I don't want that team playing 5 drives and a kick!

His rugby league is shocking to watch. Since super league quality has spread out noble has faded away to the point where nobody wants him in sl. Where as ts has got better and turned another also ran into a top team.

I am not so sure what Noble achieved last year was fading. He took a bunch of nobodies with a near whole team from scratch to the play offs. At Wigan too, he took a near relegation fodder side and built it back up laying the foundations for what the new coach achieved this year. He certainly made some daft and baffling decisions, and me personally I don't like the guy, but his record can not be ignored.

What he did at Bradford was a big achievement.

5 drives and kick for an all star team? No thanks.

Since the comp has evened up noble has stopped winning trophies. It's easier to win lots of silver when you have the best players.

The first point accepted.

The scond point could quite easily be attributed to Tony Smith also. Only won with best players.

Remember Noble has been at a poorly run Wigan club and a team with no infrastructure at the Crusaders, over the last few years. Any coach would have struggled to improve on what he did do at those clubs.

It's completely accepted that as soon as he went Wigan won, and probably right to say they wouldn't have with him, but he still laid the foundations for that to happen, and completely changed around things at Wigan.

Far be it for me to defend Noble, because I dislike him, and I agree his rugby his boring. But I still think credit where credit is due for his achievements.

If Smith continues going forward with Wire like winning a GF with them, then it would only be right to start declaring him for coach of team of decade. And in anyway in four years time he would quite rightly have that title then.

i'd go with

radlinski
vainakolo
lyon
hape
albert

harris
lam

peacock
lowes
morley
ellis
furner
sinfield

barrie mac
vangana (joe)
robbie paul
graham

head coach: tony smith

Lancival Todd n'all don't forget.

Yep!! I always forget that because we lost. But true enough! Lance Todd too!

For me;
Radlinski (Nailed On)

Vainikolo (Nailed On)
Senior(Nailed On)
Lyon (Nailed On)
Richards (Debatable)

Half Backs are debatable from;
Long
McGuire
Harris
Paul
Briers
Barrett
Pryce

Morely (Nailed On)
Cunningham (Nailed On)
Peacock (Nailed On)
Farrell (Nailed On)
Sculthorpe (Nailed On)
Sinfield (Nailed On)

Bench-
Graham (Nailed On)

The other 3 bench spots can be debated at will with many suitable candidates.

In all fairness, you say Lyon nailed on. What did he do 2 years here?

You also say Vainikolo nailed on. Don't dissagree. But I would argue Hape had a very very big influence on Vainikolo, and probably could claim just as much credit to that "nailed on" spot as Lyon.

that's probably why i put hape in just ahead of senior. i guess it's upto the poster's discression who gets in and who doesn't

Fair Point...

Radlinski (Nailed On)

Vainikolo (Nailed On)
Senior(Nailed On)
Lyon (Debatable)
Richards (Debatable)

Half Backs are debatable from;
Long
McGuire
Harris
Paul
Briers
Barrett
Pryce

Morely (Nailed On)
Cunningham (Nailed On)
Peacock (Nailed On)
Farrell (Nailed On)
Sculthorpe (Nailed On)
Sinfield (Nailed On)

Bench-
Graham (Nailed On)

The other 3 bench spots can be debated at will with many suitable candidates.

1. Radlinski

2. Vainikolo
3. Lyon/Hape
4. Senior
5. Richards/Carney (Weak spot really isn't it if they're the only names we can come up with!)

6. McGuire/Harris/Pryce/Lam/Long/Barrett/Briers/Paul/Deacon
7. McGuire/Harris/Pryce/Lam/Long/Barrett/Briers/Paul/Deacon

8. Morley
9. Cunningham
10. Peacock
11. Farrell
12. Sculthorpe
13. Sinfield

14. Graham
15. Fielden/Ellis/Burgess/Furner/Vagana/Wellens/Joynt/Any of the Half Backs above
16. Fielden/Ellis/Burgess/Furner/Vagana/Wellens/Joynt/Any of the Half Backs above
17. Fielden/Ellis/Burgess/Furner/Vagana/Wellens/Joynt/Any of the Half Backs above

How many years has Richards been here? is it 3?

If so you could add Sullivan to that list then. I think he played up to end of 2003, and was a quality winger.

Sullivan only played '01. Although looking up Sullivan I did stumble across Paul Newlove. He was a cracking Centre!

Really? I thought he played in 03, my bad.