should send is application if not it's a none starter.

Justin Morgan has been linked, but i don't think we could afford him as he was said to want £200 grand a year.

I think we will end up with Danny Orr for the rest of the season & asses, how we go, but if we don't get the coaching situation right this time we will continue to be a basement team, Tonight will tell us if it was just the players not getting on with the coach, & if thats the case the new man will have to weed out the s&&t stirrers

Bigger club my ass, your going down the gary glitter son shine, and as for the pop and crisp league you may be joining it very soon, you arrogant =#FF0000THIS DOESNT GET ROUND THE SWEAR FILTER AND PLEASE REFRAIN FROM THE PETTY NAME CALLING- Delboy66

Course I do and we charge you a fortune for it just a pity that a club that has had millions more from the game has to go to a club from the pop and crisp league to use there facilities,

Martyn Sadler speaking to Stuart Raper on FBook, wishing him well with job if he takes it and looks forward to seeing him in England next week.
It certainly suggests Raper is in the running.

It's not only the coach who sets the ethos and culture at the club it's all the backroom staff from the chairman to the strength and conditioning coach.

Wigan looked for a similar change a few seasons ago. The obviously had the resources to get the next big thing in Maguire but the chairman also understood the importance of local lads hence the appointment of Wane as the then number 2 and Radlinski as the team manager.

When you have ever played a game in The big boys league come back and have a convo big lad..... Until then please feel free to do one



Booo hooo them big bad SL boys have had millions........ Are you too stupid to think about having to pay super league wages to get super league players ??? Your lot are immensely dumb !!!!!

Cya

not necesary tony smith isnt from leeds turned em into winners same at warrington . brian noble has had sucee with and without silverware at diff clubs.nostalgia and the heartfelt feelings have to go out of the window.who honestly thinks andy hay can come in and rescue us ? its got to be the best man that money can get if that means a man who is from aus america or featherstone so be it its a professional sport and the salary paid to such person should be the main motivation a new coach that and the desire to be the best so forget all the vowlsey andy hay mal reily nikau raper fair enough legends all of em but lets move onward n upward. john kear for me .

I get what you're saying mad-dog, but I don't think John Kear would be an "onwards and upwards" appointment.

I think he would be a sensible option and would probably make the best of a bad season, but he isn't the guy that'll take us forward (if possible)

Justin Morgan rumour over on the Bulls board. Probably no mileage in it but who knows?

Hate to agree with Vasty (and others) but the Cas at heart bit doesn't matter a jot to me. Our board have "Cas at heart" and look what that's done..! A proven track record first and foremost, especially one which includes maximising limited resources.

Raper's first choice for me, even just in an advisory role.