I totally agree with you. It was an easy choice for Mac to be predicted as first to get the sack. Didn't happen last season, won't happen this season.

I will tell any Quins supporter or Anti Quin we have the best coach in super league. Let your mind forward to 3 years from now Big Mac has seen the supply coming through and the north will be shell shocked at the Athletes that are going to come through, LMS Clubb et al are just the begining, or the club needs now is a passionate man at the helm with lots of dosh.

What a rubbish thread!!!! cant open the actual article coz for some reason the site is banned out here
BUT lets be honest! no coach at any club is totally safe! A poor run can see anybody go and be replaced just as quick, not that we have ever replaced anything quickly

So
Lets just ignore the scare mongerers in the press flick em the finger and give Brian our support until it gets to the point where its obvious he does not deserve it, not forgetting the size of the squad that he has to play with, and the expectations of the club for this season, personally finish in the middle of the table is i think the best we can hope for, get at least 1 game in the play offs!! hopefully a second, that would do me this year
And hope that Brian is still with us

How have we managed to get right up to the salary cap by signing the likes of Nanyn and Gardner?

Or is "Boss Hogg" telling porkies?

The worst coach at the worst club?

Lister, you'd argue black was white so I'm not entirely sure why I bother given our commercial situation is blindingly obvious to anyone who can see the empty seats, exec boxes and sponsor slots, but guess I'm a sucker for punishment so here goes...

Since Ian Leneghan took over our major sponsors have been Sports Cafe and Workplace Systems. Owner subsidies are not allowed to count towards turnover for salary cap purposes. Sponsorship income is. Ian had a large shareholding in both Sports Cafe and Workplace Systems. Now thinking back, why do you think those two particular companies sponsored us? My money would be on us having a significantly larger official turnover in previous years than we expect to have in 2009.

Those sponsorships no longer exist in the same form, ie we don't have the same amount of owner subsidy, ie we probably can't afford the same player budget - not "legally", as the salary cap isn't linked to turnover anymore, but in practice because the people running the club aren't either (a) totally loaded, or (b) completely nuts.

Also, my last point that you refer to was not irrelevant, it described the only possible consequence to your alternative plan. You want the club to perform better, and think the coach is questionable because they don't. They need to have a better squad to have a realistic chance of doing that. Without spending more money than we can afford, we can't have a better squad. QED - your expectations are that we blow our future to give you what you want this season.

PS: Have you been a Government economic advisor for the last 10 years by any chance?

I think the cap may be somewhat of a moot point as I doubt we have the funds to spend it.

A fact borne out by our signings this winter I'd suggest.

Basic maths would point to the following income expectations for this year.
Average gate of 4,500 x 13 at say, £10 a pop = £585,000
Sky cash £750,000
Shop revenue (guessing here) £100,000
Bar revenue £596,700 takings
Food concessions x 3 @£500 each £20,000
So, I estimate the club has an income of approximately £2,000,000 a year....pretty healthy. This is without the amount of money that David Hughes "donates" to the club.
Now, with the added bonus of not having to pay salaries to a CEO or Marketing person it's no wonder Mr Hogg wasn't worried about a shirt sponsor.
I would have thought that the club will turn a profit in 2009.

The only thing unsecure about macs position, is our status in superleague. He will be a coach in 2011, but will we be a club?