You may not have noticed but the game has moved on since the 80s.

Quite.

I cannot believe people out there are actually viewing this as a good appointment. Fair enough, wish him luck, but it almost seems people are happy with the club crossing their fingers and hoping for some sort of miracle.

There is an obvious trend here

Big money earners released
No new big names
Coach moves up from the ranks

Hughesy has said he will not lose the money he lost last year- We need new investment simple

Hughes obviously doesn't believe in the philospohy of spending money to make money either. Seems like damage limitation to me and that he is happy to watch the club go down the swanny with minimum effect on his personal wealth. Can't blame him really.

Its called positive thinking! We're broke, do you think we should pack up and go home, like a lot of M62ers? If we can't buy em we will have to make em! It is easy to pontificate as to what is wrong and sneer at others efforts, it is a lot harder to come up with solutions. Give the guy a chance, or create a virtual reality where you are always happy. Mr Big may just be around the corner!

I can't be positive when there is nothing to be positive about.

The most predictable of announcements.

Especially when it was announced that Daryl Powell was staying @ Fev.

Good luck to the new coach, I suspect like others this is a cheap option but he is the coach and should be supported

More of a worry is the whole air of depression around the club. There just seems to be nothing to generate any enthusiasm in the fans like myself who have drited away or to entice new fans, even the die hards seem on the verge of hanging themselves

For the team who were almost bottom to lose a ton of players, appoint a coach on the cheap and announce that there are only going to have a couple of loan players to add to what looks a thin squad is a sad position for the club to be in

God lets hope its get better

Lowes has gone to Leeds as Big Macs assistant !!!!

Lets Give Rob a chance to prove himself, he has the support of the owner, the Board and the players least we could do is give him our full support. Welcome to the hotseat Rob, and good luck !!!

How about having the best centre in the world in Clubby???

I would have loved to have seen a high profile appointment but that was never gonna happen.
David Hughes has stated his reasons for this choice & without him & his financial support, this club would have gone under a long time ago.
If the rumour mill is correct, we are going to get a license in the next franchise round so we have got 4 years to get our act together.
It's gonna be tough but hey, aren't we used to that as Bronco's/Quins supporters. I'll just have to make the most of our wins when they come along & hope the team can start to gell quickly.
I'll give Rob Powell & the team my full support for the upcoming season & hope the rest of "The Usual Suspects" will do the same.

Welcome to the "Roller Coaster Ride That Is Quins R.L."

How many on here were the full monty on the appointment to their current job? Have you become better at your job?

I can and many others have suggested preferred candidates. However as suggested there is a list of those who have tried and not delivered at other clubs. Are they worth the risk in comparison to Rob? Rember John Monie our marquee Coaching appointment that went well didn't it.Reputation and experience ain't everything.

Doesn't he have an international record that is still in the positive?

Rob has apparently the support of senior players, which most coaches crave. Is Rob with an assistant coach and lets say input from Randall and Purdham any less of a coaching team than some other clubs?

Champions possibly not, but it will be an interesting year but I have not given up on it yet.