I don't think many want him sacked now but I said a year ago he won't go past his contract and I still think that. Right man at the time he came in but we seemed to have levelled off at a level that isn't any good for long term ambitions.
Ward is a good call the more I think of it. What about Langers? Both would be great but probably can't afford that.
Not Leon as not proven.
Kear probably has 9 months left so could they sort out a reasonable way of bringing in someone now.

Think there's a watershed under the Coral stand judging by the state of the pitch at that end.

The crowd on Sunday may have been poor but did you see the weather? If ever a cub suffers due to the bad weather it's us. Sheffield never bring many fans and we've just come off a good win at Dewsbury. Can't blame Kear for the crowd yesterday unless those not there have some sort of clairvoyant and if so how do I access this?

I agree we're not going sack Kear. We'll finish where most of us expected and then hopefully we can bring in some fresh ideas.

Faxfan here , I come in peace not one of them who try’s the wind up as it just bites you in the later anyway. I alluded to it in some other post but kear seems to like the big forward which is fine , Halifax have a relatively small pack but they do big minutes , I’m not sure we have a forward over 17 stone , ultimately whatever option you choose I’ll discipline and handling errors tires your pack out set completion is paramount, we gave multiple penalties away last week and paid the price played the last 15 mins with 11 men . Seems Bradford we’re guilty of it this week , I must admit some of the Bradford players look unfit which I don’t understand, I thought they had a new nutrition and fitness guy .

Ronald McDonald by the look of it. Walker and Crossley can make an impact for short periods but once they're gassed we have zero go forward. Baldwinson and Evans didn't once get us over the advantage line. Out wide Wallace and England were getting slow ball and were hit hard. Too often we took the ball at walking pace and versus a defence that was moving up quickly (a revolutionary idea) we were never going to make any ground.

We'll improve after that and I've no doubt we'll grab the odd win versus the likes of Fax/York/Batley/Widnes but in the end we'll be inconsistent and turn in a load of rubbish too.

Think we have a problem where some players think they're better than they are and some are in a comfort zone

Ronald McDonald

I think all the teams you’ve mentioned will be closely matched this season, I will reserve judgment on Featherstone and Leigh until I watched the game tonight but they’ll probably be streets ahead of the rest , there’s so many variables with injuries, refereeing decisions, weather conditions it’s gonna be a long d season, a lot of the teams are evenly matched this year .

I can’t see kear going anywhere before the end of the season but we have certainly gone stale.

While not overreacting from a loss, the way we ended last year it’s clear we need a kick up the backside from somewhere. We are long overdue an exciting season of having a team we can get excited about. I’m not even talking about promotion favourites, just a team that makes you excited to get down and watch them.

Even in league 1 and gaining promotion i dont think we had a genuine buzz about the team.

I would suggest this is a very likely scenario. He won't get sacked unless we really do fall to pieces, however there needs to be a plan in place for next year.

I think both John and the club will have to tough it out the rest of the season as we have no other choice as it stands. The club can't afford to waste money on paying him off and bringing in someone else so its going to have to be done at the end of the year when his contract comes to a natural end.

Sadly its been the same story since day one. Whilst we are no Fev or Leigh, nobody can suggest he hasn't been backed in the market. We spent big in League 1 only to promoted by the back door, he's had arguably the 2nd/3rd biggest budget in the Championship for the last 3yrs but been seriously outperformed time and time again... even this year Big Nige has backed him with signings that won't come cheap and yet the squad looks woefully unfit and disinterested when its time to knuckle in.

Having watched a few training sessions in the past couple of years, the one thing that stood out to me is how little Kear actually gets involved. He is not the hands on kind of guy that I first expected and looks like he relies heavily on his assistants. Given we have taken the cheap options of Messrs Dunning and Beattie, is it any wonder we get performances like Sunday???

This is interesting.

Only one person bradford need to put in is Leon he certainly knows his stuff

The ‘fitness’ argument is interesting.

Having spent years in sport and formerly at a club who is now a fellow Champ club, I find the argument lazy.

In football, if you have to do more defending and work without the ball you tire quicker.
In rugby, it’s exactly the same if not worse due to the impacts on bodies.

Thackeray kicked us to death and we defended far more than we should’ve. We need to respect the ball, remain disciplined and build pressure.

Crossley and walker are never going to be size zero, but how can you say the team are unfit?

They lacked desire, not energy.