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[iPaul is "hoping and wishing" the new Bradford venture is a success, but labelled talk of him being involved "a bit of a joke".
"I don’t know where it has come from," said Paul, whose Dragons side have a break from the West Asia Premiership this weekend.[/i
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"I had a chat with Bradford Bulls about three years ago, before I took up a school job, so I don’t know where this has come from.
"I know it has had quite a bit of coverage but I am not paying much attention to that. It is a bit of a joke. I haven’t got anything to say because I have not talked to anyone.

"My brother was chief exec. Other than hoping and wishing they had a team there, I have no idea where this story has come from about me coaching them."[/i

Someone somewhere got a lot of social media mileage out of this rumour.....

Tremendous news for you guys, that's a genuine reason for hope, and I know you haven't had many recently! Good luck for the future, hope to see you back in SL in a few years time.

Thanks Geoff.Will see you next week when you get here.Safe flight over.All the best.

So to recap:

Not Brain McLennan then.

Standard of “people in the know” has really slipped lately

Wow, amazing appointment. NRL officiating turned him into the angriest looking coach ever...wonder what he'll make of Championship refs?

Bringing Beaver as his assistant?

nah bring beaver as a player. even at 108yrs old, or whatever he is these days, he'd still rip it up in championship

I predict that under Toovey we'll show more fight and an organized game plan than we did for big chunks of 2016. Really want to see a mean defence, the main disappointment for me under Rohan was that with his background as a defensive coach in the NRL, ours didn't show any consistent signs of improvement

There was a healthy discussion of Beaver v Tooves amongst Manly fans in the time leading up to Toovey getting the gig. The general consensus (as I recall, at least) was that everyone liked Beaver. And that therefore he was completely unsuitable. They wanted an ex-player (as they always do), but above all they wanted a 2@. And frankly, so do I.

How long till he starts making an impact then? 3-4 games?

For what its worth in my opinion one of the Best coaches in the NRL.Best of luck for next season.

Maybe 6-10. He needs to look at the remaining players, find their best position. Evaluate attitudes especially after the 'honeymoon' period is over. Also needs to see what they are like against varying levels of opposition. Hopefully after this, press on. Should stay up though.