There is absoulutely no doubt about it Steve Mac is the best man the job in the clubs current situation, i can stress enough to people how cruitial it is that he is here next season and for several seasons to come, he is building a legacy at bradford and has little resources to do so, his efforts are outstanding, after some of those defeats last season mainly due to useless players who are no longer at the club i dread to think how he must have felt, at times i have too wondered if it has been time to get a new coach however i have come to realise how ridiculous it would be and a terrible misjudgement for the Bulls board to not sign him on a new contract, almost in fear of how the so called fans will react, i really want people to understand how important Steve is to the future sucess of the club and hope he gets a new deal!

get your point Adey. what is interesting would be to see how many out of work coaches there are who would bring more to the table. unemployed and looking for work means we hold the most bargaining chips. In post and wanted by England gives steve the upperhand.

is there a nrl equivalent of the LMA website, which lists all out of work managers looking for a job in football?

I hope you aren't suggesting that I have ever proposed sacking Macca &/or bringing back Noble. The first I don't think I have ever done (though I have taken the pi ss regularly), the second I have definitely never done. I will repeat what I have said many times, I first met Macca as a young player (1992 tour), along with Darryl Powell he stood out from the rest as someone genuinley interested & concerned for the fans; I thought then he would make a good coach, I still do. To date he has done little to show he is much more than that.
Regarding players taking some blame, I put that one with the 'it's the sign of a good team when you still win but played badly' statement in the dustbin. Consistent poor/under performing is down to the coach.

Hooray to all of that Adey.

We are no longer the Mr. Moneybags of the Caisley/Noble era; what we are is solvent and living within our means(which is more than a few clubs can say) and you're right, more people are beginning to realise it, so Ill give an extra 'hooray' for that.

As someone who has stood behind the coach all along, I don't know whether he is a "brilliant" coach either (neither am I qualified to judge, btw but I do know he's pulling the club round from the abyss, and having spoken to him, I believe him to be a genuine and sincere bloke who is busting a gut on the club's behalf. He is also a guy who deserves our support.

I, for one, hope Steve stays at the club. Maybe there are others who could take the club forward, there probably are, I really don't know, but we seem to be on the right track and I think that Steve would be the best person to finish the job he's started.

For me, it's a head and heart issue with McNamara

My head says that Macca has done a good job in what has been a hard period for the club in terms of the financial situation. I understand that the club are rebuilding and this is not an over night job.

But my heart says the club should still be challenging for honours and that Macca should go based on the amount of poor performances that the team have produced under his leadership.

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