another Bell End who cannot see the big picture just because it was a great game does not mean that any of the issues i highlighted are not relevent,

Dont you think that winning today would have made next weeks game BIGGER.

Another Leeds poster definitely a pattern. Maybe they are so spolied by their SL wins that they have forgot that the rest of RL needs a boost and what a boost it would have been if we won the world cup.

Can't even be d with you, you absolute ****wit. Where i'm from and which club I support has zero relevance to any of the utter tripe you're spouting.

Bet you didn't even go to the game today and I can guarantee you've never played it.

McNamara keeps the role as far as I'm concerned

It depends what the alternatives are and whether the job will remain a full time post. I'm not a fan of McNamara as a coach, but some of the personal insults from fans and the media has been a bit below the belt at times, and he's dealt with it all admirably at times. He's laid the foundations of what could be a very successful England side, and put structures in place that should remain in place for the future.

Personally I can't see many top coaches applying for the position when the majority of the role won't actually involve coaching.

yeah don't like him, but no one else is out their at the moment. So right now I'd stick with him.

Oh dear have i hit a nerve. Another poster who cannot answer the points and yet goes onto petty insults.

I have played the game and got as far as a professional trial with Carlisle who considered offering me a contract.

( i accept that this was not at a very high level so would not use it as any sort of factor that gives me any RL credibility ) but i have played)

Anyway you ****wit get back to sticking your head in the sand

i think he should stay and pinch a living like he did as a below average player , at least then this imbecile will not be put in charge of any super league side again

I find this post ofensive in the extreme, While we can argue at some of his choices in the main he managed to get the best out of what we had, the team came together & gave it all they had for him & us spectators. It was not quiet good enough today but he has restored some pride in the International side. Most of that team will be around for the next ten years & In my opinion he should lead them. To sugest he was a below average player is a slur on him & some of the rugby league's best coaches who recruited him & made him their club captain (The Smith brothers). I have followed his progress from a little lad in the youth leagues all the way to coach of his country & the only thing negative I can find is his handling of his interviews with the media (& that he played for the wrong team in Hull).

Really impressed with how England did today.

Players moving to the NRL are improving greatly.

The RL international calender needs to be expanded, then we need to spend money on attracting a great coach.

McNamara, no matter how much ppl defend him, played a must win knock out game with 16 men today.

That is one of quite a few failures, so for me I hope he goes.

I find McNamara interviews very badly. He is not likeable. His record as a coach is up for discussion. I think it is a bit tough, though, to hold him personally responsible for missed conversions, high tackles, and poor decision making by tired players about pushing forward too quickly from the defensive line. In all honesty, who is a REALISTIC England coach to take us forward?

would you like him at rovers ?

No.

1) Selection - over his tenure has been weak, with many players selected long after their form demands it (Wilkin, Morley, JJB). In addition, if McNamara is to be believed, then Kevin Sinfield and Rangi Chase are the best British halves. Just not true, as Widdop proved today. It was criminal that he kept selecting Chase ahead of Widdop, and even the average RL fan knew that. Widdop showed him why today.

2) Man-management - coaching is about managing your players. McNamara has not only lost 20% of his squad to disciplinary suspensions/removals, but also managed to have such a personality clash with Brough that the actual best form English halfback chose to play for Scotland. McNamara seems to me to be someone who is not good at the softer people-skills, and unfortunately, those are pretty important.

3) Tactics - today England showed some good intention in attack, although the execution was often not quite sharp enough, which is why we didn't score more despite having bucketloads of possession and territory. But in previous games, there's been little evidence of offence, and that suggests to me that the improved attack had more to do with Widdop than with McNamara. Substitutions are part of the issue too, and today, we played 70-odd minutes with effectively 15 men. No wonder the defensive line was knackered at the end. It is bizarre to have an unused substitute in an international game. Not known anything so mental since Andy Goodway was coach.

McNamara has had his chance. He gave it his best shot. It didn't work. We must not reward failure.

The RFL need to bite the bullet, make the position part-time, and attract the best club coaches, rather than the best of the coaches who can't get a club job.