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.

How would moving the coaching role from full time to part time improve englands chances?

I don't know, but apparently making the england coaching role an after thought at the end of the club season is the way to go!

Because it would open up the field to club coaches. We need to be honest : the best coaches in the world are coaching good clubs in either the NRL or SL. They won't do an international full-time job because (a) it'll never pay the same and (b) it's boring when there are only a couple of matches a year and you barely get to see your players.

There's nothing inherent in the international coach's job which requires it to be fulltime. Sure, it might be good to have their club release them for two weeks leading up to an international (blood the assistant coach), and this might require compensation of some sort from the RFL, but it's certainly feasible.

I'm actually thinking it's not a bad idea to keep him on, I think we need to keep the full time thing going, you can criticise his selections all you want but the whole set up had moved massively IMO, the train on squad, the regular meet ups, the knights games are all a massive step forward.

People forget the dross that was served up in 2008 that was embarrassing and the coach was a very well respected coach who never got as much stick as SM who has done a far better job IMO

Lots of people in HUll would like him at rovers

Why would any of that have to change if McNamara was replaced

Exactly.