Good point. It's still heartbreaking however. Like watching your car/pride and joy Being banged about and abused to an inch of it's life.

Could Alker be ready to step in ?

Up his salary slightly for the extra responsibility... and pay the big fella off what we would have paid him anyway... One thing for sure is that he couldn't do a worse job, so we would surely be better off... plus... there is no way on this earth that Alker would disrespect our club. He would command the respect of the players without question.

No not Alker. Although he has been a great servant to Salford he's not ready yet. Can you imagine it will be mad Monday every week. A more experienced coach i think.

I find it odd that anyone would put Malc's name forward right now when he's currently part of the coaching setup and already has an influence on the teams performance. Give him more time to adjust to coaching and to learn his trade.

Wondered how long it would take!!

I'd rather they had the Genius step up in a caretaker role rather than Alker. Maybe he'd do it if they promised him his youth role back at the end of the season. The club could then take their time and spend he year getting together what would hopefully be a good portfolio of potential coaches for the job.

I'd say he'd have a lot more to work with at Salford this year than he had at Crusaders last. I think it's very harsh to say he wasn't a success given that he took them to the playoffs the year after finishing 14th in the competition.

I'd say he was very successful at Crusaders. He took a team expected to come bottom to the playoffs. Thing is though, they clearly overspent through the year. He did quite well at Wigan but I suspect their supporters would tell you this is the club where he underwhelmed the most.



Kear? Wouldn't surprise me if he jumped ship with the rest of the rats.

Lam? Part of Wayne Bennett's coaching team.

Jowitt? A Harrisonesque choice but did well to keep Dewsbury up in a tough Championship division last year.

Please,Please No to Alker.
He is part of the coaching set up now and a fat lot of god it has done so far.
We need to get rid of the losing mentality in the club and bring in a fresh face who is keen to impress.
Bradford,Wigan,Saints, Crusaders,Harlequins have all done it and we are still stuck with a Dinosaur and a old boys network which just does not work.

As posted already, think Alan Hunte could do a great job for us, stepping into the role if Mcrea went, think he could deliver for us, he has massive respect for the club.
Another option, what about trying to entice John Cartright over here, think he could be immense for us & take us into the new stadium. I know he is doing well at Goldcoast, but he may relish coming over to take over & guide us to where we want to be.

both excellent suggestions - in particular I'd love to see John Cartwright back at Salford, one of my favourite Aussie imports as a player, even though we got him well to the end of his career

I've been saying it for ages, Cartwright would be my dream choice for coach and his contract at Gold Coast is up at the end of the season (having said that so are Des Hasler (Sea Eagles), Ivan Cleary (Warriors), Shane Flanagan (Sharks), Wayne Bennett (Dragons), Matthew Elliott (Panthers), Rick Stone (Knights), John Lang (Rabbitohs),Tim Sheens (Tigers)), but just a few things,

One: John will probably be offered new deal at the Titans or another NRL will snap him up, he's been doing a great job.

Two: Could we even afford him?

Three: Let's face it he would only come at the end of his current contract, now therein lies the problem for me, I see no point having a temporary coach for this season and then chaging again in the winter, however if he is tempted I'm sure that view could change!

How about Kevin Ashcroft, Alex Murphy or Maurice Bamford?

Could we entice Stevo away from sky?

Pie in the sky peeps. He signed a five-year deal with the Titans yesterday. We'd only have a chance of getting assistants or those out of work.