They will be silenced soon when he takes on the england job and they get thier wish of getting nobby back!

Edited for accuracy.

Results have improved but the level of performance in the vast majortity of games is the same poor.

How do you square those two seemingly-conflicting observations though? Especially given that, by general consent, the overall quality of the competition has probably improved this season?

Well whilst we continue to get the results I will happily accept what you call 'poor' performances. For what it is worth I think our performances have improved significantly from last year. I think this side still has a fair bit of improvement in it yet, the big test is whether Macca can deliver that improvement.

I have only seen one poor performance this year and that was against St Helens. At this moment in time we shouldn't be discussing who should be the next Bulls' coach!

why is anyone even talking about a new coach or still providing poor performances, this time last season i believe we were 10th or 11th, the performances were very poor and yes i agree the only really bad performance this season has come in the game against Saints, people need to to believe in the coach and this team's ability more, i dont expect trophies but we are improving and under the current circumstances we are doing are good job, competing and easily beating teams who are spending much more on the cap than us!

Granted we are doing much better this season but I still have my doubts on McNamara

The games against Quins, Salford and Crusaders were shocking too.

Shocking is too strong a word. In all those games we had some flashes of good play. More importantly for me we showed determination and steel in protecting our line even when things were going against us.

Steve Mac still has a lot to prove for me but I am actually looking forward to watching the matches this season.

I think people are too quick to get carried away with a situation.

In prior years, we lose a few games or a player makes a few mistakes and we are quick to come on here and demand they be sacked or dropped.

Likewise, now we have had a FEW decent results, we have people demanding Macca is given another contract.

Should Macca not get the England job, the bulls management team have plenty of time to wait until the back end of the season, assess the situation then before deciding to renew his contract.

A 3 or 4 year contract is a long time...............

you could ask his biggest critic except he doesnt seem to post unless we lose when he crawls out of the woodwork and tries to turn every thread into a sack macca one.

Spot on we are doing well at the moment but it's not a case of "has he done enough to stay?" let's see what happens. For now Macca is the coach and they are playing well.

We won those three matches without playing well in them. That's not a reason to complain. That's the sign of a good team if they pick up points even when they aren't playing well.

I've heard Lee St Hilaire is having more input nowadays, and is the real force behind the improved results.