A few rumours about Sunday that if/when McNamara took over England duties you might look to Noble to take over for you lot.

Tell me it isn't true. Please.

Not a chance, the Bulls don't have money to spend and Nobby doesn't do Clubs with cashflow problems, besides apart from the odd rose tinted fan, most won't want him back. With Peter Hood in the chair very very unlikely!

It isn't true.


...and relax

Nobby was in the chapel house the other night and he indicated he wouldn't rule out being at the bulls as head coach next season!

But that's just not true, now is it? If these fans who won't want him back, being presumably the mythical ones who don't want McNamara either - who the feck DO they want?

I genuinely believe that whilst no doubt there will be a handful of ranters spewing rubbish about Noble, as they do about McNamara, most normal fans recognise that Noble is one of the top coaches around in this country.

Apart from not exactly doing bad with us, he then saved Wigan from the drop and laid the foundations for their present top of the table team.

He then went to Crusaders and in short order made them a genuine team to beat even though it is very early days, such that they have considerably exceeded almost all predictions and expectations.

And he has vast playing and coaching experience including international.

What do these mythical "fans" want, then?

I'm pretty sure you can relax, I don't think we'll be seeing Nobby back at Odsal any time soon (unless we're playing Crusaders of course!)

I'm a lot less worried about getting Noble back than I am about the prospect of Shaun McRae!!! That would be scraping barrels.

Nobby is Bradford through and through and i'm sure the majority of right minded bulls/northern fans would welcome him back with open arms.Just so happens he's our most successful coach but don't let that cloud your judgements.

Shaun McRae!!!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

< I'd rather have one of the NT lot as coach >

Me too.

I'm not sure Nobby would want to come back given he'd have (according to Mr Murphy) 5th lowest player spend budget in the competition, would be limited by the quota as to how many antipodeans he could sign, and would of necessity have to concentrate much of his effort on youth development? Nobby's manifest success at Bradford (and the initial success at Wigan) was earned in an environment where none of those constraints applied. Are we happy he could reperform that success in the new, constrained environment? Serious question.

For whatever reason, Lenaghan seemingly did not?

He did a good job at Hull to be fair.

Wasn't that good though. They've been better since he left.