I think there is more chance of us signing footballer Craig Bellamy

I think Brian Noble will be the best man to rebuild our team, and keep us at the top.

I'd take a punt on Sean Long.

We cannot afford to go down the route of Poching or Long. Neither has the experience required to run our club. With Long specifically, i'd be very concerned at the culture sliding back down the scale, and if that happens, we could continue to have a star studded team and end up back where we were under PC.

Craig Bellemy, Des Hasler, or Daniel Anderson (former Saints coach) would be my targets how impossible they may be to attract. We need to do whatever is required. If TS leaves it has got to be a solid replacement IMO.

As good as Bellamy is, I wonder how many Wire fans would moan if we changed to the Melbourne style of structured attack and more specifically the wrestling techniques in defence like they did about Maguire when he took over at that lot?

Sheens is available, but he's an old moaning sod and under achieved with a Tigers side that should have done a hell of a lot better than it did.

Looks like he is about to go fulltime with Australia.

Id like Tony to stay for the next 10 years, but if he has to go for his own reasons, how about Shaun Edwards ? come back to where his old dad played ?

IMO when that sad day arrives then we aim for the best, whether available or not, and if necessary gradually lower our sights from there. There is a good chance that when we're looking for a new coach we'll be in transition and replacing the old guard - that is not a good time to take a flyer on an unproven assistant whether from within or elsewhere.

I can only agree with 50% of your post Mr T. I would expect the club to be set up well and a bit more stable than you suggest when TS moves on. Although no one knows for certain, I don't think he is the kind of guy to leave us in the lurch.

If he was going to sign he would have signed by now, and I think he will leave us at the end of 2013 needing a rebuild. He will hope to go out on a last hurrah of a GF win with the "last chance saloon" squad members.

IF we win the GF next season, and IF Wigan, Saints or (IMO especially) Hull fall well short of what they would have expected then I can see him looking at it us as job done, and then 'that looks like a challenge I'd relish'.

whatever legacy tony smith leaves behind at your club apart from finally delivering some silverware to the place,i believe that his biggest achievement is in changing the culture of your club and that whoever eventually takes on the job will have had his hardest hurdle cleared for him by smith
tony smith has worked wonders at every club that he has been at and i sincerely hope that the warrington fans don't wish to see the back of him just yet as it's not too long ago that all you would have been good at was winning the yard of ale contest,gf success will come to you if you continue your improvements as a club without a doubt imo

Smith seems very settled at Warrington, in both the town and the club. I can see him abandoning his previous mantra and not moving on. He came in to Warrington to rebuild and turn you into champions and if anything that cycle is coming about again. Within 2 years he'll have to replace the core of your team and all it's key players with Hodgson, Briers, Monaghan, Higham, Morley, Carvell and Westwood all at the far end of their careers. IMO next season is easy, with the challenge being to get you over the finishing line. The next two years after that will be far more challenging. I can see him staying around to bring the Dwyers and Evans' etc through to being key players.