Sm was going to Rooster to be Smiths assistant before he got the England job.

Agreed.

Steve McNamara wouldn't even get a job coaching Parramatta let alone the current premiers.

Maybe, but what has he brought to the sport?

Very little as a player and even less as a coach.

Guscott in the early 90s was trying to engineer a big money move to league (think Bradford was the club) but think they realised he was simply too soft to play league.

Leeds were after Guscott in the early 90s and they nearly got him. The outrage shown by the RFU was ridiculous (amateur sport at the time remember) and the old boys network got Guscott a job (no work involved).

The following day the papers ran it as a front page story, complete with him in his new "uniform" under the title "Jerry signs for British Gas"

It was as though he had been saved from a disgusting fate the way the story read.

Feckin hate him, not a good word to say about RL, not as though he has played it and taken the hits is it?

A couple of interesting rugby league related questions on Guscott's weekly BBC column this week. One about poaching the Burgess boys before the 2015 World Cup, and one asking why union backs cant pass as well as league players. His answers were surprisingly measured for him. Some of the buffoons in the comments section made up for it though.

As for Mcnamara, I cant see it...but wouldn't blame him for having a go if the opportunity was there. Maybe people in the know don't actually think he's as bad as people on here do?!

Hull KR went after Guscott when he was 19. Roger Millward was looking for a replacement for Gary Prohm & thought he had promise. One day he was a brickie playing 2nds for Bath, next day ushered into a highly paid job (think that was British Gas as well) so he could remain amateur! Amazing how these thing happen.

Hope Steve Mac gets the Roosters job. Being England coach isn't a full time job & he'll learn more over there than he will twiddling his thumbs over here.

Guscott is an asshat. His views and opinions mean nothing to me.

Well that explains a lot about the bloke, with out even knowing this and before the anti league comment on skysports i thought he had a massive chip against the rugby league players in union.

The Sydney Roosters have lost Assistant Coach Paul Green to becoming Head Coach of the North Queensland Cowboys in 2014. So there is a vacancy at Bondi Junction into which Steve McNamara can slip seamlessly. He will be able to learn a lot from working under the NRL and RLIF Coach of the Year Trent Robinson.

I think the level of prestige associated with the England coaching job is amply demonstrated by the fact that we're seriously talking about the current incumbent getting a job as an *assistant* coach in the NRL in order to further his career.

I hope he does too. Sydney is a spectacular place, the centre of rugby league. He couldn't fail to learn more about the game working there. And he'll have a great lifestyle.


Personally, I expect him to do a Daryll Powell and pop up at the head of an ambitious Championship club.

What every one seems to forget is the people under who Steve learned his trade! Brian's Smith & Noble & Smith the younger. The Smith brothers hold him such great esteem they made him their captain & leader, they are no mugs. Just look beyond his Hull accent & awkward public persona. His knowlage of the game & its workings are second only to a very few people.

Compared to who?