Craig Bellamy wasn't a great player by any means and i suppose he wouldn't be too bothered about being called an "average Joe" type of player,he even had a stint playing at Swinton in the early 90's

Bellamy started his coaching career and actually won the presidents cup with the Canberra Raiders feeder side around 1995 which might be deemed as a second grade competition in your eyes but as the saying goes the rest is history and he has turned out to be one of the finest and most successful coaches that the Australian competition has ever seen

Every coach needs to start somewhere and IMO Demetriou could actually be a good fit for the Rhinos going forward,he's certainly done his apprenticeship at the lower levels in Australia winning several trophies before moving up as an assistant coach with NRL sides that were also successful.

He's also a very hungry coach waiting for his first head coaching role just like Bellamy was but I suppose you would have overlooked Bellamy too judging by your comments would you not?

i'd take him too. alex Ferguson was an average joe player. probably not as good as that

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Sinfield and Powell

Furner, Demetriou, Walker, Potter or Dunneman for me.

What about Danny Buderus? Doing a decent job as assistant at Newcastle, and was assistant at NSW.

The main obstacle for Demetriou will be family. A big family man with daughters in school, in Queensland. He might want to serve out his apprenticeships until his kids are older. That's my guess, although a club like yours is a big draw.

All this talk of a coach coming in til the end of the year makes no sense to me. Surely reason we've got rid of McD now is so a new coach can have 10 games or so to assess situation as Saints did with Holbrook last year.

I personally don't want an ex-forward as coach either. We need an offensive mind who can change the brand of rugby and make us worth watching again. Do any ex-forwards who go into coaching ever play an exciting brand? I'm not so sure.

In GH we trust.

Should have been hetherington who got the sack for his lack of spending on players, how does he get away with spending all winter in Australia every year on player spotting and recruitment but never actually gets anyone

Sinny was after dinner speaking at a function ad replacement for Schofield who gave back word

When asked about his involvement at Leeds he said watch this space but in the future

So I reckon he will take a role but not immediately probably replace hetherington I reckon

Some things ought to be ruled out immediately. Firstly not a recent ex-player - not Sinfield, not Burrow or whoever. It just doesn't work.

Secondly, not a failed English coach or one with no track record - that means no Lowes, Betts or whoever.

In terms of this year vs next, appointing someone who might be available today for the long term is also a recipe for disaster IMO. Its clear that GH didn't want to be appointing a coach today - it certainly rings true that he gave BM chance to leave on his own terms (publicly at least) at the end of the season, but BM forced him to kick him out on the spot by refusing to play ball.

The options for the longer term are either seek out the next Maguire - ambitious but bang up to date with training, tactics etc - or a 'safer' option in terms of an experienced hand. Either way its a tough choice, but I'd far rather GH gave himself three months to get the right man than rush someone in this season and we end up lumbered with them for two years.

What do people actually expect from Hetherington on this? As a club, if we're not already spending to the cap, we must be pretty damn close to it.

The days of getting quality Aussie imports are long gone. The NRL salary cap is more than £5m compared to our £2m, and the tanking of the £ vs the AU$ makes that difference even more stark.

The only time you'll find quality Aussies coming to Super League is when they, for whatever reason, can't get an NRL gig.

according to Gary Carter it's Powell coming in. not happy at Castleford. lazy journalism is my guess. be nice but can't see it

100% correct. The days of recruiting players like Webb, Ali Lau etc are long gone.

The best quality NRL players available are those that have messed up off-field, so they're a huge risk (including Jackson Hastings). Its interesting to see that players here are now playing to an age way beyond what they used to - Smith, Thurston and Slater are all 35 and still going. So we're not even seeing 'has beens' go to SL any more.

So now that the dust is settling a bit, who do people actually want and why?

I'd like to see Powell because he has a track record of bringing through younger players and developing them and his teams play an exciting brand of rugby.