Thats what I said to the Wire supporter and would tend to agree with you !! , but he said it came from a source within the club !!

I would be very supprised.
As they are in aus looking at recruitment what about freddy fittler?

Great player but hasn't he already tried coaching & been found wanting?
Do great players make the best coaches?
I'd say not generally.
But why would a No2 in Oz want to come over here to be a No2 & if it's somebody from there who's not proven doesn't that make it an even bigger gamble?

Very Good points O.F i'm sure GH and Brian have people in mind and hopefully it'll be sorted sooner rather than later because pre-season starts in a couple of weeks and i thibnk we need as much time as poss to get the new set up sorted and settled in.

In the Hugh McGahan 'Director Of Football' role ?

GH is effectively the director of football isn't he?

If its a skills coach you're after, there are a lot of very talented young coaches here who wouldn't be household names but could probably do a very good job under a head coach. I'd certainly also want to get someone in who could really help the Academy lads develop.

We are after 2 coaches both to assist the head coach and 1 of them to also over-see the u20's.

Such as a Stuart Wilkinson or a John Bastian for example, both of whom Leeds were short-sighted enough not to retain in favour of a "jobs for retiring players" philosophy?

They both left for better contracts and in Bastiens case he wanted to stay with TS and he knew Wire were going after him when he took the job.
SW was also getting frustrated at Leeds and felt it was time to move on.

Who told you that bunch of inaccuracies?

Bastien had worked with Leeds for years before getting the job he had. He knew McDermott was getting the head of youth development and that's why he moved on. Yes he had a good offer from Wire and yes he liked working with Smith, but Leeds failed to retain him properly, otherwise he would have stayed.

Wilkinson left for one reason only, Tony Smith. As was the same with Brian McDermott, both had a fall out with Smith who only wanted yes men, and that's why Wilkinson went. Nothing to do with thinking it was time to move, he had to move.

Wilkinson himself told me exactly what had gone with TS especially after the CC in 05 hence he was frustrated and decided the offer from Wigan was too good to turn down.
Again with Bastien he said himself the job at Wire was too good turn down.