What are your thoughts on our new coach so far?

And does anyone know what position he played as I can't seem to find any reference to it anywhere.

Hard to say really, he doesn't make excuses, he got handed a tough gig and he seems to be slowly getting things on track

I'm massively more confident this year than last

I'm happy with him so far... My main issue is that everytime recruitment is mentioned to him he always brings up the salary cap and says that he's not sure if they have any room on it... He is obviously having to work with an extremely tight budget which to ke is very concerning for the club and shows a clear lack of ambition. Let's be honest, chucking money about doesn't work, koukash proved that. But this is professional sport, you need to find the right balance. Anyway, went slightly off topic, but what I'm saying is Rick must feel extremely limited with what he can work with. We 100% need a virtually fully fit team to be able to compete this year.
Crazy to think not long ago we were signing players like O'Donnell, faaologo, hodgson. Although we probably didn't get value for money out of faaologo and O'Donnell. But at least it shows ambition and gets the fans excited.

Happy with him, love listening to him talk as he speaks like a fan and not off a club given script.
He knows where, who and what are/were the problems and has made it clear things are going to change, he's been totally honest on things like why certain players left, his opinion on previous regimes etc and although some want instant success he said it would take him at least 2/3 gill years to clear the mess from before and get the club how he wants it. I'm 100% behind him, and although I want us to win every game too I understand that isn't possible, I am happy to lose a few, not win trophies etc while he does his job if we reap the benefits in the future.

Sometimes it's about looking at the bigger picture, the future, rather than the here and now.
Recruitment wise he is limited as is every coach wee have as we simply don't have the finances to attract world class stars, and it won't help as long as people choose not to go and help out in this department.

For Rick to be successful and improve this club we need to be patient, fans and board alike.

I like Rick and I'm more than happy to see where we are in 2/3 years as I genuinely believe he will do a great job here having met the bloke a few times and chatted to him.

Still very early days for Rick yet. I like his style and think he will improve us. My only concerns is our control of the ruck. We don't seem to be able to win the wrestle and control the ruck. I think this is why we are giving away metres and penalties. And ultimately why we are more tired and are dropping balls. I think our style of play is ok and if we start to control the speed of the game l with the majority of our first team back we should be able to push for top 8.

The sign of a good coach is when average players turn into good ones. It's a bit early to see that so far, but there have been a few improvements. One of the important things for me is that we improve the recruitment team around him, which to my mind has been poor for the last 3 years or so.

The mindset on field has changed I think, definitely more resolve and a willingness to fight all the way

Its just far to early to give a proper opinion yet, " though it does no harm " Myself i have not seen these big improvements that some people are hinting at, nor did i expect too. I am happy to give the guy a proper chance to get his own style going " whatever it is " He just hasn't had the chance yet with injuries and other things, There are a few things that concern me, like what has he in mind for Brierley for example, What does he think we should be doing about replacing Brough " who can't go on indefinitely, I'm not saying he needs replacing now but it's something that needs thinking about before it becomes a real problem.

We are in better order than last year ,for sure and i think if everything goes ok we could be a settled side for the second half of the season, We are not going to pull any root up but we may avoid the middle 8s, Not that i expect it to last beyond this year anyway.

I'm happy to give him some time.

Neither have I seen the massive changes hinted at. I would imagine the hope for a brough replacement is Isaac Farrell- if so he needs to be getting game time soon. Also Ellis is still to come back.
Wakeman and mamo are the only two that stone has signed. We haven't seen mamo yet, but wakeman doesnt look all that promising so far. I get he hasn't had a preseason etc but taai looked to have more promise when he came under similar circumstances even though he "looked like a Christmas turkey".
I think we could still struggle to make the 8 esp with the injuries we have, we need to be picking points up (at home especially) against Salford, and Leigh.

jo widdop coming to super league next year

All but the 1st 2 Bradford signings were made by Rick, Fergy was signed by him after the 4 nations.

That's funny cause it was common knowledge he'd signed before Stone did!

He had, then Rick managed to offload him but saw him in the 4 nations and liked what he saw so 're,re-signed' him.

just lol.

Well Rick was honest enough to admit what happened so fair play to him.