Is it just me, or should we all be feeling pretty confident of a licence with the likes of Anderson; Morgan; and Noble all being strongly linked with the vacancy?

Couldn't see any of these expressing any interest if we were deemed as unlikely to even be playing in Super League.

And - for what it's worth - i'd have any of them!

Think the licence is pretty much certain. Announcement is on the 26th and I expect an announcement on the new coach the same week assuming we are confirmed as in.

Kear can get the tactics right and can manage a middle of the road squad, but would he take us anywhere ?

Anderson would be good for us, but could he handle our small squad without much money to bring any other players in ?

Noble did well with Bradford, but do we want to change to his Bradford style of play ?

To be honest i'd be happy with any of these 3 but my favourite would be Anderson.

I'm sorry but I can't understand why any Cas fans would be remotely pleased at getting Kear as coach!

The fact that Anderson and Noble seem to be in the frame shows how far we've come as a club and I wouldn't mind either of them. I suspect Anderson may have a bit more clout in terms of attracting overseas players but the way our club is going with a strong emphasis on home-grown talent that's maybe not the plus point it used to be.

I was reading an interesting article regarding Matt Parish at Salford.

Most people are saying he is an unknown and has had no head coaching position. Brian Noble has kicked-off to the media about no pathways for British coaches and we are looking at un-tried Aussies.

This couldn't be further from the truth. Parish at 42 has had 12 years experience as an assistant coach. He also has the equivalent of a grade 4 coaches badge. Only John Kear in the UK has this level. Maybe its time for Cas to look at someone like him.

Peter Gentle ??

I agree, Kear is a big game coach not a season coach. I wouldn't be happy with his or Morgan's appointment





I was reading an interview with him and he expressed his desire of coaching in the NRL soon, all I could think was how p*ssed off I would be if I was a Salford fan and the first thing the new coach said was pretty much "this is just a pit stop as soon as the NRL comes knocking I'll be on my way"

Daniel Anderson would do very nicely, we could do alot worse than him. Get him on board!

According to him on twitter, he is not interested. "Staying in Aus".

Apparently a certain Mr Millward has been liked with the post.....

:O

Lets be clear, that any TM, Dave Woods, Parish, Morgan, Gentle is only taking a SL job to facilitate an NRL job.

Others like Milward or Anderson may differ. That doesnt make it a bad call, but you have to be realistic.

I think we are not in the righ place for John Kear, and thats not bias or anything, I just dont think it is right for him or us.

I have made my views clear earlier in this thread, but the strange aversion to a person passing through is weird, there is only Wigan and Warrington at the moment can probably reject people on that basis.

JM has not been given permission to talk to Cas and Cas have not had permission to talk to him.So says our chairman so i hope this puts a few minds at rest.

Your chairman is lying because he was interviewed on Friday.

Please edit your post mate because to call a solicitor a liar is a tad daft !!
Our chairman has just gone on radio humberside stating what i said above and if Justin was interviewed friday then Castleford are guilty of an illegal approach.

Not really an illegal approach when HKR agreed to it and are talking to other coaches themselves.

But at the minute Morgan is probably 5th or 6th choice, it will take a lot of break downs on contracts for him to get the job.

Oh and btw, only daft when it isn't true, when it happened though well he's put himself in a dodgy position with you as fans hasn't he.

Our chairman(RLFans sponsor)also stated that Castleford have NOT been given permission mate.