Can't say Im sorry, something had to change, the way we've folded has not been acceptable. Thanks for the efforts through ridiculously difficult times to learn your trade FC.

For the next coach I'd go with Noble, but whoever comes in the remit needs to be getting us back up next year, and Mr Green and Ferres need to back the new man next year with more than loan signings.

If they're making Diskin player/coach for HKR game, then it seems unlikely Nobby will be in place for then. Perhaps as a "consultant"

On another note, good luck with your recovery Langers. (season ending patella injury being reported by HKR)

Harsh on FC i think. He's never had any stability to work with and lurched from one crisis to another. I would like to wish him well and hope that something turns up for him. On another note, Nobby surely has to be the obvious choice for you guys?

One from the leftfield - Noble.

Left? I thought Nobby preferred 5 drives down the middle!

A fan earlier today was wondering how the bills are getting paid already.

Anybody know how much it will have cost to pay up the contracts of Cummins & St Hilaire?

With a view to avoiding going bust again my bet is that they rumble on with Ferres acting as rugby director and Diskin as player/coach for the forseeable future.

Unless Nobby will work for free

Bulls surely wont be able to finance Nobles army of helpers. Conditioner, Personal Physio, Attack Coach, Defence Coach Luncheon go-getter etc etc.


Wrong appointment for the Bulls. Get a young `un in who will take responsibility and do all the extra `Nobby` Jobs for nought.

Tough on FC who has had the worst possible off-field problems to put with, but just did not seem able to get the players to play to their potential and you could sense his frustration in his recent post match comments.
I suspect many coaches would have walked away from a club in the state the Bulls are in so he showed courage to stay at the wheel but could not get the same effort from the team.

The thing is, under Potter the team galvanised and tried to fight on, despite the off-field fiascos. Under Cummins, they've been waving a white flag all season.

Personally, it's too little too late if the plan was ever to keep us in SL (personally, I'm not convinced it was as there's that nice fat parachute payment waiting for the teams that go down, Mr Green can easily get the money he's owed out of that) but if the board ARE serious about rebuilding and coming straight back up, then the new coach needs to be someone who knows what he's doing, not someone learning as they go as both Cummins and McNamara were doing.

James Lowes should be approached immediately. He has done an incredible job in a foreign sport. People say he was unsuccessful at Warrington as head coach but he was never backed by the board, especially since they had headhunted Tony Smith before JL was even installed as head coach. Don't forget the success at both Warrington and Leeds seems to have slowed since he left.

Thank you Francis for your hard work and sticking by the club. He leaves with his head held high in my opinion. But at the same time it is the right decision.

Easy for me to say as an outsider, but I feel for Cummins. He has been on a hiding to nothing. He seems to have got on with the job in hand, ignoring the maelstrom surrounding him.

All the best Bulls. I've always enjoyed the games between against Cas. It'll be a big ask, but hopefully you can bounce back from these last few years.