What do you mean when you say special dispensation?

Not sure what Celtic's reasoning was, but it worked.

So if Noble is off and IL tells us this week, do you not think this will be counter productive to the team for the run in to the finals?

If Noble is not staying the sensible thing to do is keep quiet until the Wigan season runs it's course.

Even if he does tell us (and i hope he doesn't) people will then say 'well now tell me who is replacing him' and chances are that person coming in is under contract. Therefore we will destabilise the team and peope like you will still not be happy because you don't know the replacement.

To sum it all up, surely if he could tell us he would!!!

Disagree completely, announcing anything regarding the coaching position within the last 8 weeks would have been detrimental to the team, UNLESS he was staying, in which case it would have been announced ages ago.

I think that everyone who needs to know will already know, and thats the way it should be. Fairly enough as fans we want to know whats going on, but thats not how clubs are run in reality.

Its different from what St Helens did with Anderson last year, he was a massively successful coach who announced that he was going back to Aus, in which case it would only have been beneficial to the team and club and fans to give him a big send off. With Noble though, a lot of fans would be happy to already see him gone, changing the situation completely.

As long as something re: coach and signings is announced as soon as we are knocked out of the playoffs, absolutely fine by me.

Nothing but negative supposition, again.

I repeat - you don't know what's happening, so you're making up a worst case scenario because you're peeved at being kept in the dark.

As said above, there is every reason why IL would not tell us that we have no coach the week before the finals.

As has also been said before, why does he have to tells us now, when the alternative is tell us when the finals are over.

The only game he's played Noble at is win a new contract, I'm not sure what you would like him to do. He has made no comment on Noble other than he likes the guy, and a contract will be offered or not offered based on results. Where is the game in that?

Of course he would get moaned at, have you been to wigan? Nobody loves anything more than a good moan, and infact everyone is moaning right now becuase IL hasn't told us something we don't need to know yet.

What if he is currently talking to three coaches/clubs, if he tells us this he risks upsetting 4 clubs, including our own, so close to the play-offs. If he is in contract negotiations with Noble, IL has no reason to tell us this and potentially put people off the games (if you believe some of the threats on here.) If IL has nobody lined up, and is still considering his options, then agian, I wouldn't be telling people that if I was him because I would have nothing positive to announce.

Be in no doubt, IL will be looking to confirm a coach for next year, whether that's BN or AN Other. He could and should be looking at as many candidates as he can, to make sure whoever does the job for us next year is the best man for the job. If he hasn't found anyone by now, and if BN walks away, I fear we could be left with a less than satisfactory position where we use a caretaker coach or get the wrong man. If a better alternative isn't available, get BN signed up asap.

Dodgy visa

Nodding along with you Cruncher.... Just cause you are a fan, does not mean you should be privvy to all thats going on behind the scenes...

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That is a good point. The club will be looking for sponsors but can't say who is the coach for 2010. Now I am sure someone will come back and say, "maybe they do know and will be telling the sponsors" but that is too far fetched. It would leak out and that is virtually guaranteed.



It really is that simple. All this he will look daft if he can't announce who the new coach is just silly. It would have been perfectly reasonable to make such a statement.

Dave

In all honesty, Who cares?

We are in the playoffs, that is my only concern.

all these hypotheticals are starting to do my nut in.

The problem is that when some people have got nothing to moan about, they make something up.

In the past couple of years both Leeds and Stains have announced towards the end of the season that their coach was leaving. Both won a trophy shortly after releasing the news.