Quote Father Ted="Father Ted"Why always Noble?
He hasn't got the players, our squad is not nearly good enough to win trophies. We need quality signings and that is why IL is down under.
We also need to bring SL players in who can do a good job for us.
Until and unless we can compete on an equal financial basis as Leeds, Saints, Wire, etc then we are going to struggle.
We need that financial clout to bring in the same number of quality players they have if we are to compete with them.
This is Ian Lenagan's job, not Brian Noble's.'"
People keep saying give Noble time - the perfect response to this is the person people have already mentioned in this thread - John Monie.
Monie took over a set up at Central Park that was at its lowest ebb and falling apart at the seams eg. having to pay a plumber to turn the hot water back on. He took over a side that had finished 5th the previous season added little in the way of quality more like Aussie journeymen and got them to Wembley and won the Grand Final in his first season in charge.
Compare that to Nobby who took over in similar circumstances yet has had the best of everything in terms of money and facilities and has failed to challenge for a major honour in his 3 years at the club.
To say we can't compete with Leeds, Saints and Wire is a joke when you consider since Noble has been at the club we have signed Barrett, Fielden and Gleeson to name but three, our crowds are well in advance of two of them and until 18 mths ago we had one of the richest men in England as our Chairman.
Like what i did there, think Noble would be proud.'"
