I have never understood why Union teams need defensive coaches given that the vast majority of points are scored from penalties and most of the defending consists of sitting on top of each other.

Anyway, agree with the sentiment above about us having more backroom staff.

I'm glad were getting a defensive coach, happy that we are keeping Hunt & Long along with additional conditioning staff.

I'd personally like to see Nobles first piece of business to get the Doc to get his cheque book out to take Griffin off Leeds hands.

Wonder if as reported there is an announcement after the match tomorrow if the Doc will bring Noble and any other people he appoints into the fans bar, nice touch to see him there on Good Friday though the tight sod could have got a round in

Never mind fans bar announce on the pitch after the game as not every one goes in bar after the game...

David Lyon coached England Academy to victory over the Australian Schoolboys in 2004, it was the first loss on Australian soil. The Academy also beat a star studded Kiwi team.
The Aussie team had players like Greg Inglis, Jarrad Mullen, Blake Green & Frank Winterstein.

England were a well drilled unit and I spoke to Lyon after the game, i was impressed by how thorough he was about every aspect of the game so i was surprised he faded from the scene not long after that tour.

Noticed on Twitter that the Dr's daughter(s) said they have only got two days in Dubai left. That was tweeted this morning. Hopefully the MEN have got it right for an announcement tonight and the Dr has come back a few days ahead of his Family. If not, the announcement will be next week.

If I remember correctly didn't be leave his family back in Dubai the week he took over the club? Barker must of been told either from the Doctor himself or one of his representatives surly as he seems quite sure of what he's written.

Of course, Barker is never wrong...





Hopefully he'll be right on this occasion.

Jack Dearden ‏@TheJackDearden 14s

The wait is almost over expect confirmation of Salford's new Coach before the game today .

The Chairman has 3 runners at Doncaster too with big prizes. Maybe he will be flying into Barton International Airport from Yorkshire before ko.

Think your sniffing at the wrong Brian !!!!

I just hope we don't get loads of negative ranting if we don't have an official announcement today. No announcement appears to have been formally scheduled, and a lot of people seem to have interpreted "after Saturday's game" in the MEN as "immediately after the game on the pitch". Sunday is still "after Saturday's game".

Don't think you need to worry about kneejerk negative ranting on here Iain.