No bigger club or platform than Leeds , it is crying out for Rowley and will take him to hero worship and beyond , The money is available and he can pick a player and improve players , everything is in place for the right man .

If only that were true - the culture at the club seems poor - that is going to take some turning around and with the likes of JJB lurking in the background is this a club you would want to join? This is not Saints or Wigan where the winning culture exists and they have a conveyer belt of young talent.

I’ve heard he won’t even eat Yorkshire Pudding

I personally would like to see JJB out of the club

Why what JJB done wrong when was interim coach he improved the team enough to hand it over to smith who made it to the grand final.
Have some respect for a Loyal Servant.

Jason Demetriou anyone?

Maybe for next season. Have to say he lost a lot of reputation points at Souths in the last year or so.

On JJB etc we just need to be more professional in the approach to backroom staff at all levels. Why is Ryan Hall getting a commercial gig for instance? Has he got any experience at all in that area, or is it that he wants a start and we've made an opening for him? If so, why? We're not a charity for old boys, but it sometimes looks like we are.

Agree has been a loyal servant as a player, seems to have a finger in too many pies nowadays. Went squealing to his best mate and next thing Furner was gone, we could have had a decent coach and not been in the mess we find ourselves in now. What is his fancy job title at the moment, just remind me ?

And you know all that because someone told you ?

One of the players told me and I have no reason to doubt him either. Its the " old boys network " at Headingley , headed up,of course, by the prophet JJB

Which player told you ?

Beware the Troll , you talk sh##

No I don't , meanwhile you Foxtrot Oscar

I'm still watching Leeds and wanting to see signs of recovery under RS; we need bodies back to do that.

However. He has left himself at risk of bad luck now: if Croft or one or two other key players gets injured, I don't think he'll survive the backlash from fans simply on the number of losses, and I think his recruitment has been too patchy so far.

I'm not sure Rowley is the right man to replace him if it happens, or if he would come. Demetriou is a potential candidate; his star was very high over there for a while, he knows the English game - maybe he would take the chance to rebuild his reputation at Leeds.

I'm also thinking Shaun Wane. I know people thought Wigan were boring under him but his record is pretty good - and what he is, arguably, is what we need for a young squad. He has faith in young lads but he's also disciplinarian and structured.

Ryan Carr is the other one who had a really good rep while he was here, spend a little time at Leeds before heading out down under again, never heard a bad word said about him but don't know if he'd come.

Interesting times anyway.

From the outside looking in, the number of ex-players in administrative and coaching roles at Leeds looks questionable. Are these people in place on merit other than distant achievements on the playing field? I guess it is common at a lot of SL clubs.