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Some of the things he has said in the past about Feth/Super League might come back to haunt him

Without wanting to spark up the debate yet again, I’m really glad he’s back coaching.

I know he fell put of the tree in spectacular fashion in the end at Leeds, but we’ll never really know how much direct culpability he had on that.

I like the cantankerous old bugger. Good luck to him.

When desperation kicked in hes ran back to a small pit village in the North. Bless him.

I wish him well. His appointment adds interest to what's already shaping up to being a really good comp next year

There are only two teams that can win the Championship: Leigh and Fev, they will both spend c£200k more than the other teams. Brian is no fool - he went to Toronto when most coaches could have got that team promoted and in Fev he has a 1 in 2 chance of promotion

Hopefully he doesn't park his car close to the chairmans!!

No chance Frosties. Fev or Leigh in a 2 horse race.

You may be right but looking at the recruitment announced so far I can't see any of these challenging Leigh or Fev next season.

I hope York go well. I've thought for a while they are probably the most sensible strategic fit for developing the game in Yorkshire.

I would agree with that - sadly they have a coach who has a game plan and finds it very difficult to deviate from the plan when other teams have worked it out.

He is from the John Kear school of coaching i.e. if you concede less points you win rather than if you score more points you win. His emphasis is on kicking deep in corner and trying to contain the opposition. One of the reasons they struggled last year was this plan didn't work with a host of older players. Teams have worked him out so they know what's coming so rigid is plan

Please stop promotion and relegation.
Would love to see York, Bradford plus a non heartland team in SL but done strategically, not by spending cash on the best sub-SL players. Could you imagine NRL letting Fev or Leigh into their competition??
I know we have less players to choose from than the Aussies but this shambles just keeps us further behind them. You only had to see our panic buying in 2019 to see why it's harmful to the sport.

This issue sparks strong views, but I agree with you.

Fine if you want to do it strategically, but you would need to start by booting at least three or four current SL teams - the likes of Wakefield, Castleford, Huddersfield and Salford, for instance - out of the top flight if you're going to do it fairly, because they have less long-term self-sustainability than a team like Fev.

Yeah let's kill off a bunch of clubs because, unlike us, they don't benefit from being in the right place. That's what sport's all about