Not sure you can do a solo circle jerk, bearing in mind generally the faux Frenchman's opinions are not universally shared

That is the same man, whom it transpired, could not stop drinking alcohol to excess and damaging French bar and restaurant premises.

McGuire was excellent in our treble winning season of 2015.last year was pretty much wiped out for him through injury. Old father time is catching up with him now though he is mid 30's, and he does appear on the early evidence of this season to be coming to the end and he is not the only one in the Leeds squad right now looking that way.

Cunningham. I can't see how you can sack a manager who has his own statue in the town
McDermot. Leeds are always loyal to their managers.
Smith. Been too successful in recent years.

I do not foresee any change before end of season, but then my pick would be McDermot

If Cunningham doesn't get sacked it's obvious he has some dirt on McManus. I can't remember such an inept coach since McDermott in 2016-2017

Regards

King James

The problem with both Cunningham and McDermott is that their respective clubs show them massive amounts of loyalty.

That's deserved up to a point, but in the case of McDermott I'd say he burned through all of that last year, and really needed to show much more this year. I have sympathy for him re lack of recruitment, but I wouldn't be surprised if the whole club bought into the excuse-athon of last year, and so expected McGuire to come back and run the show, Burrow to be a genuine halfback for the first time in a decade, and numerous others to 'get back to their best' when in fact they are simply either past it or never had the ability in the first place.

I could see both McDermott and/or Cunningham stepping down if results don't pick up. Less sure that it'll happen before the season's end though. In any case, the season's only 3-4 games old so both could yet pick up.

After a period of relative stability, I reckon we could be in for a shake up with three of the usual top 4 - Saints, Leeds and Wire - all switching coaches before next season.

McDermott - This month
They had their excuses for why they didn't perform last year, and he obviously had a lot of goodwill in the bank, but that can't last forever. Narrow victories against Leigh and Salford are papering over the cracks. The Cas result demonstrates how far off the pace they are now.

Cunningham - Easter
Progressed to an SL head coaching job too quickly IMO. Saints are in the wilderness big time as we were 10 years ago. They need an outside influence to shake things up like we had with Maguire.


Smith - End of the season
He has just given us a good run for our money in the Grand Final and beaten Brisbane. I know they have had a bad start in terms of results but I don't think they are actually that far off. The reason I have said end of the season is I don't think they will win the GF, and surely they can't be happy with Smith continually falling at the final hurdle.