Unless he's making out he knows something we all don't...

Agree about the journalism part though. Think it was highlighted yesterday with Chesters sacking. All the journalists seemed absolutely shocked at his sacking (despite him having something like 12 wins in 54 games and the Wakey supporters clearly having no confidence left in him) then all tweeted what a nice guy he is, with hardly any of them focusing on his actual performance record. Just shows the "friendships" journos now have with clubs, chairmen, CEOs etc and not much neutrality and very little objectiveness.

RL journalism is such a small church that it's incredibly rare that anyone says anything that is remotely controversial. The reluctance of anyone to do any real digging around the role of Nigel Wood over the past 9 years and how he's ended up at Odsal is a case in point. I suspect nobody wants to put any noses out of joint. More recently Ralph Rimmer's performance as the game's CEO is open to question but it seems that only supporters do that - it's radio silence from 99% of journalists. Can't imagine that being the case in a big sport.

We only have one weekly RL paper now (League Express) which is a classic example of a publication that avoids controversy or investigative journalism. The monthly magazines have little reach from what I see, especially compared with the pre-internet era.

Online there's a lot of hot air on social media but it rarely amounts to much and doesn't really hold anyone to account. I think that it's time for something new to do that. Anyone remember the Rugby League Supporters Association? That group made some waves in the 90s. Perhaps we need something like that again.

Anyway this has nothing to do with McDermott so I'll shut up.

Quite a few people on the Wakey board suggesting they might look to get Kear back to replace Chester

Pure speculation of course, but often these things have a way of coming together in the small world of RL. It seems strange that rumours of McDermott coming to us 'just happen' to coincide with a vacancy at a club that John Kear holds quite close to his heart

Stranger things have happened....

It's certainly not far-fetched to think JK would be receptive to going back to a club he's clearly got a soft-spot for. Depends what's left on his RL bucket-list. He may feel a fitting way to finish a great career would be to get us there or thereabouts as a top Championship / aspirant SL side.

Same "source" that said Mcdermott coming to us now saying he's put his name in the ring for Wakey job. Suppose if you throw enough darts some will hit the Bullseye.

Other sources now reporting that McDermott is in talks with Wakey.

He's a Wakefield lad of course, so no real surprise. If you don't buy a ticket you definitely won't win though.

Given how small our pool is, McD will probably be linked with every open position that comes available until he takes one.

It won’t be long until we start hearing Chris Chester to…..

For what it's worth I quite like Chris Chester - he was always a pain when we played against him, that is for sure.

Always felt that Chester never really got a fair go at being a head coach at Wakefield. Carter never seemed to give him the financial backing to go and push the club forward. That being said, he’s also kept the club financially stable for quite some time which is something we can only dream of.

It’s a tough hand that Chester was dealt. Could he have turned Wakefield into playoff contenders if the board had splashed the cash? Who knows. I can’t see him getting another SL any time soon.

McDermott at Wakefield would be a good fit.

He won't give financial backing to any other coach either

Carter's job first and foremost is to keep Wakefield solvent, and he's done a staggering job in that respect. He has my complete respect for doing so, because there's plenty of reasons for Wakey to have been a basket case like us. But the flip side of that is not being able to spend the full cap and needing a coach that makes a better side than the sum of its parts. Clearly JK has plenty of experience of doing just that, I'm not sure Brian Mac does though?

Danny Ward has also applied apparently.

Hasn't he ended up at Oldham?

Helping a mate out there apparently.